Top Law News ‘Sub-standard’ supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing January 19, 2016 / January 20, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court will begin from February 8 final hearing on a petition alleging supply of sub-standard chikki (snack) in schools run by the Maharashtra government. Soon after the alleged scam came to light, the Maharashtra government formed a high-power committee to go into purchases of various commodities, including chikki, made by departments on […] Read more » 'Sub-standard' supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News J Dey murder case: CBI gets permission to quiz Rajan January 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special MCOCA court here today granted CBIpermission to interrogate deported gangster Chhota Rajan in connection with journalist J Dey murder case of 2011. Special Judge A L Pansare allowed CBI’s plea seeking nod to question the 54-year-old crime boss for 10 days starting January 27 before adjourning the case till February 5. Rajan, who […] Read more » CBI chota rajan Court Criminal news featured J Dey J Dey murder case: CBI gets permission to quiz Rajan Law murder case
Top Law News Next hearing in SRK-Salman temple case on Jan 24 January 18, 2016 / January 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court today fixed January 24 as the next date of hearing in a case filed against actors Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan for allegedly going inside a temple wearing shoes. Special CJM Sanjay Kumar Singh watched a video clip made available by the plaintiff and fixed January 24 as the next date […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Next hearing in SRK-Salman temple case on Jan 24 Salman Khan Shahrukh Khan temple case
Top Law News Promotions of SCs, STs be done cadre-wise: Gauhati HC January 18, 2016 / January 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a landmark judgment, the Gauhati High Court has ruled that people representing SCs and STs would no longer be promoted in the Assam government services just because they belong to the backward classes as promotions should be done cadre-wise maintaining overall efficiency in the administration. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, giving the verdict in a writ […] Read more » Court featured Gauhati High Court Law Legal News Promotions of SCs STs be done cadre-wise: Gauhati HC
Top Law News Bombay HC order on women’s entry in Mumbai Durgah after SC verdict on January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said it would wait for Supreme Court’s ruling on entry of women in Sabarimala temple of Kerala before deciding on a similar plea in case of Haji Ali Durgah here. A bench of Justices V M Kanade and Reveti Mohite-Dere was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the decision […] Read more » Bombay HC order on women's entry in Mumbai Durgah after SC verdict on Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Coal scam: Ex-MoS Dilip Ray, 5 others summoned January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Dilip Ray, who was Union Minister of State for Coal during the erstwhile NDA government in 1999, has been summoned as an accused along with five others in connection with a coal block allocation case by a Special Court here. Ray is the first minister of the NDA government who has been summoned as an […] Read more » 5 others summoned coal scam Coal scam: Ex-MoS Dilip Ray Court dilip ray featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Karunanidhi appears before TN court in a defamation case January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Amid high drama, wheelchair-bound DMK supremo M Karunanidhi today appeared before a city court in connection with a defamation case filed against him by arch rival and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Principal Sessions Court Judge N Audinathan took about a minute to record the appearance of 92-year-old Karunanidhi, a former chief minister, who came […] Read more » AIDMK Court defamation case DMK featured Karunanidhi appears before TN court in a defamation case Law Legal News
Top Law News Kolkata hit-and-run case: Youth sent to 2-day transit remand January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Monday sent a youth, arrested in connection with the hit-and-run case in which an IAF corporal was killed during Republic Day rehearsal in Kolkata, to two days transit remand. 24-year-old Shahnawaz Khan, resident of West Bengal, was arrested here this morning and produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Pooran Chand who […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Kolkata hit-and-run case Kolkata hit-and-run case: Youth sent to 2-day transit remand Law Legal News
Top Law News Row over audit: SC seeks discoms’ reply on plea agnst HC order January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from three private power distribution companies on petitions filed by various bodies including Delhi government challenging High Court order that these discoms cannot be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. A bench headed by Justice J Chelamswar asked the three discoms —— Tata Power […] Read more » CAG Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Row over audit: SC seeks discoms' reply on plea agnst HC order Supreme Court
Top Law News Hit-and-run case: Sambia booked for murder January 17, 2016 / January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Sambia Sohrab, the prime accused in the hit-and-run case in which a young air force officer was killed in Kolkata, was today charged with murder even as a city court rejected his bail plea. Sohrab, the younger son of former RJD MLA Mohammad Sohrab, was remanded in police custody for 14 days, a day after […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Hit-and-run case Hit-and-run case: Sambia booked for murder Law Legal News Sambia
Environment Law News NGT slaps Rs 25 crore fine on Adani-Hazira Port January 17, 2016 / January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty of Rs 25 crore on Adani-Hazira Port Pvt Ltd (AHPPL) and its associate Hajira Infrastructure Pvt Ltd for carrying out work at their Hazira-based port near Surat without acquiring environment clearance. The Pune-based Western Zone bench of NGT also ruled that the environment clearance (EC), granted by […] Read more » Adani-Hazira Port pvt ltd AHPPL Court featured Law Legal News NGT slaps Rs 25 crore fine on Adani-Hazira Port
High Profile Cases Coal scam: Accused seeks joint trial of three cases January 17, 2016 / January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A businessman, facing prosecution in three separate coal block allocation scam cases, has approached a special court seeking joint trial in all of them saying the FIRs were “closely knitted” and the alleged offences pertained to same transaction. Businessman Manoj Kumar Jayaswal is accused in three cases pertaining to the alleged irregularities in allocation ofcoal […] Read more » coal scam Coal scam: Accused seeks joint trial of three cases Court featured Law Legal News
