Top Law News Maha govt wants to destroy wetlands under garb of development July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said that the Maharashtra government, under the garb of development, wants to destroy mangroves in the state and was hence seeking modification of a March 2013 HC order banning construction on wetlands. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and A A Sayed had last week come down heavily […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News maharashtra Govt
Environment Law News DJB charging commercial rates for domestic use: DP tells NGT July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi Police has told the National Green Tribunal that Delhi Jal Board (DJB) was claiming commercial rates for its residential complexes and it has no specific records of the water connections installed at various locations. “There is only one meter installed at police buildings which is being used for both residential quarters and commercial building. […] Read more » Court Delhi Police DJB charging commercial rates for domestic use featured Law Legal News NGT
Criminal Law News Man freed of charge of raping widow July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | 7 Comments on Man freed of charge of raping widow A man has been acquitted of the charge of raping his sister-in-law after the death of her husband by a Delhi court which said the case was “not free from suspicion”. The court said facts of the case showed that the woman wanted to marry her husband’s younger brother after the death of her spouse, […] Read more » charge of raping widow Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Rs 570 cr seizure: Madras HC directs CBI to conduct preliminary probe July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the complaint by a DMK MP alleging irregularities in the the seizure of Rs 570 crore from three container trucks in Tirupur district in the run up to the May 16 assembly elections. Justice R Subbaiah, before whom the petition by […] Read more » CBI Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Rs 570 cr seizure
High Profile Cases Court accepts Class 12 ‘topper’ as minor in cheating July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A district court here today accepted that the controversial Humanities ‘topper’ in the Bihar Intermediate Examination, who has been arrested in connection with an examination cheating racket, is a minor. Special Vigilance court judge Raghvendra Kumar Singh accepted that the girl is a minor on the basis of her matriculation certificate which mentioned her date […] Read more » Bihar Intermediate Examination Bihar School Examination Board BSEB Class 12 'topper' as minor in cheating Court Criminal news featured Legal News Special Investigation Team
Top Law News Akshardham case: Guj govt opposes plea in SC July 3, 2016 / July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat government has opposed in the Supreme Court a plea by six persons, acquitted by the apex court in the 2002 Akshardham terror attack case, seeking compensation for their ‘wrongful’ arrest, saying it would have a “serious demoralising effect” on the investigating agencies. It said that since the trial court as well as the […] Read more » Akshardham case Court featured Gujarat government Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Two given life imprisonment for killing 5-yr-old boy July 3, 2016 / July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court has handed down life imprisonment to two men in a murder case of a five- year-old boy two years ago. Additional District Judge Ratnesh Mani Tripathi yesterday awarded life imprisonment to Santosh Pandey and Neetu Singh for killing Roshan (5) on Jan 16, 2014 in Joplinganj locality in the city. The incident […] Read more » Court criminalnews featured Law life imprisonment murder case
Criminal Law News Delhi HC stays rustication of JNU student July 3, 2016 / July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has put on hold the rustication of a JNU student who had accused a hostel warden of sexual harassment, saying the university did not follow the prescribed procedure while taking the decision. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva stayed the May 30 decision of Jawaharlal Nehru University to rusticate the female student for one […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured JNU students Law sexual harassment
Environment Law News NGT notice to UP government on green cover loss July 3, 2016 / July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea alleging loss of green cover in Mathura’s Jawahar Bagh, where clashes between encroachers and security personnel left 29 people, including two policemen, dead recently. A bench headed by Justice M S Nambiar issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary, Principal […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured green cover loss Law Legal News NGT UP government
Consumer Law News Rs 19.57l compensation for kin of road mishap vic July 3, 2016 / July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Family members of a 44-year-old woman, who died in a road accident involving a rashly-driven vehicle, have been awarded Rs 19.57 lakh compensation by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. MACT Presiding Officer Raj Paul Singh Teji directed National Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the offending tractor, to pay a compensation of Rs 19,57,958 […] Read more » Compensation Court featured insurance Law Legal News road mishap case
Criminal Law News Merc hit-and-run case: Accused youth seeks documents July 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A teenager, who allegedly ran over a 32-year-old marketing executive while driving his father’s Mercedes here in April, today sought in a Delhi court proper copies of some “deficient and illegible” documents supplied to him with the charge sheet. Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav directed the Delhi Police investigating officer to supply the required […] Read more » Accused youth seeks documents Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Merc-hit-and-run-case
High Profile Cases Gujarat HC stays order to give info on PM Modi’s degree to Kejriwal July 1, 2016 / July 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today stayed the Central Information Commission’s order asking the Gujarat University to provide information on the degree earned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi accepted the varsity’s demand for stay. It also […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal featured Gujarat High Court lawcourt Legal News PM Modi's degree
