High Profile Cases Para forces to check cattle smuggling to Bangladesh: SC April 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Paramilitary forces and the local administration in the districts bordering Bangladesh should be involved in preventing cattle smuggling, the Supreme Court said today, directing the Centre to finalise the rules. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said the Centre has already prepared draft rules to prevent cattle from […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Para forces to check cattle smuggling to Bangladesh Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC stays order upholding JNU admission policy based on UGC reg April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has stayed its single judge order upholding the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) admission policy for MPhil and PhD courses based on the UGC regulations. The July 2016 regulations of the University Grants Commission (UGC) had put a cap on the number of students per professor/supervisor in MPhil and PhD courses in […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Jawaharlal Nehru University JNU admission policy Law Legal News UGC
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases POCSO court grants bail to fmr UP minister Gayatri Prajapati April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati and two of his alleged accomplices were today granted bail by a POCSO court here in connection with a rape case. Special judge of a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court Om Prakash Mishra granted bail to Prajapati, Vikas Verma and Amrendra Singh alias Mintu. The court asked […] Read more » bail to Gayatri Prajapati Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News POCSO court rape case
Top Law News Wife guilty of cruelty, SC asks hubby to give Rs 1 cr flat April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding the wife guilty of cruelty on her husband by filing false cases against him, the Supreme Court today granted the husband divorce and directed him to give her a flat worth Rs 1 crore and Rs 50 lakh as one- time permanent alimony. The apex court said that cruelty can never be defined “with […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Wife guilty of cruelty
Top Law News Litigant can’t knock at court’s door for everything: SC April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea for incorporating the biographies of all the 10 Sikh Gurus in school syllabus, saying a litigant cannot knock the doors of the courts for “anything or everything”. It said courts cannot enter into the domain of what is to be taught in schools and what should […] Read more » 10 Sikh Gurus in school syllabus Court featured Law Legal News Litigant can't knock at court's door for everything Supreme Court
Top Law News SC raps NGO, chairperson for unsuccessfully filing 64 PILs April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NGO, which has filed as many as 64 PILs without any success over the years and its chief today came under sharp attack from the Supreme Court for wasting judicial time. “You (chairperson) are wasting too much time of this court. You have initiated 64 proceedings before this court,” a bench comprising Chief Justice […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court raps NGO wasting judicial time
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Bribery case: Alleged PMO official moved court for bail April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man, who had earlier falsely claimed to be an official of the Prime Minister’s Office, today moved a Delhi court seeking bail in a bribery case involving suspended principal secretary in the Chhattisgarh government B L Agrawal. In his plea before special judge Virender Kumar Goyal, the accused, Syed Burhanuddin, who is currently in […] Read more » B L Agrawal Bribery case Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News PMO official moved court for bail
Top Law News Deposit interest or property may by attached: SC warns Unitech April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed real estate firm Unitech to deposit 14 per cent interest on Rs 16.55 crore invested by 39 home buyers at its project in Gurugram by May 8. The apex court also warned that failure to meet the deadline could invite attaching the realtor’s property. It refused to grant more time […] Read more » apex court Court Deposit interest or property may by attached featured Law Legal News Supreme Court unitech
Criminal Law News Top Law News Chhota Rajan, 3 others held guilty in fake passport case April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gangster Chhota Rajan and three retired public servants were today held guilty by a special court here in a fake passport case. Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal convicted Rajan for offences including forgery of valuable security under the IPC which entails a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Besides him, the other persons who have been […] Read more » Chhota Rajan Court Criminal news fake passport case featured Law Legal News
Environment Law News High Profile Cases SC transfers to NGT plea over Yamuna river pollution April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today transferred to the National Green Tribunal a 23-year-old PIL on pollution in River Yamuna. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said there cannot be two parallel jurisdictions to deal with the same issue. It transferred the PIL, which was instituted after taking suo motu […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured Law Legal News NGT plea Supreme Court Yamuna river pollution
Top Law News Sex workers’ kids don’t want to go back to mothers: HC told April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four minor children of sex workers from Andhra Pradesh have told the Delhi High Court that they do not want to return to their mothers. The children, all girls aged between six and ten years who are currently under the care of a Delhi-based NGO, made the submission before a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Sex workers' kids don't want to go back to mothers
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Kushwaha granted bail in Model Code of Conduct case April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union minister Upendra Kushwaha was today granted bail by a Bihar court in connection with a case relating to violation of the Model Code of Conduct during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ravi Kumar granted bail to Kushwaha on a personal bond of Rs 10,000 soon after the minister surrendered. However, […] Read more » bail in Model Code of Conduct case Bihar court Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Upendra Kushwaha violation
