Tag: featured

Top Law News

Bombay HC rejects plea for policy to regularise illegal bldgs

by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected Maharashtra government’s pleas to go ahead with the draft policy on regularisation of illegal structures in Maharashtra. Calling it “arbitrary, faulty and illegal,” the court directed the state to not go ahead with the policy without its permission. A government petitioner has now told HC that the government will […]

Read more »

Madras High Court

Top Law News

Detention of accused under Goondas Act quashed

by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

The Madras High Court today quashed the detention order under the Goondas Act against Yuvaraj, the prime accused in the case of alleged honour killing of Dalit youth V Gokulraj, and will hear tomorrow his bail plea. A division bench comprising Justices M Jayachandan and S Nagamuthu quashed the detention order, issued by Namakkal District […]

Read more »

crimes against women

Top Law News

Court compensates widow for husband killed on duty

by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

A labour court here has awarded Rs 5,32,800 as compensation to a 52-year-old widow in connection with the murder of her husband while he was driving a tanker of his employer in 2012. Labour court Commissioner B Y Phad directed the two respondents — Jagdeep Singh Bakhrawar Singh of Jaideep Transport from Bhiwandi and RelianceGeneral […]

Read more »

Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

Top Law News

Providing all possible relief to drought-hit areas: Centre Govt

/ by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it is alive to the situation prevailing in the drought-hit areas and states are working hard to provide every possible relief to the farmers in such natural calamity hit areas. “We are completely alive to the situation faced in the drought hit areas. States are working hard […]

Read more »

fake currency

Criminal Law News

Blackmoney: SC asks SIT to look into BoB scam

/ by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money to “look into” a plea seeking a probe into an alleged Rs 6,000 crore scam involving a branch of Bank of Baroda in Delhi. A bench led by Justice Anil R Dave asked the SIT headed by former Judge MB Shah to […]

Read more »

vijay mallya

High Profile Cases

SC orders assets details of Mallya family be given to banks

/ by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court on Tuesday has decided to share liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s and his family members’ assets, including those in other countries, to the consortium of his lenders. The promoter of the failed Kingfisher Airlines, Mallya, has consistently argued that a non-resident Indian like him was not obliged to disclose information about his assets […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Kerala HC allows Muslim girls to wear hijab for AIPMET

/ by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

The Kerala High Court today granted permission to Muslim girls to wear hijab, a customary religious dress, for the All India Pre-Medical Test-2016 but on condition that they should be present at the hall half an hour before the exam for frisking if necessary. The order was issued by Justice Muhammed Mushtaq while hearing a […]

Read more »

Madras High Court

Top Law News

Madras HC directs TN to include Thirukkural in syll

/ by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

Observing that moral values are more important than other values, the Madras High Court today directed the state government to take appropriate action on inclusion of 108 chapters of Tamil treatise Thirukkural in the curriculum of class VI-XII from next academic year. Justice R Mahadevan of the courts Madurai bench was hearing a plea filed […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Act against witness for non-appearance: CBI to Delhi court

/ by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

The CBI today told a Delhi court that strict action be taken against witnesses if they fail to appear for their deposition in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and two others are facing trial pertaining to the alleged killing of a man. CBI’s submission came when a prosecution witness […]

Read more »

Criminal Law News

Three men get 20 years in jail for raping minor girl

by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

A court in Biora town in the district has awarded twenty years’ rigorous imprisonment to three persons for raping a minor girl. The court relied on the DNA test findings while convicting the accused. First Additional Sessions Judge Samroz Khan convicted Rambabu Kushwaha, Lekhram alias Balla Kushwaha and Mukesh Kushwaha for gang-raping a minor girl […]

Read more »

Criminal Law News

Life imprisonment to inspector of schools for murder

by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

A court in Rayagada district of Odisha today awarded life imprisonment to an inspector of schools for the murder of a lady teacher in 2013. District and Session Judge, Rayagada, Janab Mohammed Ajmal held Netrananda Dandasena guilty under sections 109, 302 and 120 (B) of IPC and pronounced life term. The verdict was delivered on […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Patna HC upholds Narendra Singh’s disqualification

by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

The Patna High Court today upheld the Bihar Legislative Council chairmans decision to disqualify Narendra Singh from the membership of the Upper House. “There is no reason to interfere with the order passed by the Chairman of Bihar Legislative Council and hence the petition is dismissed,” a bench of Justice K K Mandal said. The […]

Read more »