Top Law News Delhi HC denies bail to LIC agent in PMLA case involving Virbhadra April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today denied bail to LIC agent Anand Chauhan in a money laundering case involving Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others. “I have dismissed this petition (bail application),” Justice Vipin Sanghi said. Chauhan is in judicial custody since his arrest in July last year. During the hearing on his bail […] Read more » bail Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Himachal Pradesh Law Legal News money laundering case PMLA case Virbhadra Singh
Top Law News SC rejects PIL to declare Indus Waters Treaty unconstitutional April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking declaration of the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan as illegal and unconstitutional. “This treaty is of 1960 and this treaty has held good for more than half a century,” a bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said while dismissing the PIL filed by […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News PIL to declare Indus Waters Treaty unconstitutional Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Interim bail to 5 fresh accused in coal case April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today granted interim bail till May 4 to five fresh accused named by the CBI in its supplementary charge sheet in a coal scam case against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal and others. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar granted the interim bail to accused- Jindal Steel’s adviser Anand Goel, Gurgaon-based […] Read more » coal case Court featured interim bail Law Legal News
Top Law News SC directs convict freed due to Delhi HC typo error to surrender April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A convict set free due to a typographical error in the Delhi High Court’s order has been directed by the Supreme Court to surrender first before hearing his plea challenging the order to re-arrest him. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan refused to grant any relief to the convict, a former […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court typo error to surrender
Top Law News ‘Rs 5,400 cr worth of undisclosed income detected’ April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A whopping Rs 5,400 crore worth of “undisclosed income” has been detected by law-enforcing agencies till January 10 since demonetisation came into force last November, the government has told the Supreme Court. It also made references to “various malpractices” which came to fore post demonetisation, including the use of old currency notes for buying gold. […] Read more » 'Rs 5 400 cr worth of undisclosed income detected' Court Demonetisation enforcing agencies featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC absolves doctor of medical negliegence charge after 20 yrs April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has absolved a doctor from Maharashtra of the charge of medical negligence after 20 years of an incident in which a road accident victim succumbed to injuries at a hospital. The apex court relied on its earlier verdict to say that in cases where negligence is alleged against professionals like doctors the […] Read more » Court doctor of medical negliegence charge after 20 yrs featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Top Law News Railways to compensate employee for rejecting medical claim April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Railways has been asked by the apex consumer commission to compensate an employee for rejecting his medical claim on the grounds that it was not an emergency situation when he took his wife to a private hospital. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) upheld Punjab state consumer commission’s order which had directed the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News medical claim National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC railways
Top Law News Haryana government destroying judicial system: SC April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today slapped a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the Haryana government for filing an appeal against a high court order after more than five years saying it is “destroying” the judicial system by “blatant misuse” of the process. “You (Haryana government) are destroying the judicial system. The question you are raising […] Read more » Court featured Haryana government judicial system Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘High time courts dealt with frivolous pleas strictly’ April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea of a man seeking appointment in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) on compassionate ground terming it a “frivolous petition” which needed to be dealt with sternly. “It is high time that courts deal with certain frivolous petitions in a very strict manner,” Justice Valmiki J Mehta […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court FCI featured Food Corporation of India Law Legal News
High Profile Cases SC rejects K’taka’s review plea on release of Cauvery water April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a Karnataka government plea seeking review of its September 20, 2016 order asking it to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu till September 27, saying it has become “infructuous” as several subsequent orders were passed. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit […] Read more » Court featured Karnataka Law Legal News plea on release of Cauvery water Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Man sentenced to death for raping, killing minor April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court today handed death sentence to a man for raping and killing a minor at Kashipur in Udhamsingh Nagar district last year. Fast track POCSO court judge Neelam Ratra handed the death sentence to Karandeep Sharma alias Raju after pronouncing him guilty of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl on the night […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Man sentenced to death for raping minor murder case udham singh nagar Uttarakhand
High Profile Cases SC seeks reply from 6 states on plea to ban cow vigilantes April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought response of six states, including Rajasthan, on a plea seeking a ban on cow vigilante groups there. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar issued notices to Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh and asked them to file their reply within three weeks. The bench […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News plea to ban cow vigilantes Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Supreme Court