Criminal Law News Top Law News Ex-Bigg Boss contestant denied anticipatory bail March 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former ‘Bigg Boss’ contestant Swami Om, who along with his associate is accused of molesting and threatening a woman, saying the allegations against him were grave and he could hamper the investigation. Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal declined the relief to Swami Om, saying he could […] Read more » anticipatory bail Bigg Boss Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News molesting and threatening a woman Swami Om
High Profile Cases SC asks govt, others to mull ways to check sex offence videos March 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the Union government, internet majors and other intermediaries to sit together to mull over technical ways to block and check sharing of videos of sexual offences on social networking sites. A bench of Justices M B Lokur and U U Lalit directed Google India, Microsoft India, Yahoo India, Facebook and […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News sex offence videos Supreme Court Union government
Top Law News Parents can evict abusive adult children from their house: Delhi HC March 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Children who abuse their parents while staying with them in their house can be evicted from the property, the Delhi High Court has ruled. Justice Manmohan, in his ruling, specified that the house need not be self-acquired or owned by the parents. “As long as the parents have the legal possession of the property, they […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Parents can evict abusive adult children from their house
Top Law News Justice Navanithi Prasad Singh sworn in as Kerala CJ March 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Navanithi Prasad Singh was today sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. Governor Justice (retd) P Sathasivam administered oath of office to Justice Singh at a function held at the Raj Bhavan here. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Congress MP and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor and top state officials were […] Read more » Court featured Justice Navanithi Prasad Singh Kerala High Court Law Legal News
High Profile Cases PWD scam: Police transfer complaint against Kejriwal to ACB March 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A criminal complaint filed against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his brother-in-law and a government official in the alleged PWD scam has been transferred to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), Delhi Police told a city court on Saturday. Delhi Police’s Economic Offence Wing (EOW) submitted a report before Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra stating that it has enquired […] Read more » ACB Advocate Kislay Pandey Arvind Kejriwal complaint against Kejriwal economic offence wing EOW featured PWD scam
High Profile Cases Paswan favours legal solution to Ayodhya temple issue March 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said the vexed issue of construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya should be resolved legally. “The Ayodhya issue must be resolved through a court verdict,” the Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister told reporters. “Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not speak on contentious issues like Ram […] Read more » Ayodhya temple issue construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya featured Paswan favours legal solution Paswan favours legal solution to Ayodhya temple issue Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
Criminal Law News Top Law News 13 Maruti ex-employees get life term for 2012 violence March 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Gurgaon court today awarded life sentence to 13 former employees of Maruti-Suzuki India Limited, who it had found guilty of murder, in connection with the violence at the automobile giant’s Manesar plant in 2012 in which a senior company officer had died. Additional district and session judge RP Goyal granted life sentence to the […] Read more » 13 Maruti ex-employees 2012 violence Additional district and session judge RP Goyal Defense counsel featured get life term for 2012 violence Maruti ex-employees get life term prosecution counsel Anurag Hooda Rebbecca John
Criminal Law News Top Law News Halfway homes for mentally-ill prisoners urgent: HC March 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued a slew of directions to expedite setting up of halfway homes for mentally-ill prisoners and recruiting trained staff to be deployed there, saying these homes should start working with “utmost urgency”. Halfway homes are residences for individuals who are released from institutions treating the mentally ill or drug addicts […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured Halfway homes Halfway homes for mentally-ill prisoners HC IHBAS Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences Justice Anu Malhotra Justice Gita Mittal mentally-ill prisoners
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT transfers Darjeeling pollution case to Eastern Bench March 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has transferred a case relating to the indiscriminate dumping of municipal waste in the picturesque Darjeeling and pollution in Mahananda river to the Eastern Zonal Bench. A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, passed the order after lawyers appearing for the parties informed it that a similar case was […] Read more » Darjeeling pollution case Eastern Bench featured NGT NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar pollution in Mahananda river Siliguri Municipal Corporation State of West Bengal
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News New chief justice of MP High Court Justice Hemant Gupta takes charge March 19, 2017 / March 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Hemant Gupta today took oath as the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court at a brief ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan here. Governor O P Kohli administered the oath of office and secrecy to Justice Gupta. The function was attended by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and members of the judiciary […] Read more » chief justice of MP High Court chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan featured Governor O P Kohli High Court Justice Hemant Gupta Justice Rajendra Menon New chief justice of MP
High Profile Cases HC chides man claiming to be Jaya’s son;threatens to send him to jail March 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today reprimanded a man, who claimed to be the “secret son” of former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa, questioning the genuineness of documents submitted by him. “I can send this man straightaway to jail. I will ask police officers to take him to jail now itself,” Justice R Mahadevan said. The […] Read more » "secret son" of former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa "secret son" of Jayalalithaa featured J Krishnamoorthy J Krishnamoorthy born to Jayalalithaa and late Telugu actor Shoban Babu Jayalalithaa Justice R Mahadevan late Telugu actor Shoban Babu Madras High Court
Top Law News Look for techonology to detect objects on tracks: HC March 18, 2017 / March 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Railways and the Maharashtra government should explore if there is any technology to detect presence of foreign objects on railway tracks so as to avert accidents, the Bombay High Court today suggested. A division bench headed by Justice V M Kanade had last week asked the railway authorities and the state government if they […] Read more » Advocate Suresh Kumar detect objects on tracks featured Justice Kanade Justice V.M. Kanade techonology
