Criminal Law News Top Law News Court frees man of rape charges, says woman was mature enough March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been acquitted of the charges of raping and threatening a 30-year-old doctor, with a court here saying that physical relations between the two were consensual and the woman was mature enough to understand what was happening. It also observed that the woman, a dentist in a central government hospital, here had already […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape charges
Top Law News SC asks Centre, J&K to sit and decide Muslim minority status March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government to “sit together” and decide contentious issues including the question whether Muslims can be treated as minority in the state. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul asked both the governments to […] Read more » Centre government Court featured J&K Law Legal News Muslim minority status Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Aadhaar cannot be made compulsory for welfare benefits: SC March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today made it clear that Aadhaar cards cannot be made mandatory by the government and its agencies for extending benefits of social welfare schemes. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul, however, said that government and its agencies cannot be stopped from […] Read more » Aadhaar card Central Government Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Tell us plan to tackle farmer suicides: SC to Centre March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to inform it about the line of action to be taken by states for dealing with the “serious issue” of farmers’ suicide. “It is a very serious issue and the Centre should file the proposed line of action to be taken by states with regard to the farmers’ […] Read more » Centre government Court farmer suicides case featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC denies permission to woman to terminate 27-week foetus March 27, 2017 / March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused permission to a woman to abort her 27-week-old foetus showing signs of severe physical abnormalities. A bench of Justices S A Bobdey and L Nageshwara Rao referred to the report of the medical board, which has examined the woman, and said that as per the opinion of the doctors the […] Read more » apex court Court featured Law Legal News Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Two get ten years jail term for abduction in UP March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court here has sentenced two persons to ten years imprisonment for abducting a milk trader and his two servants for ransom here. According to government lawyer Naresh Kumar Sharma, judge Manoj Mishra has also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the accused, Baleder and Dugna, after holding them guilty last […] Read more » abduction in UP Chapar police station Court Fast track court featured Law Legal News Two get ten years jail
High Profile Cases Cannot be parasite on husband’s earnings: Court tells woman March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has refused to enhance the monthly interim maintenance awarded to a woman in a domestic violence case, saying she was not supposed to sit idle at home and be a parasite on the husband’s earnings. Additional Sessions Judge R K Tripathi declined the appeal of the woman seeking enhancement of Rs 5,500 […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge R K Tripathi Cannot be parasite on husband’s earnings featured parasite on husband’s earnings women Cannot be parasite on husband’s earnings
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC upholds life term for 3 for killing Gujarat Shiv Sena leader March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has upheld the life term awarded to three persons for killing a Shiv Sena leader in Gujarat whose younger brother had married a woman from a minority community. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and Ashok Bhushan said the homicidal death has been proven beyond all reasonable doubt with the recovery […] Read more » featured Gujarat High Court Justice Ashok Bhushan Justice P C Ghose life term
High Profile Cases Private airline pilot put on trial in unnatural sex case: HC March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A pilot with a private airline will face trial for allegedly having unnatural sex with a former air hostess of the carrier, the Delhi High Court has said while absolving him of the charge of rape. Justice S P Garg said the trial court “fell into grave error” by observing that the pilot used his […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured Justice S.P. Garg pilot put on trial in unnatural sex case Private airline pilot put on trial unnatural sex case
Top Law News SC asks automobile firms not to frustrate BS IV roll out March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has asked automobile companies not to frustrate the government’s initiative to check increasing levels of pollution by selling BS-III vehicles which they are holding in stock. The apex court, which was hearing pleas of automobile manufacturers seeking permission for disposing of around 8.2 lakh BS-III vehicles which are being held in stock, […] Read more » automobile firms BS IV featured frustrate BS IV Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur SIAM Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers step to ban registration of BS-III vehicles
Top Law News Bribery case: Suspended judge seeks to know status of probe March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A suspended senior civil judge, who is an accused along with her lawyer husband in a bribery case, has moved a special court seeking to know the status of the probe against her. Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal has sought the response of the CBI on the plea filed by Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal, who was a […] Read more » Bribery case featured Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal Tis Hazari Courts
Top Law News NCDRC allows shipping firms’s insurance claim of Rs 1.93 cr March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has directed an insurance company to pay over Rs 1.93 crore to a shipping firm for repair of one of its vessels which was damaged while sailing in bad weather. The New India Assurance Private Company Ltd, with whom the vessel is insured, had rejected the firm’s plea on the ground […] Read more » featured Justice V.K. Jain National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC
