Top Law News Cong moves Uttarakhand HC challenging expenditure ordinance April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Congress today moved the Uttarakhand High Court challenging a central ordinance authorising expenditure in the state, which is under President’s rule, as the party has contended that the Assembly had duly passed the Appropriation Bill on March 18. A writ petition challenging promulgation of the ordinance was mentioned by senior Supreme Court lawyer and former Union […] Read more » Cong moves Uttarakhand HC challenging expenditure ordinance Court expenditure ordinance featured Law Legal News Uttarakhand High Court
High Profile Cases Uttarakhand HC defers hearing of rebel MLAs’ plea to April 11 April 1, 2016 / April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Uttarakhand High Court today put off hearing of a plea challenging disqualification of rebel Congress MLAs from the membership of the state Assembly till April 11. Six of the nine rebel Congress MLAs had moved the high court on March 30 challenging their disqualification as members of the House on the plea that the Speaker’s […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Uttarakhand HC defers hearing of rebel MLAs' plea to April 11 Uttarakhand High Court
Criminal Law News Air Asia pilot accuses Mallya of fraud, moves court March 31, 2016 / April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A pilot with Air Asia has moved court against his previous employer and Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya, alleging that the now-defunct private carrier did not deposit the tax deducted from his salary with the Income Tax department. Akash Sharma, in a complaint filed before the chief judicial magistrate’s court here, alleged Kingfisher Airlines deducted […] Read more » Air Asia pilot accuses Mallya of fraud Court Criminal news featured Fraud case Law Legal News moves court Vijay Mallya
Top Law News Man who moved Bombay HC against Owaisi gets threat letter March 31, 2016 / April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Pune-based activist Hemant Patil has received a threat letter asking him to withdraw his PIL in Bombay High Court against AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi and party MLA in Maharashtra Waris Pathan for refusing to chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. “I have filed a complaint at Vishrantwadi police station in Pune under section 507 IPC (criminal […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Man who moved Bombay HC against Owaisi gets threat letter
Top Law News SC okays Centre’s norms to protect Good Samaritans March 31, 2016 / April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment By-standers and passers-by who render help to victims of road accidents will not be unnecessarily harrassed, with the Supreme Court giving its nod to government’s guidelines to shield good samaritans from harassment at the hands of cops and other authorities. A bench of justices V Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra said the “Good Samaritans should […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News SC okays Centre's norms to protect Good Samaritans Supreme Court
Top Law News Auto majors didn’t get relief as ban on big cars, SUVs remain March 31, 2016 / April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Automobile giants like Mercedes, Toyota, Mahindra and General Motors today failed to get any relief from the Supreme Court, which extended till April 30 the bar on registration of diesel-run SUVs and high-end cars with engine capacity of 2000 CC and above in the National Capital Region. “The interim order banning registration of diesel-run vehicles […] Read more » Auto majors didn't get relief as ban on big cars Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court SUVs remain
Top Law News We have neutral stand on SYL issue, Centre tells SC March 31, 2016 / April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it was maintaining a “neutral” stand in the tussle between Punjab and Haryana over sharing of water through the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal. “We are neutral. We cannot take a stand,” Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice A R Dave which […] Read more » Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court SYL issue
Criminal Law News Man gets 7 years in jail for robbing a person at knife-point March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A man has been sentenced to seven years in jail for robbing a man of Rs 1000 at knife point by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Pankaj Gupta handed down the minimum jail term to Delhi resident Ajay noting that he was a first time offender, while holding him guilty of the offences including […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Man gets 7 years in jail for robbing a person at knife-point robbery case
Criminal Law News Bombay HC seeks report from police in IPL match-fixing, betting case March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Mumbai police crime branch to submit a progress report in a case being probed by them into the alleged match-fixing and betting in 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches. On a PIL seeking a joint probe by CBI, Income Tax Department and Enforcement Directorate into the alleged match fixing and betting in 2013 […] Read more » betting case Bombay HC seeks report from police in IPL match-fixing Bombay High Court featured IPL match fixing Law Legal News
Top Law News Court pulls up cops for casual probe, gives life term to three March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi Police has been pulled up for probing a murdercase in a “casual manner” by a city court which sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for killing a man. The court said the police did not carry out the probe in a “fair and diligent manner” and asked the DCP of west Delhi to take […] Read more » Court Court pulls up cops for casual probe Delhi court featured gives life term to three Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Coal scam: Court to pronounce jail term of Rungtas on April 4 March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court on Thursday reserved for April 4 its order on the quantum of punishment for Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited (JIPL) and its two directors in a coal block case after the CBI sought maximum jail term for the convicts. While arguing before special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar, the CBI said the convicts — […] Read more » Coal block allocation scam coal scam Coal scam: Court to pronounce jail term of Rungtas on April 4 Coalgate scam Court court conviction Criminal news featured Law Legal News local court pronouncement of judgement R C Rungta R.S. Rungta
Criminal Law News Court acquits 3 suspected gangsters of murder plot March 30, 2016 / March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court today acquitted three suspected members of Ravi Pujari gang of the charge that they had planned to kill a city-based journalist working for a broadsheet two years back. “MCOCA judge A L Pansare has acquitted Madan Sonkar, Ashutosh Varma and Ram Chauhan in the case. […] Read more » Court Court acquits 3 suspected gangsters of murder plot Criminal news featured Law Legal News MCOCA murder case
