Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Delhi HC asks Chautala to bring ailing wife’s med records for parole December 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked INLD chief O P Chautala, serving a ten-year jail term in a teachers recruitment scam case, to substantiate his claim of seeking two-month parole to look after his ailing wife by producing her recent medical records. Justice Mukta Gupta asked the counsel for Chautala to place on record the […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured INLD Law Legal News O P Chautal teachers recruitment scam case
Criminal Law News Top Law News 2 men get 10-yr jail term for possessing 126 kg ‘ganja’ December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has awarded two persons a rigorous jail term of 10 years for possessing 126 kgs of ‘ganja’, a contraband substance. Special NDPS Judge Rajesh Kumar Singh also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on each of the convicts while holding them guilty of the offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act NDPS Act
High Profile Cases No funds shortage: SC on solid waste management December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming solid waste management as a “huge problem” for the country, the Supreme Court has said that there was no shortage of funds under ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ but there was “lack” of willingness on the part of states to take positive steps in this regard . The apex court noted the submissions of the Ministry […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News No funds shortage Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC for relook into 349 FDC medicines by drug advisory board December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pharmaceutical firms have suffered a setback as the Supreme Court has favoured re- examination of 349 fixed dose combination (FDC) medicines, a ban on which was set aside by the Delhi High Court. The FDC medicines, including well-known brands such as Corex cough syrup and Vicks Action 500 Extra and several anti-diabetes drugs, were banned […] Read more » Court drug advisory board FDC medicines featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Pained by undertrials languishing in jail despite bail: Delhi HC December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has said it is “pained” by undertrials languishing in Tihar Jail despite getting bail as they could not furnish a bond or surety due to poverty and issued a slew of directions to be followed by trial courts to ensure that such people get relief. A bench of Acting Chief Justice […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Pained by undertrials languishing in jail despite bail
Top Law News Wazirabad bridge traffic woes: Delhi HC pulls up Delhi govt December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has pulled up the AAP government for not taking any steps to ease the massive traffic congestion on the single-lane Wazirabad bridge, which is used for commuting between north and northeast area of the city. It asked the Delhi chief secretary to ensure that the authorities examine the problem of commuters […] Read more » Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Wazirabad bridge traffic woes
Criminal Law News Top Law News Man convicted for molestation; spared jail by judge December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Thane court has convicted a 28-year-old man for outraging the modesty of a minor girl in 2010, but did not send him to jail and only imposed a fine. First Class Judicial Magistrate R T Ingle, in his order yesterday, said he was not in favour of sending the convict, Mandar Jagtap, to jail […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Bombay HC rejects bail plea of driver in bus accident that killed 37 December 18, 2017 / December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has rejected the bail plea of the driver of a luxury bus that plunged into a river off the Mumbai-Goa highway four years ago, killing 37 passengers and injuring 15 others. The driver, Santaji Kirdat, was convicted on charges of rash driving, negligence, and culpable homicide not amounting to murder and […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News plea
Top Law News PIL in HC alleges collusion between north MCD, builders December 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought response of the municipal corporation of north Delhi on a PIL alleging that its officials were “colluding and conniving” with private builders by permitting illegal constructions. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the civic body to indicate on affidavit what action […] Read more » Builders Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News MCD PIL
Top Law News Aircel-Maxis case: SC seeks status reports on probe December 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the CBI, the ED and the special public prosecutor appointed by it in the 2G spectrum scam case to file a status report on the probe carried out by ED officer Rajeshwar Singh in the Aircel-Maxis deal case. It said that it wanted to know against whom what investigation was […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis case CBI Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC deprecates lawyer for saying her client will be raped December 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today deprecated a lawyer for saying that her client, a fugitive businesswoman residing in London, is getting threats from lenders that she will be molested and raped on arrival in India. The top court asked the woman’s counsel to “behave responsibly” or it will refer her to Bar Council of India for […] Read more » Bar Council of India Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refuses Cong plea for counting of VVPAT slips in Guj December 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of the Gujarat Congress seeking counting of at least 20 per cent of the paper trail slips manually along with votes cast in the EVMs in each constituency of the state. It said that the court cannot interfere unless the Election Commission of India’s decision to […] Read more » Congress Court featured Gujarat Law Legal News plea Supreme Court VVPAT
