Top Law News Estranged wife of Omar can’t get govt house: Centre in HC July 29, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Payal Abdullah, the estranged spouse of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah cannot be given government accommodation on security grounds, which is available to SPG protectees only, the Centre today told the Delhi High Court. The Ministry of Urban Development told Justice Indermeet Kaur that the government accommodation, on security grounds, can be […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News SC critical of magistrate ordering probe in Rahul case July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was today critical of the trial court in Maharashtra asking the cops to probe the criminal defamation complaint lodged against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks allegedly accusing RSS for assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The apex court said “prima facie the procedure of taking cognizance by the judicial magistrate is […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court. Supreme Court
Criminal Law News 60-yr-old gets 6-month jail for death of teenager July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 60-year-old man has been sent to six months in jail for causing death of a teenager by his rash driving, with a Delhi court observing that there was no legal requirement of a public witness in every case. The court made the observation while dismissing the man’s appeal in which he had raised the […] Read more » 60-yr-old man gets 6-month jail Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News Rash driving
Environment Law News Submit report on fuel adulteration in 4 weeks: NGT July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, which was directed to check adulteration of petrol and diesel at petrol pumps across Delhi-NCR, to submit its report on the issue within four weeks. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar slammed the ministry for delay in submitting analysis report […] Read more » Court CPCB featured Law Legal News NGT
Top Law News Bihar court orders FIR against Mayawati, other BSP leaders July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Vaishali district court today ordered registration of an FIR against BSP president Mayawati and three other party leaders for allegedly making inflammatory speeches last week spreading animosity in the society. The three other BSP leaders are its national general secretary Nasimuddin Siddiqui, Uttar Pradesh unit president Ram Achal Rajbhar and state secretary Mewa Lal. […] Read more » Court featured FIR against Mayawati BSP leaders Law Legal News Vaishali district court
Criminal Law News Man convicted for staging robbery to kill wife July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A court here today convicted a man along with two others for orchestrating his wife’s death in a fake robbery attempt in 2009. According to police, main accused Jitin Dedhia hired Nazim and Hasruddin Malik to murder his wife Beena as he was in love with his brother-in-law’s wife Rupal Chheda, but Beena refused to […] Read more » Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News murder case
Top Law News 2 Muslim women beaten for carrying ‘beef’ get bail July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court this evening granted bail to two Muslim women charged with carrying buffalo meat unlawfully after allegedly being beaten up by cow vigilantes yesterday. Chief Judicial Magistrate M A Khan granted bail to Salma Mevati (35) and Shamim Akthar Hussain (30), both local residents, who were allegedly thrashed by cow vigilantes on the […] Read more » 2 Muslim women carrying cow meat Court featured Law Legal News
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC notes ‘objectionable’ language by politicians July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today took a serious note of “objectionable” language used by some leaders of political parties and observed that it is for the court to decide the limits to ‘right to freedom of speech’ as enshrined in the Constitution. The court also invited the designated senior advocates of […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News objectionable" language
Top Law News Notorious criminal sentenced to 29 years jail July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A notorious criminal, who stabbed to death a police constable and grievously injured another in June 2012, was today sent to jail for his entire life by a court here. The Principal Sessions Court judge handed over this sentence to 52-year-old Varghese alias ‘Aadu’ Antony for stabbing to death officer Maniyan Pillai and another 15 […] Read more » Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases SC critical of magistrate ordering probe in Rahul defamation case July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was today critical of the trial court in Maharashtra asking the cops to probe the criminal defamation complaint lodged against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks allegedly accusing RSS for assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The apex court said “prima facie the procedure of taking cognizance by the judicial magistrate is […] Read more » Court defamation case featured Law Legal News Rahul Gandhi Supreme Court
Top Law News Three of family sentenced in dowry death case July 27, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Three of family sentenced in dowry death case A court here sentenced three members of a family to varying jail terms of up to 10 years in connection with a 2013 dowry death case. Additional District Judge K K Asthana yesterday convicted the victim’s husband Rajesh Sahu, father-in-law Moolchand and mother-in-law Prema Devi in the dowry death case of Archana in in September […] Read more » Court dowry death case featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Coal scam: RSPL officials get up to 3 yrs in jail July 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court today awarded varying jail terms of up to three years to three officials of Rathi Steel and Power Ltd (RSPL) who were convicted in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in allocation of Kesla North coal block in Chhattisgarh to the firm. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar sentenced RSPL’s Chief Executive […] Read more » Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News RSPL officials 3 yrs in jail
