Criminal Law News Top Law News SC asks Parliament to consider enacting new law to deal with mob lynching July 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked Parliament to consider enacting a new law to effectively deal with incidents of mob lynching, saying “horrendous acts of mobocracy” cannot be allowed to become a new norm. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also passed a slew of directions to provide “preventive, remedial and punitive measures” […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud mobocracy
Top Law News Court sends separatist Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others to one-month judicial custody July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi was today sent to one-month judicial custody by a Delhi court in connection with a case of allegedly waging war against the country with support from Pakistan. Andrabi, who is chief of the banned outfit Dukhtaran-e-Milat, was produced before the court along with her two women associates, after the expiry […] Read more » Dukhtaran-e-Milat featured Judge Poonam A Bamba Kashmiri separatist Separatist Aasiya Andrabi
Top Law News 2 hours given to Justice A N Ray to decide on CJI post? July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India A N Ray was given “two hours” to decide on accepting the top judicial post in the country in 1973, that had created a controversy as his appointment had led to the supersession of three senior judges of the top court, according to a latest book. “If I didn’t […] Read more » "The Beleagured Justice Ray" featured Habeas Corpus judgment Justice A N Ray Justice H R Khanna Penguin Random House
Top Law News Delhi HC sentences man to life term for sodomy July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sodomising a three-and-a half-year-old boy, observing that the child was subjected to traumatic and brutal sexual assault. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel dismissed the man’s appeal and upheld a trial court’s order convicting him for the offences […] Read more » Delhi HC featured life term for sodomy Protection of Children from Sexual Offences S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel
Top Law News NGT plans to hear cases using video-conferencing July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Crippled by the delay in appointment of experts and judicial members, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is planning to conduct hearings through video-conferencing to decide the environmental cases pending in its regional benches. The NGT’s functioning has been hit by vacancies. The apex environment watchdog is functioning with less than one-third of its […] Read more » Bhopal Chennai and Kolkata featured National Green Tribunal Rahul Choudhary Regional benches in Pune
Environment Law News Top Law News HC notice to TN Govt, NHAI on PIL against cattle menace on highways July 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on a PIL against cattle menace on highways. A division bench comprising justices T S Sivagnanam and Bhavani Subbaroyan issued notice on a PIL from Abinand Sreedhar. “In our view the prayer as couched is […] Read more » featured Justice Bhavani Subbaroyan Justice T S Sivagnanam National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Criminal Law News HC sentences man to life term for sodomy July 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sodomising a three-and-a half-year-old boy, observing that the child was subjected to traumatic and brutal sexual assault. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel dismissed the man’s appeal and upheld a trial court’s order convicting him for the offences of […] Read more » Accused Vinod Soren featured Justice S. Muralidhar Justice Vinod Goel Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act sodomy
Top Law News SC asks AG to assist on poor facilities in jails July 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today took note of lack of facilities in jails, leading to delayed trials and prolonged incarceration of under-trial prisoners, in the country and sought assistance of the Attorney General in issuing directions to deal with the situation. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, on its own, initiated the judicial […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC: Cops fail to inform rape victims about option of abortion July 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today once again said that police must inform the victims in such cases that they have the option of undergoing abortion, allowing a 16-year-old rape survivor to terminate her pregnancy. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni granted permission to the girl to undergo an abortion, after […] Read more » abortion featured justice G S Kulkarni Justice Naresh Patil Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act rape
Corporate Law News HC seeks video, documents prior to firing incident in Anti-Sterlite protests July 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Madurai: The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to submit video recordings, documents and reports pertaining to protests against the Sterlite Copper smelter plant in Tuticorin, which saw violence and firing in the town on the 100th day of the stir. Thirteen people were killed in police firing on May 22 and 23 […] Read more » anti-Sterlite featured Justice A M Basheer Justice C.T.Selvam Sterlite Copper smelter plant
Top Law News SC: No outside players in TN Premier League cricket tournament July 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said players registered with other cricket associations will not be allowed to take part in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) cricket tournament organised by the state cricket association. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, however, said TNPL matches will be held in accordance with the schedule as […] Read more » Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Chief Justice Dipak Misra Committee of Administrators (CoA) featured Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL)
Top Law News HC dismisses PIL seeking deregistration of CPI(M) July 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: .The Delhi High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking deregistration of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), after it was told that the petitioner had suppressed his political affiliation. “You (petitioner) are guilty of suppression of material facts. You failed to disclose your political affiliation. You should have disclosed it and said that […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal Communist Party of India CPI(M) featured Justice C Hari Shankar
