Criminal Law News Bombay HC gives Salman two more weeks to furnish sureties January 12, 2016 / January 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today granted two weeks additional time to actor Salman Khan to furnish sureties as directed by it while acquitting him in the 2002 hit-and-run case. On December 10, Justice A R Joshi of the high court had acquitted Salman and quashed and set aside the trial court’s order convicting the actor […] Read more » Bombay HC gives Salman two more weeks to furnish sureties Bombay High Court Court featured Hit-and-run case Law Legal News Salman Khan
Top Law News SC stays govt notification allowing Jallikattu January 12, 2016 / January 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Jallikattu, one of the oldest bull-taming sports in the world, will not be played this year during Pongal in Tamil Nadu, with the Supreme Court today staying the Centre’s notification lifting ban on the controversial game as an interim measure. The court rejected the plea of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Tamil Nadu […] Read more » Court featured Jallikattu Law Legal News SC stays govt notification allowing Jallikattu Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Telangana Police not allowed to take Kobad to state January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has dismissed a plea by Telangana Police seeking its nod to take Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy, facing trial here for allegedly trying to set up a base for the banned CPI (Maoist), to produce him before courts in that state in some other cases. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh said the request […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Kobad Ghandy Law police Telangana Telangana Police not allowed to take Kobad to state
Criminal Law News Court refuses to discharge man of sexual harassment January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A court here has refused to discharge a man, accused of sexually harassing three working women by passing lewd comments, saying the statement of the complainant before police is a substantial piece of evidence. The court dismissed the revision petition of the accused, who had contended that the complainant had made different statements before the […] Read more » Court Court refuses to discharge man of sexual harassment Criminal news featured Law Legal News sexual harassment
Environment Law News NGT disposes plea against taxi aggregators January 12, 2016 / January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today disposed of petitions which alleged that diesel powered inter-state taxis operating in the national capital were violating Supreme Court directive. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi disposed of the pleas filed by an apex body of radio taxi operators and a Delhi resident seeking prohibition on running of […] Read more » Court Environment news featured Law Legal News NGT NGT disposes plea against taxi aggregators
Consumer Law News Top Law News Firm told to compensate travellers for Dubai tour January 12, 2016 / January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A group of ten people, who could not undertake a tour to Dubai following lapses in services by a travel agency, have been awarded a compensation of Rs 8,000 each besides refund of the tour fare along with 8 per cent interest by the District Consumer Forum here. Forum President Sneha Mhatre and members Madhuri Vishwarupe and […] Read more » Consumer forum Court featured Firm told to compensate travellers for Dubai tour Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Goa HRC to hear petition on police atrocities on protestors January 12, 2016 / January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Goa Human Rights Commission will tomorrow hear a petition filed by social activist Aires Rodrigues over alleged atrocities against demonstrators demanding proper investigations into the death of priest Fr Bismarque Dias here. Several demonstrators were allegedly baton-charged on November 21 last year when they were protesting in Panaji. The three-member Commission headed by Justice […] Read more » Criminal news featured Goa Goa HRC to hear petition on police atrocities on protestors HRC Law priest Fr Bismarque Dias
Criminal Law News PIL on marital rape: Delhi HC seeks govt”s response January 11, 2016 / January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The controversial issue of marital rape was again raked up today before the Delhi High Court, which sought the government’s response on a PIL challenging a provision in the penal law which does not consider sexual intercourse of a man with his minor wife as rape. The issue came up before a bench of Chief […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Law PIL on marital rape: Delhi HC seeks govt''s response rape case
Criminal Law News Peter Mukerjea”s JC extended till Jan 25 January 11, 2016 / January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A magistrate’s court here today extended the judicial custody of former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in the Sheena Bora murder case, till January 25. He was produced before magistrate R V Adone after the earlier judicial remand expired. Peter’s family members as well as Vidhie Khanna (daughter of Indrani Mukerjea from her earlier marriage […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Peter Mukerjea''s JC extended till Jan 25 Sheena Bora murder case
Top Law News Par may amend law to award harsh punishment in child rapes: SC January 11, 2016 / January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said Parliament could consider amending the penal provisions to award harsh punishments to persons convicted of raping a girl child and also define the term ‘child’ in respect of rape as the offence. The court, which refused to entertain a plea of a women lawyers’ body seeking castration of those convicted […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Par may amend law to award harsh punishment in child rapes: SC Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Unitech top bosses get interim bail in cheating case January 11, 2016 / January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Hours after top Unitech officials were sent to 14-day judicial custody on Monday, they succeeded in securing interim bail from a Delhi court in alleged cases of cheating filed by two investors. Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav granted three days’ interim bail to Unitech Ltd Chairman Ramesh Chandra, Managing Directors Sanjay Chandra and Ajay […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News unitech Unitech top bosses get interim bail in cheating case
Criminal Law News Police to place certificates of evidence in Kobad case January 11, 2016 / January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi Police has been allowed by a court here to place on record the certificates of electronic evidence relied upon by it in a case in which Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy is facing trial for allegedly trying to set up a base for the banned outfit CPI (Maoist) here. The court allowed the submissions of […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured kobad case Law Legal News Police to place certificates of evidence in Kobad case
