Consumer Law News Top Law News NCDRC refuses compensation to man in medical negligence case April 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has rejected the plea of a man seeking compensation from a Punjab hospital for alleged negligence while operating on his fractured arm, saying the doctor could not be blamed for it. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), while denying the relief, also observed that there could have been failure on […] Read more » Compensation Court featured Law Legal News medical negligence case NCDRC Punjab hospital
Criminal Law News Top Law News Dowry death: Delhi HC upholds 10 years jail to husband April 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has upheld 10 years jail term to a man whose wife committed self-immolation, saying she ended her life due to cruelty and harassment meted out by him for dowry. The high court said it does not find any illegality or irregularity in the trial court’s February 2000 verdict and dismissed the […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court dowry death featured HC upholds 10 years jail to husband Law Legal News
Top Law News Himachal HC restrains govt from regularising illegal buildings April 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has restrained the state government from initiating any further action on regularising illegal buildings. Issuing a notice to the state government, the court stopped it from compounding deviations under the HP Town and Country Planning Regularization Amendment Act. A division bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Tarlok Singh Chauhan passed […] Read more » Court featured Himachal Pradesh High Court Law Legal News regularising illegal buildings
High Profile Cases SC slaps Rs 1 lakh cost on Rajasthan govt for “frivolous” plea April 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has slapped Rs one lakh cost on the Rajasthan government for filing “frivolous and unjustified petitions” in an arbitration case, saying such tendencies need to be stopped. The apex court also granted liberty to the state government to recover the cost from those officers who had authorised for filing of appeal against […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News plea Rajasthan government Supreme Court
Top Law News Gujarat HC dismisses Mehsana Dairy Union’s plea against special audit April 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today dismissed a petition moved by Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd seeking quashing of an order of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies to conduct special audit of the union. The court of Justice S G Shah dismissed the petition while allowing the Registrar to conduct a special audit under […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat High Court Law Legal News Mehsana Dairy Union's plea against special audit
Criminal Law News Top Law News Three get life in prison for murdering man April 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three persons, including a woman and her paramour, were sentenced to life in prison by the district court for murdering her husband three years ago. Additional District Judge Vivekanand Saran Tripathi found Saraswati, her paramour Karan Singh and their accomplice Bhima guilty of killing Veeru (32), a resident of Mahendra Nagar, with a knife and […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Mathura murder case Three get life in prison
Criminal Law News Top Law News Ajmer blast case: NIA files closure report, gives clean chit to Sadhvi Pragya April 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The NIA today submitted a closure report in the 2007 Ajmer bomb blast case, giving a clean chit to four persons including Sadhvi Pragya and RSS leader Indresh Kumar, saying no prosecutable evidence was found against them. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted the closure report to a special court hearing NIA cases which awarded […] Read more » Ajmer blast case Court featured Law Legal News NIA gives clean chit to Sadhvi Pragya
Top Law News Allahabad HC dismisses plea to rename anti-Romeo squad April 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court today dismissed a public interest litigation seeking a direction for changing the name of the anti-Romeo Squad. The Lucknow bench of the high court dismissed the PIL terming it as “not maintainable”. A division bench of justices Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Sanjay Harkauli gave the order on a PIL filed by […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News plea to rename anti-Romeo squad Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Civic polls: Madras HC warns SEC of contempt proceedings April 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Declining to extend the May 14 deadline for conducting local body elections in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court today warned the State Election Commission of contempt proceedings if it does not to comply with its order. The First Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice R M T Teekaa Raman made […] Read more » civic polls contempt proceedings Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court SEC State Election Commission
High Profile Cases Vyapam: Chouhan deposes before court in defamation case April 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today deposed before a court in connection with a defamation suit filed by the state government on his behalf against a Congress leader for “maligning” him and his wife in relation to the multi-crore Vyapam scam. The suit was filed against state Congress chief spokesman K K Mishra […] Read more » Court defamation case featured Law Legal News Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan Vyapam
Top Law News SC mulls expansion of its creche facility April 4, 2017 / April 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said the creche service in apex court was inadequate and asked the registry to see whether there was any prospect for expanding its service within the available infrastructure. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and M M Shantanagaudar said the registry should look all the prospect for making the service better. […] Read more » apex court Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases MDMK chief Vaiko surrenders in sedition case, sent to jail April 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment MDMK chief Vaiko was today remanded in judicial custody for 15 days after he surrendered before a court here in an eight-year-old sedition case and refused to seek bail. Vaiko appeared before Metropolitan Magistrate S Gopinathan and submitted a surrender petition to the court for his alleged role in the sedition case lodged against him […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News MDMK Vaiko surrenders in sedition case