Top Law News Uttarakhand crisis: SC to hear Centre’s plea today May 4, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will today hear Centre’s petition challenging the Nainital High Court order quashing imposition of President’s rule in Uttarakhand. An apex court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra, had on April 27, directed to continue the President’s rule for the while. Posting the matter for further hearing today, it had extended the stay […] Read more » featured SC to hear Centre's plea Uttarakhand crisis Uttarakhand High Court
High Profile Cases SC asks AG about feasibility of holding floor test in U’khand May 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to seek instruction on having a floor test in Uttarakhand where a major power tussle is underway between the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre and the Congress. The apex court asked the Attorney General that there should be a floor test in the Uttarakhand Assembly under […] Read more » AG Court featured floor test Law Legal News Supreme Court Uttarakhand Uttarakhand crisis
Top Law News Activists challenge Goa govt’s Tree Act in Bombay High Court May 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment State-based heritage activist and two other NGOs have filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court challenging Laxmikant Parsekar-led governments recent move to amend the Act re-classifying the coconut tree as palm. The petition which was filed before the bench in Goa recently has sought to stop the state government from proceeding on the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Goa Goa govt's Tree Act Law legalnews
Top Law News SC questions practice of barring women at Sabarimala May 2, 2016 / May 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today questioned the centuries-old practice of barring entry of women between the age group of 10 to 50 years to Sabarimala temple in Kerala saying it would test whether “faith and belief” can differentiate among persons of same “denominations”. “The question is should there be such a religious practice which creates a […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Sabarimala Supreme Court
Top Law News Bombay HC seeks ACB probe report in Balganga Dam project May 2, 2016 / May 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said it wanted to peruse investigation reports of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the alleged Rs 494-crore scam involving construction of Balganga dam project in Raigad district of Maharashtra. Accordingly, a bench, headed by Justice Naresh Patil, asked ACB to produce the reports before June 2016 about their investigation in […] Read more » ACB Balganga Dam project Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Madras HC dismisses review plea against helmet rule May 2, 2016 / May 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has dismissed a review petition against its June, 2015 order making wearing of helmet compulsory for two-wheeler riders in Tamil Nadu. Justice N Kirubakaran also came down heavily on the petitioner, an advocate, for making unnecessary contemptuous and uncharitable remarks against the court and said there was no “unwanted judicial activism” […] Read more » Court featured helmet rule Law Legal News Madras High Court plea
Top Law News Man convicted for outraging modesty of minor girl May 2, 2016 / May 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has convicted a man for outraging the modesty of a minor girl, observing that his intention was not innocent. “In his statement the accused has admitted that he did kiss the victim and he did pat her on the back but with innocent intention. From the evidence on record, it does not […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Why don’t you challan vehicles over 15 yrs: NGT May 2, 2016 / May 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today took the Delhi government to task for its failure to implement its order banning vehicles more than 15 years old from plying on the roads in the national capital when it was “active” on odd-e3 “You have done whatever you wanted to, this odd-even formula. When you are so active in […] Read more » challan vehicles over 15 yrs Court Delhi government featured Law Legal News NGT
Criminal Law News Jiah case: Bombay HC refuses to extend stay on trial vs Sooraj May 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today refused to extend the stay granted on trial against actor Sooraj Pancholi in the Jiah Khan suicide case. The High Court had on February 25 stayed trial against Sooraj while hearing a petition filed by Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan challenging the investigating agency CBI’s charge sheet terming Jiah’s death as […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Criminal news featured Jiah case Law Sooraj Pancholi
Environment Law News NGT pulls DJB on waste water treatment plant May 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal on Monday came down heavily on Delhi Jal Board (DJB) over construction of a waste water treatment plant at Delhi Gate drain here and summoned its engineer to explain why untreated water was still going into the Yamuna. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also directed DJB to […] Read more » Court DJB Environment news featured Law Legal News NGT water treatment plant
Top Law News Delhi Court holds AAP MLA can’t be charged May 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has dismissed a corruption complaint against an AAP MLA, saying though it had prima facie found that he had breached the cap for poll expenses during 2013 Assembly election, he cannot be charged under Prevention of Corruption Act as he was not a public servant at that time. “I have gone through […] Read more » AAP AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi Delhi court featured Law Legal News Prevention of Corruption Act
Criminal Law News ‘Charge can be framed on basis of grave suspicion’ May 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has refused to discharge a man accused in a sexual harassment case, saying charge can be framed even on the basis of grave suspicion. Additional Sessions Judge Vrinda Kumari dismissed the appeal of the man, a south Delhi resident, saying, “The complaint is very specific regarding the incident and the offence committed […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi featured Law Legal News sexual harassment case
