Consumer Law News Top Law News Domestic crude export not economically justified May 8, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment (PTI) With nearly 85 per cent of India’s crude oil requirement being met by imports, it would not be “economically justified” to permit export of the country’s domestic crude production, the Centre has told the Delhi High Court. The submission was made by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Ministry of Petroleum […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta counsel Anurag Ahluwalia crude export Domestic crude export economically justified featured Justice Manmohan
Top Law News Umar Khalid granted permission to visit Kolkata May 8, 2016 / May 8, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment (PTI) JNU student Umar Khalid, facing sedition charge for allegedly raising anti-India slogans at the university campus here in February, was today granted permission by a Delhi court to travel to Kolkata to attend a panel discussion. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh allowed Khalid to travel to the city from May 20 to 23 to […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh anti-India slogans featured JNU Umar Khalid
Top Law News Himachal HC dismisses petitions challenging appointment of Palampur VC May 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Himachal High Court today dismissed twin petitions, challenging the appointment of Vice Chancellor of CSK Agriculture University, Palampur, terming these as “frivolous” and imposed a cost of Rs 50,000. Dismissing the petitions filed by J S Chauhan and Ashok Mahan Narula, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Meer and Justice Tarlok Singh […] Read more » Court featured Himachal High Court Law Legal News Palampur VC petitions
High Profile Cases Floor test in U’khand to be held on May 10: SC May 6, 2016 / May 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today ordered a floor test on May 10 in the Uttarakhand Assembly when sacked Chief Minister Harish Rawat will seek a vote of confidence in which the nine rebel Congress MLAs cannot participate if they continue to remain disqualified at the time of voting. A specially convened two-hour-long session during which the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Assembly
Top Law News SC says state of medical colleges rotten May 6, 2016 / May 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Terming the state of medical colleges in the country as “rotten”, the Supreme Court today imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crore on an Odisha-based private medical college for raising the number of seats from 100 to 150 in an academic year and “playing with the future of students”. “Costs of Rs 5 crores are […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News medical colleges Odisha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Allahabad HC stays proceedings against former UP Lokayukta May 6, 2016 / May 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court today stayed the proceedings of a criminal complaint case against former Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta, Justice (retired) N K Mehrotra, filed by social activist and wife of suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur before the Chief Judicial Magistrate here. Justice Sudhir Kumar Saxena of Lucknow bench gave the order on a petition filed […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News UP Lokayukta Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Subrata Roy gets 4 weeks parole for mother”s last rites May 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed release of jailed Sahara chief Subrata Roy on parole for four weeks to attend rituals following the death of his mother early this morning. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur, Justices A R Dave and A K Sikri allowed the plea of Roy seeking permission to attend cremation […] Read more » featured Law Legal News mother''s last rites Subrata Roy gets 4 weeks parole Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Lalu, Mishra appear in court in fodder scam case May 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra today appeared in a special CBI court here following its direction in connection with a multi-crore rupee fodder scam case. In pursuance of the order of Special CBI court judge Devraj Tripathi for personal appearance of all the 31 accused, Lalu Prasad, Jagannath […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured fodder scam case Lalu Law Legal News
Top Law News Bombay HC decriminalises possession of beef with a caveat May 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Upholding the ban on slaughter of bulls and bullocks imposed by BJP-led Government in Maharashtra, Bombay High Court today decriminalised possession of beef where animals are slaughtered outside the state. It struck down as “unconstitutional” provisions which held mere posession of beef as crime, saying only “conscious possession” of the meat of animals slaughtered in […] Read more » beef case Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News SC to hear Subrata Roy’s parole plea at 2pm May 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday agreed to hear the plea of Sahara Chief Subrata Roy seeking parole to perform cremation rites of his mother who passed away in the wee hours this morning. Roy has been in Tihar jail since March 4, 2014 on the orders of the apex court in relation with a long running […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Subrata Roy's parole plea Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Illegal confinement:CJM orders kotwali inspector to lodge case May 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A chief judicial magistrate here has ordered inspector of the kotwali to register a case against eight police personnel and a homeguard after an advocate alleged that he was kept in “illegal confinement” and “looted” by them last month. Complainant Anil Kumar Tewari alleged he was kept in a lock-up of Mathura Refinery Police Station […] Read more » CJM Court criminal case featured illegal confinement Law Legal News Mathura
Criminal Law News Man gets 10 yrs in jail for rape, court terms barbaric May 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 45-year-old man has been sent to jail for 10 years for raping and trying to strangulate a woman with a Delhi court terming his act as “barbaric, diabolic and disturbing”. The court described as “vile” the act of the convict, a Delhi resident, while observing that the woman was subjected in 2014 to one […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape case
