Top Law News I can become sealing officer, not disobeyed court: Manoj Tiwari to SC after contempt notice October 1, 2018 / October 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari told the Supreme Court that he had broken the seal to pacify an agitated mob but stood his ground against the illegal action of officials of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC). He said he was willing to assist in executing the directions with regard to sealing and if the court-mandated monitoring […] Read more » featured Manoj Tiwari
Top Law News SC records details of five arrested activists September 30, 2018 / September 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court judgement refusing to grant relief to the five arrested rights activist in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case has given a graphic description of their activities and the earlier cases against them for their alleged links with outlaws, including naxals and Maoists. The apex court dealt with the arrest of Gautam Navalakha, a […] Read more » featured Koregaon-Bhima violence
Top Law News Explore use of advanced technology to give RTI replies to differently-able’ says SC September 30, 2018 / September 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court directed the Centre as well as the stste to explore the use of advanced technology in providing information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to differently-abled persons. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said such people should have a functional-facility to receive the information as […] Read more » CJI Dipak Misra featured Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud RTI
Top Law News CJI-designate Ranjan Gogoi, says he has a plan to tackle pendency of cases in courts September 30, 2018 / September 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: India’s top judge-designate Ranjan Gogoi expressed concern over the pendency of cases in courts, vowing to tackle issues that’re rendering the legal system and it has the potential of making the system irrelevant”. Justices Gogoi said he will reveal a plan to tackle pending cases and asked lawyers to participate in the process. Speaking at a […] Read more » featured justices Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Asaram sexual assault case: Rajasthan HC grants bail to co-accused September 30, 2018 / September 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment JODHPUR: Rajasthan High Court on Saturday granted bail and suspended the sentence of a co-accused in Asaram sexual assault case, Sanchita Gupta alias Shilpi. She was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a trial court and was also ordered to deposit a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh and two surety bonds each of Rs 1 lakh to get […] Read more » Asaram sexual assault case featured Justice Vijay Bishnoi
Top Law News Free speech lifeblood of democracy, Delhi HC greenlights Cobrapost’s Sting September 29, 2018 / September 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has set aside an interim order passed by a single judge Bench restraining Cobrapost from publishing its sting operation against prominent media houses. A bench of Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and A.K. Chawla said the ex-parte injunction, granted on the plea of Dainik Bhaskar Corporation Ltd, to subsist during the entirety of […] Read more » featured justices AK Chawala justices S Ravindra Bhat
Top Law News Woman forced to sit atop jeep: HC issues notice to DGP, Amritsar SSP September 29, 2018 / September 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday issued notice to Punjab DGP, SSP Amritsar (Rural) and other officers on a petition, seeking an SIT probe into an incident in which a 35-year old woman fell off the roof of and allegedly paraded by police atop a jeep near Amritsar. The court issued notice of motion to Director General […] Read more » featured Justice Daya Chaudhary Punjab and Haryana High Court
Top Law News Mumbai court acquits Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, 7 Others in 2014 Lok Sabha Election Rally Case September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment MUMBAI: A Mumbai court on Friday acquitted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and seven others members for holding a rally in Mumbai during the 2014 Lok Sabha election. Acquitting Kejriwal and the others, Metropolitan Magistrate P K Deshpande observed that the police had failed to give the accused a written statement refusing them permission for the rally. The accused were booked […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal featured Metropolitan Magistrate P K Deshpande Mumbai court
Top Law News Vyapam case: Court orders FIR against senior Cong leaders September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bhopal:A court here has directed police to register an FIR against senior Congress leaders Digvijay Singh, Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia and an RTI activist on charges of “fabricating evidence” in the Vyapam scam case. The special court of Additional District Judge Suresh Singh here in Madhya Pradesh issued the order Wednesday in response to […] Read more » Digvijay Singh featured Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia senior Cong leaders Vyapam case
Top Law News SC declines to refer to five-judge bench whether mosque is integral to Islam September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday declined to refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgement that a mosque was not integral to Islam which had arisen during the hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute. In a majority verdict of 2:1, an apex court bench headed by […] Read more » Ayodhya land dispute featured mosque is integral to Islam
Top Law News Local court transfers Shah’s case of violation of model code of conduct to Allahabad special court September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Muzaffarnagar A local court has transferred to a Allahabad special court a case against BJP president Amit Shah for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by making “objectionable” speeches here in 2014. Police had already given a clean chit to Shah, but the court has not yet accepted the report as there was no reply […] Read more » Allahabad special court Amit Shah featured Shah's case
Top Law News 4 convicted in Bengal hooch tragedy that left 170 dead September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Canning:A court in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district convicted four people on Thursday in connection with a hooch tragedy that left around 170 people dead in 2011. Additional district and sessions judge P S Chakraborty found Noor Islam Fakir alias Khora Badshah, the prime accused, and three others — Dukhi Laskar, Khairul Laskar and […] Read more » 170 dead Bengal hooch tragedy featured
