Top Law News Reservation to Jats, 5 other castes challenged in HC March 30, 2016 / March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The reservation to Jats and five other communities in government jobs and education was challenged today in the Punjab and Haryana High court here, a day after Haryana Assembly cleared the quota Bill. Advocate Satnarayan Yadav challenged the grant of reservation on the grounds that the Supreme Court has ruled against the overall quota exceeding […] Read more » 5 other castes challenged in HC Court featured jat reservation Law Legal News Punjab and Haryana High Court Reservation to Jats
Top Law News Suicide by farmers given low damage is a reality: SC March 30, 2016 / March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment It is a reality that low compensation paid to calamity-hit farmers was leading some of them to commit suicide, the Supreme Court observed today. “This is a reality. It needs to be corrected. It’s not against one government or other government. The central government always says they are doing good things but some people are […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Suicide by farmers given low damage is a reality: SC Supreme Court
Top Law News Hiring musclemen to recover loans unethical: Kerala HC March 30, 2016 / March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court today held that the practice of banks and financial institutions authorising musclemen to recover loans from borrowers “is illegal, unethical and against protection of public interest.” Considering an appeal filed by a detective agency in Kozhikode complaining non-payment of commission by a public sector bank which engaged it to recover loan […] Read more » featured Hiring musclemen to recover loans unethica Hiring musclemen to recover loans unethical: Kerala HC Kerala High Court Law Legal News
Top Law News Irom Sharmila acquitted in case of attempt to suicide March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court in Delhi today acquitted Irom Sharmila in a case of attempt to suicide. The Manipuri rights activist Irom has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh acquitted Sharmila in the case registered in 2006. The court on […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Irom Sharmila Irom Sharmila acquitted in case of attempt to suicide Law Legal News
Top Law News Madras HC gets six judges March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court is all set to get six new judges. The six names that were recommended by the collegium headed by the Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanajy Kishan Kaul have been cleared by the Supreme Court. Kalaiyarasan, Gokuldas, Bharathidasan, S Sunder, M V Muralidharan and D Krishnakumar would be the new judges, […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras HC gets six judges Madras High Court
Top Law News SC frames guidelines to appoint law officers in Punjab March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on SC frames guidelines to appoint law officers in Punjab The Supreme Court today framed guidelines for appointment of law officers in Punjab and Haryana, saying there was neither a criteria nor a policy for the selections of such officials. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices R Banumathi and U U Lalit said a selection committee headed by Secretary, Law Commission […] Read more » featured guidelines to appoint law officers Law Legal News Punjab SC frames guidelines to appoint law officers in Punjab Supreme Court
Top Law News Kingfisher, Mallya propose in SC to repay Rs4k cr March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Liquor baron Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher Airlines Ltd today submitted in a sealed cover a proposal for repayment of Rs 4000 crore out of the loan amount of Rs 6903 crore to the consortium of banks led by State Bank of India by September this year. Along with Mallya and Kingfisher, the proposal was also […] Read more » Court featured Kingfishe Kingfisher Law Legal News Mallya propose in SC to repay Rs4k cr Supreme Court Vijay Mallya
Top Law News Rebel Cong MLAs move Uttarakhand High Court against Speaker’s action March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Rebel Congress MLAs today moved the Uttarakhand High Court challenging their disqualification by Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal after Presidents rule had been imposed in the state. The petition has been filed before the single bench of Justice U C Dhyani of the high court against the Speakers action questioning its validity on the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Rebel Cong MLAs Rebel Cong MLAs move Uttarakhand High Court against Speaker's action Uttarakhand High Court
High Profile Cases Uttarakhand crisis: Centre moves Uttarakhand HC challenging its order for floor test March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Centre today moved the Uttarakhand High Court challenging an interim order by a single bench directing a floor test in the Assembly on March 31, days after President’s Rule was imposed in the state. A petition was mentioned before a division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice K M Joseph and Justice […] Read more » Congress Court featured Harish Rawat Law Legal News president rule Uttarakhand crisis Uttarakhand High Court
Top Law News SC approves Centre’s guidelines to protect Good Samaritans March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Centre’s guidelines to protect Good Samaritans, who help road accident victims, from being unnecessarily harassed by police or any other authority. A bench comprising justices V Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra asked the Central government to give wide publicity to these guidelines so that people who help others […] Read more » Centre's guidelines to protect Good Samaritans Court featured Law Legal News SC approves Centre's guidelines to protect Good Samaritans Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Murder & gangrape: Death sentence commuted March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today commuted the death sentence awarded to Ramchandra Karanjule, the former director of an orphanage in Navi Mumbai, for murdering an inmate and gang-raping five mentally challenged girls at the premises. A division bench of Justices R V More and Anuja Prabhudessai partly allowed the appeal filed by Karanjule challenging […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Murder & gangrape: Death sentence commuted
Criminal Law News Man gets 10 yrs jail for raping minor step-daughter March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A man has been awarded 10 years imprisonment for raping his 12-year-old step-daughter by a court here. “In this case, the convict was father of the victim. Instead of extending safe environment to his child, he himself committed sexual assault on the victim who was less than 12 years of age and could not protest […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Man gets 10 yrs jail for raping minor step-daughter
