Top Law News SC junks PIL against reservation March 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today junked a PIL seeking a direction that reservation on the basis of caste, sex, religion and financial status should be removed from the Constitution. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul rejected the plea filed by a chartered accountant who claimed […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News PIL against reservation Supreme Court
Top Law News EC favours barring convicts from contesting polls for lifetime March 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Election Commission of India (ECI) today told the Supreme Court that it was in favour of barring convicted persons from contesting polls for life and stopping their entry into judiciary and the executive. The commission also said it was in favour of setting up special courts to decide criminal cases related to people’s representatives, […] Read more » Court Election Commission featured Law Legal News PIL polls for lifetime
Top Law News Calcutta HC grants stay on criminal proceedings against Supriyo March 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today granted a six-week stay on criminal proceedings against Union minister Babul Supriyo in connection with a case filed against him by Trinamool Congress MLA Mohua Moitra. Justice Joymalyo Bagchi passed an interim stay on the criminal proceedings which had been initiated by a city court order on Supriyo’s alleged derogatory […] Read more » Babul Supriyo Calcutta High Court Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Mohua Moitra Trinamool Congress
Criminal Law News Top Law News Ex-Bigg Boss contestant denied anticipatory bail March 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former ‘Bigg Boss’ contestant Swami Om, who along with his associate is accused of molesting and threatening a woman, saying the allegations against him were grave and he could hamper the investigation. Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal declined the relief to Swami Om, saying he could […] Read more » anticipatory bail Bigg Boss Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News molesting and threatening a woman Swami Om
High Profile Cases SC asks govt, others to mull ways to check sex offence videos March 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the Union government, internet majors and other intermediaries to sit together to mull over technical ways to block and check sharing of videos of sexual offences on social networking sites. A bench of Justices M B Lokur and U U Lalit directed Google India, Microsoft India, Yahoo India, Facebook and […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News sex offence videos Supreme Court Union government
Top Law News Parents can evict abusive adult children from their house: Delhi HC March 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Children who abuse their parents while staying with them in their house can be evicted from the property, the Delhi High Court has ruled. Justice Manmohan, in his ruling, specified that the house need not be self-acquired or owned by the parents. “As long as the parents have the legal possession of the property, they […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Parents can evict abusive adult children from their house
Top Law News Justice Navanithi Prasad Singh sworn in as Kerala CJ March 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Navanithi Prasad Singh was today sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. Governor Justice (retd) P Sathasivam administered oath of office to Justice Singh at a function held at the Raj Bhavan here. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Congress MP and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor and top state officials were […] Read more » Court featured Justice Navanithi Prasad Singh Kerala High Court Law Legal News
Top Law News ‘Intention was to make you alive to the situation’ March 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said its order seeking prompt replies from the Centre and the RBI on a plea against alleged tweaking of rules on exchange of demonetised currency was intended to make them “alive to the situation”. The apex court, which had issued notices to the Centre and the federal bank on March 6, […] Read more » Court exchange of demonetised currency featured Law Legal News RBI Supreme Court
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases 31 convicted for 2012 violence at Maruti’s Manesar plant March 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Gurgaon court today convicted 31 employees of Maruti-Suzuki India Limited, including 13 of murder, in connection with the violence at the automobile giant’s Manesar plant in Haryana in 2012 in which a senior officer had been burnt alive. Additional District and Sessions Judge R K Goyal acquitted 117 of the 148 employees charge-sheeted in […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Gurgaon court Law Legal News Maruti-Suzuki India Limited Maruti's Manesar plant
Top Law News ‘Decide bails in 1 week, trials in petty cases in 6 mths’ March 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Timely delivery of justice is a part of human rights,” the Supreme Court today said and fixed deadlines for deciding long-pending criminal cases in high courts and trial courts across the country. Issuing a slew of directions to all high courts, a bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit said, “Denial of […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News serious offence
Top Law News We don’t allow people to file motivated petitions: SC March 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it does not allow litigants to “raise motivated petitions” and dismissed a plea seeking action against a firm for allegedly not paying the minimum prescribed wages to the labourers. “You (petitioner) want us to take action only against this company… You can do great service to the country by raising […] Read more » apex court Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Ex-Bigg Boss contestant gets interim relief from arrest March 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former ‘Bigg Boss’ contestant Swami Om, who along with his associate is accused of molesting and threatening a woman, was today granted interim relief from arrest till March 14 by a Delhi court. Special Judge Hemani Malhotra directed the Delhi Police to file the video footage of CCTV installed in DCP office at Daryaganj here […] Read more » Court Criminal news Ex-Bigg Boss contestant gets interim relief featured Law Legal News molesting and threatening a woman Swami Om
