Environment Law News Close industrial units in residential areas: NGT August 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Irked over the menace of unauthorised industrial units running in residential areas here, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre and Delhi Government to close all of them in an East Delhi locality with immediate effect. The green panel also ordered discom BSES and Delhi Jal Board to immediately cut electricity and water supply […] Read more » Centre government Delhi government Environment Law News featured industrial units Legal News National Green Tribunal NGT residential areas
Criminal Law News Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping August 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a court in Jajpur district for raping a minor girl three years ago. Jajpur District and Sessions Judge Padma Charan Dash awarded the jail term to Kalandi Malik of Daniabar village and also slapped a fine of Rs 90,000 on him. Failure to pay the […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Jajpur Law Legal News Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment Odisha rape case
Criminal Law News Bangladeshi held guilty in Shramjeevi Express blast August 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Bangladeshi national, with links to Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) terror outfit, was today held guilty by a local court here for the 2005 Shramjeevi Express train blast which had killed 12 people and injured scores others. Ubed-ur-Rehman, alias Babu, was held guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Buddhiram Yadav. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced […] Read more » Bangladeshi held guilty Court Criminal news featured Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami HuJI Law Legal News Shramjeevi Express blast
Top Law News Notification on Waqf Tribunal soon: Delhi govt August 31, 2016 / August 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A notification for setting up a three-member Waqf Tribunal would be issued as soon as the name of its third member is finalised, AAP government told Delhi High Court today. The government informed a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal that names of two members of the Tribunal have already […] Read more » AAP government Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Notification on Waqf Tribunal soon
Top Law News Showering money on bar dancers is ag’nst dignity: SC August 31, 2016 / August 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A provision of a new Maharashtra Act to regulate obscene dance performances and prohibiting showering of money at dancers today found favour with the Supreme Court, which said the law respected “the dignity of woman and dignify decency and culture”. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan, however, issued notice to the state […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Showering money on bar dancers is not dignity Supreme Court
Top Law News WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook: Delhi HC seeks govt reply August 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment WhatsApp’s recent decision to share user data with parent company Facebook today reached the doorsteps of Delhi High Court, which sought the government’s response on the modification of the new privacy policy. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra issued notice to the Centre on a plea by two users of […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court facebook featured Law Legal News WhatsApp
Consumer Law News Consumer is king, can’t say discounts should not be given: Delhi HC August 30, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Consumer is king, can’t say discounts should not be given: Delhi HC “Consumer is the king”, the Delhi High Court said today while observing that it cannot say lower charges should not be levied and discounts not given to customers by app-based cab providers like Ola and Uber. Justice Manmohan said if a company gave discounts, then the customers benefited and the app-based cab service providers were […] Read more » Consumer news Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News NGT stays demolition of religious structures near Birla temple August 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has stayed for a week the demolition of illegal religious structures spread over 7.5 acres in the central Ridge area near the Birla temple in central Delhi. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi passed the order after Pracheen Mahamai and Bhairo Mandir Trust claimed right over the forest land […] Read more » Birla temple Court Delhi featured Law Legal News NGT NGT stays demolition of religious structures
High Profile Cases DA case probe against Virbhadra Singh, others complete: CBI August 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment CBI today told Delhi High Court that its investigation in a disproportionate assets (DA) case against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others was “complete” and it wanted to file the charge sheet in the matter. The agency told Justice Vipin Sanghi that a case was made out against Virbhadra and others and since […] Read more » CBI Court Criminal news DA case featured Law Legal News Virbhadra Singh
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT refuses to review order against petha-makers August 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Makers of the famous petha, a soft candy-like sweetmeat, in Agra have got a breather, with the National Green Tribunal refusing to review its order dismissing a plea seeking direction to them to stop using coal for its manufacture and not to dump the waste in sewage lines. “We do not see any mistake or […] Read more » Agra Court Environment Law News featured Law Legal News National Green Tribunal NGT petha-makers
Environment Law News NGT seeks info on stop-work order on Polavaram August 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to inform it about the status of implementation of its stop work order at the Polavaram project. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the counsel for the Environment Ministry to submit a status report on the project and […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured Legal News ministry of environment and forests National Green Tribunal NGT Polavaram project
Criminal Law News Man jailed for 7 yrs for bid to murder cop August 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Muzaffarnagar court here has sentenced a man to seven years in jail for attempting to murder a police constable. Additional district sessions judge Manoj Kumar sentenced Mehboob to imprisonment for seven years and slapped a fine of Rs 13,000 on him for attempting to murder constable Sanjay Singh. According to prosecution, on April 15, 2013, […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News murder case
