Top Law News Madras HC directs holding of TN civic polls by November 17 September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to complete the local body elections by November 17. The first bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar ordered the SEC to issue by September 18 the notification for the elections, originally slated to be held in October last year, […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil Nadu TN civic polls
Top Law News Second defamation suit by Jaitley: HC imposes cost on Kejriwal September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today imposed another Rs 5,000 as cost on Arvind Kejriwal over delay in filing his reply to a fresh Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Union minister Arun Jaitley over use of an objectionable word allegedly by the CM’s former lawyer. Joint Registrar Pankaj Gupta directed Kejriwal, who was earlier […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Second defamation suit by Jaitley
Top Law News Calling woman “chammakchallo” amounts to insulting her modesty September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The use of the Hindi word “chhammakchhallo” may seem cool in a Bollywood song, but its use in real life can land you in legal trouble. A court in Thane has held that the use of the word amounts to “insulting a woman’s modesty”. Incidentally, the word was part of a hit song in the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Thane
Top Law News Explain logic behind appointing senior lawyers for petty matters September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irked by the “lackadaisical response” of the BMC lawyers in “several important” cases, the Bombay High Court has directed the civic body to explain the logic it employs for leaving these cases to “not-so-capable” advocates while engaging services of “senior counsel for petty matters”. The court directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Ajoy Mehta to […] Read more » Ajoy Mehta BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Court featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Can’t control nature but haven’t moved an inch: Bombay HC on Mumbai floods September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has said we cannot control nature but the situation in the city of Mumbai which has been facing floods during monsoons regularly has not improved in the past few years. The remarks were made by a division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice N M Jamdar while hearing a […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government Mumbai floods
Top Law News Madras HC issues notice to Union law secretary on PIL September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Union law secretary and the secretary of the social justice and empowerment ministry on a PIL, urging for a section of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), providing for a “mandatory death penalty”, to be declared as null and void. The petitioner, Shazim Sagar, a law […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court notice to Union law secretary on PIL social justice and empowerment ministry
Top Law News Old age homes in each dist: SC seeks replies from States September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought the response from the states with regard to the status of old age homes in every district on a plea filed by former union minister Ashwini Kumar for protection of rights of senior citizens. The apex court said it was looking into what all could be done for the elderly […] Read more » Ashwini Kumar Court featured Law Legal News Old age homes rights of senior citizens Supreme Court
Top Law News No threat to man for complaining against CM, says ACB September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government today told a court here that there was no threat to the life of a man who had complained against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others alleging irregularities in grant of contracts for roads and sewer lines. The submission was made in a status report of the investigating officer on the behalf […] Read more » ACB Anti-Corruption Branch Arvind Kejriwal Court featured Law Legal News No threat to man for complaining against CM
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court extends judicial custody of 3 Kashmiri separatists September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today extended by a month the judicial custody of three Kashmiri separatist leaders in a terror funding case. District Judge Poonam A Bamba extended the judicial custody of Shahid-ul-Islam, Farooq Ahmed Dar and Mohamad Akbar Khanday till September 27 when they will produced before the court along with four other accused, including […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi Court extends judicial custody of 3 Kashmiri separatists featured Law Legal News Terror funding case
Top Law News Bofors scam: SC agrees to hear 12-year-old plea September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case was back in the limelight today with the Supreme Court agreeing to hear BJP leader Ajay Kumar Agarwal’s appeal challenging a 2005 Delhi High Court order quashing charges against Europe-based industrialists Hinduja brothers. Justice R S Sodhi of the Delhi High Court, since retired, had on May […] Read more » Bofors scam Court featured Hinduja brothers Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Encounter killings: SC refers NHRC plea to a larger bench September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today referred to a larger bench a plea of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking direction to all states for mandatorily giving information to it about any encounter killings in their jurisdiction for the purposes of enquiry. A bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and R Banumathi said it would be appropriate […] Read more » Court encounter killings featured Law Legal News National Human Rights Commission NHRC Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC panel to examine SIT decision to close anti-Sikh riot case September 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has constituted a supervisory body comprising two of its former judges to examine the decision of the SIT to close 199 cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The apex court named its former judges, Justice J M Panchal and Justice K S P Radhakrishnan, as members of the supervisory body and […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Sikh riot case SIT Special Investigation Team Supreme Court
