Top Law News Coal scam: Koda seeks summoning of Manmohan Singh August 17, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Madhu Koda on Monday moved an application in a special court, seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an accused in a coal scam case. The fresh application by Koda comes months after the Supreme Court stayed the summons issued by a special CBI court. The CBI had summoned Singh […] Read more » CBI coal scam Coal scam: Koda seeks summoning of Manmohan Singh Court featured Law Legal News Madhu Koda Manmohan Singh
Top Law News Delhi HC grants protection from arrest to AAP MLA till Oct 14 August 14, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today granted protection from arrest to AAP MLA Gulab Singh, who has been accused of assaulting and obstructing a public servant from discharging his duties during a demolition drive carried out here. A bench of Justice Ashutosh Kumar, while allowing the AAP MLA’s anticipatory bail plea, said police will not take […] Read more » AAP Court Delhi HC grants protection from arrest to AAP MLA till Oct 14 featured Law Legal News MLA news
Criminal Law News Court refuses to set aside sentence in DUI case August 13, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has refused to set aside the sentence of a 45-year-old man who was convicted for drunken driving, saying safety of people on roads is of paramount importance. The court, however, modified his jail term from 10 days to four days, considering that he was the sole earning member in his family and […] Read more » Court Court refuses to set aside sentence in DUI case Delhi drunking driving featured Law Legal News
Top Law News HC quashes ban on Maggi noodles, orders fresh test in 3 labs August 13, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment HC quashes ban on Maggi noodles, orders fresh test in 3 labsIn a major relief to Maggi noodles manufacturer Nestle India Ltd, the Bombay High Court today quashed the orders of the Indian food regulators banning the nine variants of noodles in the country after observing that principles of natural justice were not followed. A […] Read more » Court featured HC quashes ban on Maggi noodles Law Legal News maggi orders fresh test in 3 labs
Criminal Law News Man gets 10-year jail for sodomising minor boy August 12, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A man convicted for sodomising a four-year-old boy has been sentenced to 10-year jail by a Delhi court, which observed that the offence was “highly derogatory”. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav, while sentencing Delhi resident Surender for the offence punishable under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, also imposed a […] Read more » featured Law Legal News Man gets 10-year jail for sodomising minor boy POCSO Protection of Children from Sexual Offences sodomising
Top Law News 10yr old vehicles ban : NGT refuses to modify order August 12, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today refused to modify its order banning plying of diesel vehicles which are over 10 years old in Delhi-NCR. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said it was for the Delhi government and the concerned authorities to decide on the issue of challaning such vehicles or not. The […] Read more » 10yr old vehicles ban : NGT refuses to modify order Delhi featured Law Legal News NGT vehicle
Top Law News SC stays Guj HC order on judges’ plot allotment PIL August 12, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed the Gujarat High Court order issuing notices to its sitting and former judges and also a sitting apex court judge over the allotment of residential plots to them by the state government in a posh locality in Sola area in Ahmedabad. “The high court was in mortal hurry. This should […] Read more » Court featured judge Law Legal News news PIL plot allotment PIL SC stays Guj HC order on judges' plot allotment PIL Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Delhi Court frees 4 men in false gangrape case lodged by sex worker August 12, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Four men have been acquitted by a Delhi court of the charge of raping a woman after she admitted she was a sex worker and had lodged a false complaint in a fit of rage when they refused to pay her money. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat absolved the four Delhi residents of the charge […] Read more » Court Delhi Delhi Court frees 4 men in false gangrape case lodged by sex worker featured Law Legal News sex worker
Top Law News Supreme Court stays HC’s order cancelling Dayanidhi Maran’s bail August 12, 2015 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Supreme Court stays HC’s order cancelling Dayanidhi Maran’s bail The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Madras High Court ordercancelling former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran’s anticipatory bail. Issuing notice to the CBI, the court asked the probe agency to respond to Maran’s challenge in two weeks. The court posted the next hearing on September 14. Justice T.S. Thakur asked whether political vendetta was behind […] Read more » bail Dayanidhi Maran featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Supreme Court stays HC's order cancelling Dayanidhi Maran's bail
Top Law News Aadhar will be optional for availing various govt schemes: SC August 11, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Aadhar card will be optional for availing various welfare schemes of the government, the Supreme Court today said and ordered that no personal information of the holders of such cards shall be shared by any authority. A three-judge bench, which in the forenoon referred to a larger Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the […] Read more » Aadhar card Aadhar will be optional for availing various govt schemes: SC Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refers Aadhar card matter to Constitution Bench August 11, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s ambitious scheme to provide Aadhar card to all citizens and decide whether right to privacy is a fundamental right. Allowing the Centre’s plea, a three-judge bench comprising Justices J Chelameswar, S A Bobde and C Nagappan, framed various questions, […] Read more » Aadhar card constitution bench featured Law Legal News SC refers Aadhar card matter to Constitution Bench Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi High Court dismisses Ola cabs’ plea against Delhi govts’s ban August 11, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a setback to app-based cab service provider Ola, Delhi High Court today dismissed the company’s plea challenging a single-judge order upholding the city government’s ban on such taxi services. “Appeal dismissed,” a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said. The single-judge in his July 29 interim order had directed Delhi […] Read more » Delhi govt Delhi High Court Delhi High Court dismisses Ola cabs' plea against Delhi govts's ban featured Law Legal News ola Cabs
