Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Hit-&-run: SC admits appeal ag’st Salman’s acquittal July 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today admitted for final hearing the appeal of Maharashtra government challenging the acquittal of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case, but refused to fast-track the proceedings. “Leave granted. Petition is admitted for final hearing,” a bench of Justices J S Khehar and Arun Mishra said. The apex court, however, did […] Read more » Court featured hit-&-run case Law Legal News Salman Khan Supreme Court
Top Law News Judge recuses from hearing Delhi’s plea ag’st Centre July 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Justice L Nageshwar Rao today became the second Supreme Court judge to recuse himself from hearing a plea of Delhi government seeking a declaration of its power and to restrain the High Court from delivering the verdict on host of issues including the scope of its powers. The plea was listed before a bench of […] Read more » Court Delhi's plea ag'st Centre featured judges Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Mallya cheque bounce cases: Court adjourns order till Aug 4 July 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Hyderabad court on Tuesday adjourned till August 4 its order on quantum of punishment in the two bounced-cheque cases filed against beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. Third Special Court Magistrate M Krishna Rao had on April 20 convicted Mallya and others in connection with the bouncing of two cheques […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured hyderabad Court Law Vijay Mallya cheque bounce cases
Criminal Law News Man gets 2 years jail for attempting to rape woman priest July 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a fast track court here for attempting to rape a woman priest in Titawi area in 2014. Judge Rajiv Bharadwaj convicted Bablu, a native of West Bengal, under relevant sections of IPC and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on him yesterday. According to the […] Read more » attempting to rape woman priest Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Man gets 2 years jail rape case
Top Law News BCTP warns lawyers against burning effigy of Chief Justice July 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Taking serious view of burning the effigy of the Chief Justice of Madras High Court by lawyers as part of their indefinite boycott of courts protesting recent amendments to the rules under the Advocates Act, Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today said the action would be dealt with in stringent manner in accordance […] Read more » BCTP chief justice Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News Waste on tracks: NGT asks Railways to strictly impose 5k fine July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | 5 Comments on Waste on tracks: NGT asks Railways to strictly impose 5k fine The National Green Tribunal today directed the Railways to “strictly” impose fine of Rs 5,000 on those throwing waste on rail tracks and act against them effectively. “There are jhuggies and even permanent buildings adjacent to the railway tracks. Why do you permit them to throw dirt on the tracks? Why can’t you stop even […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News NGT Railways to strictly impose 5k fine Waste on tracks
Top Law News Maha govt wants to destroy wetlands under garb of development July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said that the Maharashtra government, under the garb of development, wants to destroy mangroves in the state and was hence seeking modification of a March 2013 HC order banning construction on wetlands. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and A A Sayed had last week come down heavily […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News maharashtra Govt
Environment Law News DJB charging commercial rates for domestic use: DP tells NGT July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi Police has told the National Green Tribunal that Delhi Jal Board (DJB) was claiming commercial rates for its residential complexes and it has no specific records of the water connections installed at various locations. “There is only one meter installed at police buildings which is being used for both residential quarters and commercial building. […] Read more » Court Delhi Police DJB charging commercial rates for domestic use featured Law Legal News NGT
Criminal Law News Man freed of charge of raping widow July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | 7 Comments on Man freed of charge of raping widow A man has been acquitted of the charge of raping his sister-in-law after the death of her husband by a Delhi court which said the case was “not free from suspicion”. The court said facts of the case showed that the woman wanted to marry her husband’s younger brother after the death of her spouse, […] Read more » charge of raping widow Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Rs 570 cr seizure: Madras HC directs CBI to conduct preliminary probe July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the complaint by a DMK MP alleging irregularities in the the seizure of Rs 570 crore from three container trucks in Tirupur district in the run up to the May 16 assembly elections. Justice R Subbaiah, before whom the petition by […] Read more » CBI Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Rs 570 cr seizure
Top Law News Akshardham case: Guj govt opposes plea in SC July 3, 2016 / July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat government has opposed in the Supreme Court a plea by six persons, acquitted by the apex court in the 2002 Akshardham terror attack case, seeking compensation for their ‘wrongful’ arrest, saying it would have a “serious demoralising effect” on the investigating agencies. It said that since the trial court as well as the […] Read more » Akshardham case Court featured Gujarat government Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Two given life imprisonment for killing 5-yr-old boy July 3, 2016 / July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court has handed down life imprisonment to two men in a murder case of a five- year-old boy two years ago. Additional District Judge Ratnesh Mani Tripathi yesterday awarded life imprisonment to Santosh Pandey and Neetu Singh for killing Roshan (5) on Jan 16, 2014 in Joplinganj locality in the city. The incident […] Read more » Court criminalnews featured Law life imprisonment murder case
