Top Law News Don’t take action till panel formulates policy on cabs : Delhi HC September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today directed the AAP government not to take any action against app-based cab providers like Uber and Ola till a special panel, formulating a uniform policy to regulate such companies, comes out with its report. “Please stay out … till the matter is pending. Trust them. They (cab players) are following your […] Read more » AAP government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News policy on cabs
Environment Law News Groundwater use by Delhi Metro: NGT fines Jal Board September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has castigated Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and slapped a fine on it for not filing its response on a plea alleging that Delhi Metro was extracting groundwater to wash its trains, despite promising to do so in a few days a fortnight ago. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi […] Read more » Court environment law featured Groundwater use by Delhi Metro Legal News National Green Tribunal news NGT fines Jal Board
Top Law News Cruelty to animals: Court refuses to return cattle to man September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has refused to return a man his cattle, caught loaded in a truck, while observing that the animals were being transported for being slaughtered in “a very cruel and inhumane manner”. The court, while dismissing Rajasthan native Jagdish Banjara’s plea for release of 25 buffaloes and calves of which eight had died, […] Read more » cattle Court Cruelty to animals Delhi court featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Accused in Preeti Rathi acid attack case convicted September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special women’s court today convicted Ankur Lal Panwar for murder in connection with the Preeti Rathi acid attack case. Special Judge A S Shende convicted Panwar under Sections 302(murder) and 326B (Voluntarily throwing acid) of the IPC and is likely to hear arguments on the quantum of sentence tomorrow. Rathi, who hailed from Delhi, […] Read more » Acid attack case Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Preeti Rathi
Top Law News SC asks K’tk to release 15k cusecs of Cauvery water September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In an interim order which may ameliorate the plight of Tamil Nadu farmers to some extent, Supreme Court today asked Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily for the next 10 days to its neighbouring state. The apex court also directed Tamil Nadu to approach the Supervisory Committee, set up to implement award […] Read more » Cauvery water Court featured Karnatka Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refuses to hear fresh plea on police reforms September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre, state governments and the Law Commission for implementation of police reforms and the Model Police Act. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice D Y Chandrachud asked lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who filed the PIL, to take […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News plea police reforms Supreme Court
Top Law News CJI recuses from hearing PIL seeking norms for raids September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today recused himself from hearing a PIL seeking framing of guidelines for safeguarding rights of public against alleged misuse of powers by probe agencies during search and seizure. As the plea contained details of recent searches conducted at the houses of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice of India CJI Court featured Law Legal News PIL seeking norms for raids T S Thakur
Top Law News Two bail pleas of Asaram to be heard together: SC September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The bail plea of self-styled sect chief Asaram Bapu in a rape case lodged against him by a Surat -based woman in 2013 would be now heard along with a similar petition filed by him in another case lodged in Jodhpur, the Supreme Court said today. “List along with SLP(Criminal)…,” a bench of Justices A […] Read more » Asaram Bapu Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Two bail pleas of Asaram to be heard together
High Profile Cases SC quashes case against Dhoni for portraying himself as God September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today quashed criminal proceedings against cricketer M S Dhoni for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by portraying himself as God on a magazine cover. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi granted the relief to Dhoni after noting that the trial court in Karnataka erred in summoning the cricketer without following the due […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News MS Dhoni portraying himself as God quashes case against Dhoni Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Arguments on charges against ISIS men to start from Sept 27 September 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court will start hearing arguments on charges later this month against 17 suspected ISIS operatives, arrested from across the country allegedly on charges of recruiting and financing people to join the terror outfit. While fixing the matter for hearing on September 27, District Judge Amar Nath directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured ISIS Law Legal News Special court
Top Law News SC takes cognisance of suicide of Amity Law School student September 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today took suo motu cognisance of a letter written by a friend of Amity law student Sushant Rohilla, who committed suicide, saying it would examine whether there was an “element of suspicion” that the incident took place due to “harassment”. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice D Y […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News suicide of Amity Law School student Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘MCDs plan awaited on seismic zone-IV buildings’ September 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The AAP government has informed the Delhi High Court that an “action plan” on making buildings here compliant with the Building Code, 2005 for seismic zone-IV was still awaited from the three municipal corporations. In its affidavit filed before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar, the Delhi government said despite its […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News MCD seismic zone-IV buildings
