Top Law News SC’s notice on pleas of cruelty against elephants December 8, 2015 / December 9, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre, Rajasthan and Goa on pleas alleging that cruelty is being meted out to elephants used for joyrides in these states. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant asked Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar to find out as to whether the elephants, used for joyrides, […] Read more » featured Law Legal News SC's notice on pleas of cruelty against elephants Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Sheena Bora case: Court asks CBI to complete probe by Dec 17 December 8, 2015 / December 9, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to interrogate Indrani Mukerjea, Sanjeev Khanna and Shyamwar Rai for 10 days. “Permission is granted within specified period,” CBI court Judge H S Mahajan ordered on Tuesday. The judge ordered the CBI to hand over copies of statements of witnesses recorded by a […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Sheena Bora case Sheena Bora case: Court asks CBI to complete probe by Dec 17
Top Law News Employee killed on duty can get compensation, rules court December 8, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment If an employee is murdered while performing his duty, he is eligible for compensation under the Employees Compensation Act, a Thane court has held. Judge B Y Phad awarded a compensation of Rs 8,61,120 to a woman and her child for the murder of her husband while on duty in 2011. In their claim, family […] Read more » Employee killed on duty can get compensation featured Law Legal News Pune court rules court
Top Law News Hardik sent to one-day police remand by Surat court December 7, 2015 / December 8, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Surat court on Monday remanded Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel in one-day police custody in a case in which he had allegedly instructed his fellow activists to block a national highway passing from Surat two months back. Judicial Magistrate of Kathor rural court J.D. Solanki sent the 22-year-old firebrand leader to a day’s remand […] Read more » Court featured Hardik patel Hardik sent to one-day police remand by Surat court Law Legal News Surat
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Court language is English: SC December 7, 2015 / December 8, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to make the court judgement available in Hindi and regional languages, saying the court language is English. “We cannot pass such direction as the court language is English,” a bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur, Justice A K Sikri and Justice R Banumathi […] Read more » Court Court language is English: SC featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases National Herald case: Swamy files caveat in SC December 7, 2015 / December 8, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to pre-empt any ex-parte order on appeals likely to be filed by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul in the National Herald case. “I have filed a caveat in the Supreme Court that in case they file any petition, it should […] Read more » featured Law Legal News National Herald case National Herald case: Swamy files caveat in SC Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Bombay HC begins dictation of verdict in Salman’s case December 7, 2015 / December 8, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Monday said it would give its ruling on the applicability of culpable homicide charge against Bollywood star Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case and also on other key questions like the admissibility of the statement of the actor’s former body guard as evidence. This was stated by Justice A.R. […] Read more » Bombay HC begins dictation of verdict in Salman's case Bombay High Court Criminal news featured Hit-and-run case Law Legal News Salman Khan
Top Law News J Dey murder case: Daily trial from Dec 17 December 7, 2015 / December 8, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court will start the trial of the journalist J Dey murder case on a daily basis from December 17. Underworld don Chhota Rajan was shown as an absconding accused in the case. “The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court will start recording the statements of witnesses from December 17 on a day-to-day […] Read more » Criminal news featured J Dey murder case: Daily trial from Dec 17 J. Dey murder case Law Legal News murder case
Criminal Law News Moga case: Prosecution asked to record evidence of witness December 7, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court of Moga has directed the prosecution to record the evidence of witnesses in the death case of 13-year-old girl who was allegedly molested and thrown off a moving bus in Moga, on December 11. Additional Sessions Judge Gurjant Singh on Saturday gave the direction on Saturday after no one turned up on […] Read more » Court featured jail Law Legal News Moga case: Prosecution asked to record evidence of witness murder
Criminal Law News Espionage: Rasheed,3 others sent to police custody till Dec 10 December 7, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment BSF head constable Abdul Rasheed and three others arrested for allegedly supplying sensitive documents to Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI, were today remanded to police custody till December 10 by a Delhi court. Besides Rasheed, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police produced Munawwar Ahmad Mir, a former army personnel, Mohd Sabar, a teacher by profession and […] Read more » 3 others sent to police custody till Dec 10 Court Criminal news Espionage Espionage: Rasheed featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Court rejects UP plea to withdraw case against SP December 7, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Muzaffarnagar court has rejected a plea of Uttar Pradesh government to withdraw a nine-year-old criminal case against Samajwadi Party’s district president Rashid Siddiquiand a few others for their alleged involvement in a clash during the 2006 local body polls. The court has again issued a non-bailable warrants against Siddiqui. Chief Judicial Magistrate Sunder Lal rejected […] Read more » Court Court rejects UP plea to withdraw case against SP featured Law Legal News SP UP
Criminal Law News Acid attack: SC asks states, UTs to give free treatment December 7, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed all the states and union territories (UTs) to compensate, rehabilitate and provide free treatment to the survivors of acid attacks in pursuance of guidelines issued by it earlier. A bench of justices M Y Eqbal and C Nagappan gave the direction while dealing with a case of an acid attack […] Read more » acid attack Acid attack: SC asks states Criminal news featured Law Legal News Supreme Court UTs to give free treatment