Top Law News Inadequate jail terms undermine public confidence in law: HC June 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Undue sympathy towards convicts by awarding inadequate jail term “undermines public confidence in efficacy of law”, the Delhi High Court has said while upholding a 10-year term awarded by a trial court to a man for raping and trying to kill his ex-employer’s daughter-in-law. Dismissing the 45-year-old man’s plea for reduction of his punishment, Justice […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured HC Inadequate jail term Justice S.P. Garg undermine public confidence in law
Criminal Law News Top Law News Halfway homes for mentally-ill prisoners urgent: HC March 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued a slew of directions to expedite setting up of halfway homes for mentally-ill prisoners and recruiting trained staff to be deployed there, saying these homes should start working with “utmost urgency”. Halfway homes are residences for individuals who are released from institutions treating the mentally ill or drug addicts […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured Halfway homes Halfway homes for mentally-ill prisoners HC IHBAS Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences Justice Anu Malhotra Justice Gita Mittal mentally-ill prisoners
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Memo against Mehra’s appointment before LG: HC March 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The memorandum against the appointment of Rahul Mehra as senior standing counsel for the city government is being considered by the Lieutenant Governor (LG), the Delhi High Court was told today. “The file pertaining to the issue raised in the petition is pending for consideration before the LG, who will take his decision soon,” Justice […] Read more » featured HC justice Sanjeev Sachdeva LG Mehra's appointment before LG Memo against Mehra's appointment Rahul Mehra as senior standing counsel
High Profile Cases HC dismisses students’ plea against JNU admission policy March 17, 2017 / March 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today dismissed as “infructuous” a plea challenging JNU’s admission policy based on a 2016 notification of the University Grants Commission which capped the number of students per professor for MPhil and PhD courses. “Petition dismissed as infructuous,” Justice V K Rao said. The court said that the regulations made by UGC […] Read more » capped the number of students per professor for MPhil and PhD course featured HC JNU admission JNU admission policy Justice V.K. Rao students' plea against JNU admission policy University Grants Commission
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC interprets applicability of amendments to Arbitration Act January 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The changes made in 2015 to the Arbitration Act, under which there is no automatic stay on an award being challenged, would not apply if they affect enforceability of an award in proceedings which commenced before the amendment came into effect on October 23, 2015, the Delhi High Court has said. A bench of justices […] Read more » applicability of amendments Arbitration Act Ardee Infrastructure Pvt Ltd featured HC interprets applicability of amendments to Arbitration Act Justice Ashutosh Kumar Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Dishonest recording of proceedings is injustice: HC January 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A judge who does not record court proceedings “honestly and fairly” does the greatest injustice to litigants, the Delhi High Court has observed while transferring a corruption case from one trial court to another. The high court, which appreciated the efforts of the special judge to expedite the trial in the case, said it does […] Read more » Dishonest recording is injustice Dishonest recording of proceedings featured greatest injustice to litigants HC Justice Vipin Sanghi
Human Rights Top Law News Denial of sex by wife during pregnancy not cruelty: HC November 6, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Denial of sex by a woman during her pregnancy is not cruelty towards her husband entitling him to get divorce on that ground, the Delhi High Court has said. The court also said if the wife wakes up late in the morning or wants tea to be served in bed would at best show that […] Read more » Delhi High Court Denial of sex by wife Denial of sex by wife during pregnancy Denial of sex by wife during pregnancy not cruelty Denial of sex by wife not cruelty featured HC
Top Law News HC junks PIL seeking repeal of State Act November 5, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) which sought to discontinue or repeal Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act of 1977 on the ground that a Central Act with same benefits for rural population has come into the effect from 2005. The PIL prayed that the Central law i.e Mahatma Gandhi National Rural […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dr Manjula Chellur featured HC Justice M S Sonak Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act 1977 PIL repeal of State Act
High Profile Cases Payal Abdullah in HC for govt house on security grounds November 4, 2016 / November 4, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Payal Abdullah, estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has moved Delhi High Court seeking government accommodation for her and her sons on the ground that they enjoyed ‘Z’ and ‘Z plus’ security status. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal issued notice to the Centre […] Read more » advocate Anurag Ahluwalia Chief Justice G Rohini featured government house on security grounds HC Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal Payal Abdullah Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act. stranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
Consumer Law News Family Law News Top Law News HC dismisses Muslim woman’s appeal against divorce November 1, 2016 / November 1, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has dismissed an appeal by a woman seeking to set aside the “forged” ‘khula’ produced by her husband on the basis of which a cleric granted a fatwa dissolving the marriage. S Basheria submitted she was married to T C A Mohamed Yusuf, a beef merchant on August 20, 1987 as […] Read more » appeal against divorce divorce featured HC Madras High Court Muslim woman's appeal Muslim woman's appeal against divorce dismissed
Consumer Law News Top Law News HC upholds detention of ‘sand smuggler’ under MPDA November 1, 2016 / November 1, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has upheld an order of a Jalgaon Magistrate detaining an alleged sand smuggler under Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act (MPDA), saying his movements in the society might lead to disruption of public order. MPDA covers bootleggers, slumlords, sand smugglers and certain other categories of offenders whose activities are a threat […] Read more » 150th anniversary celebrations of the Bombay High Court Bombay High Court featured HC justice Mridula Bhatkar Justice Vijaya Tahilramani Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act MPDA sand smuggler upholds detention of sand smuggler
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News HC quashes FIR as accused agree to do social service October 31, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has set aside a first information report (FIR) against five youths, accused of outraging the modesty of two girls, on the condition that they would do social work for two days and donate Rs 50,000 for legal aid service. The order was passed by a division bench of Justices Abhay Oka […] Read more » accused agree to do social service Bombay High Court featured FIR HC Justice AA Sayed Justice Abhay Oka
