High Profile Cases 2 ex-bankers convicted in 1992 stock mkt scam October 31, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court has convicted two former bank officials for cheating, criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of public funds in the 1992 Harshad Mehta stock marketscam after observing that the accused persons’ acts can be termed as ‘anti-national’. Justice Roshan Dalvi, presiding over a special court set up to conduct trial of offences relating […] Read more » 2 ex-bankers convicted in 1992 stock mkt scam Criminal news featured Law Legal News stock mkt scam
Top Law News Midnight raid: Court dismisses Bharti’s plea for further probe October 31, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today dismissed the plea of controversial AAP MLA Somnath Bharti seeking further probe in the case of alleged molestation of some African women during his purported midnight raid last year. Additional Sessions Judge Bhupesh Kumar dismissed Bharti’s revision plea, filed after a magisterial court had dismissed his similar application for further probe […] Read more » AAP Delhi court featured Law Legal News Midnight raid Midnight raid: Court dismisses Bharti's plea for further probe MLA Somnath Bharti
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Guj HC removes prosecutor in Best Bakery case October 30, 2015 / October 31, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today ordered removal of Vadodara district government pleader Raghuvir Pandya over his record as a public prosecutor in the 2002 Best Bakery case. Mere eligibility is not enough for selection as a district pleader, a chief law officer in the district, but his or her credentials and “institutional integrity” must be […] Read more » Best Bakery case Court featured Guj HC removes prosecutor in Best Bakery case Gujarat High Court Law Legal News
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT panel to study groundwater contamination October 30, 2015 / October 31, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today formed an expert-level committee to study and analyse the ground water contamination in several districts of Punjab and termed it a serious issue. “Out of the total 76 samples collected from Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Bhatinda, Mohali and Gurdaspur by Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), 56 samples were found to be […] Read more » Chandigarh Environment news featured Jalandhar Law NGT NGT panel to study groundwater contamination Punjab
Criminal Law News Driver Sanap gets death October 30, 2015 / October 31, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court here today awarded death sentence to driver Chandrabhan Sanap for raping and murdering a 23-year-old software engineer from Andhra Pradesh in the city last year, saying the crime evoked the same reaction as the 2012 Delhi gangrape case case and damaged Mumbai’s image as a safe city for women. “The case falls […] Read more » Court Criminal news Driver Sanap gets death featured Law Legal News murder rape
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Victim died after car fell on him : Salman’s lawyer October 30, 2015 / October 31, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In an interesting twist to arguments in the 2002 hit-and-run case involving Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, his lawyer argued in the Bombay High Court today that the victim died not because of the actor’s car running over him, but as the vehicle came crashing down on him when it was being lifted by a crane. […] Read more » Criminal news featured Hit-and-run case Law Salman Khan Victim died after car fell on him : Salman's lawyer
Top Law News PIL on farmer suicides: SC imposes Rs 25,000 cost on Centre October 30, 2015 / October 31, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on Centre for failing to clear its stand on the issue of revisiting the National Policy for Farmers, 2007. A social justice bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit slapped the cost while refusing to accept the contention of Additional Solicitor General […] Read more » 000 cost on Centre Centre government Court featured Law Legal News PIL on farmer suicides PIL on farmer suicides: SC imposes Rs 25 Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Drunk driver is danger to society: Court October 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A drunk driver is a danger to society, a Delhi court has observed while refusing to set aside the ten-day jail term awarded to a man. “So far so the sentence is concerned, ten days simple imprisonment for the offence punishable under Section 185 (drunken driving) of Motor Vehicles Act is not too harsh. A […] Read more » Court Drunk driver Drunk driver is danger to society: Court featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Court allows Pachauri to travel to Kuwait, Somalia October 30, 2015 / October 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has granted permission to former TERI director general RK Pachauri, facing sexual harassment allegations, to visit Kuwait and Somalia to attend conferences from November 1 to 7. Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan, while allowing Pachauri’s application, directed him to inform the court when he returns to India and make himself available to the […] Read more » Court Court allows Pachauri to travel to Kuwait Delhi court featured Kuwait Law Legal News R K Pachauri Somalia
Top Law News Idol immersion pollutes ecosystem; an ‘illiterate attitude: HC October 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Decrying the practice of immersion of idols in water, the Madras High Court today observed that it pollutes the ecosystem and poses a threat to fish and birds and termed it is “an illiterate attitude towards water that should be put to an end.” Justice S Vaidyanathan made the observations while hearing the bail pleas […] Read more » Criminal news featured Idol immersion pollutes ecosystem; an 'illiterate attitude: HC Law Legal News Madras High Court
Criminal Law News HC seeks EC’s reply over Guj minister’s fake degree October 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the Election Commission of India to a public interest litigation petition alleging that Gujarat minister of state Shankar Chaudhari holds a bogus MBA degree. The division bench of acting Chief Justice Jayant Patel and Justice N V Anjaria issued notice to the ECI after the petitioner […] Read more » Fake degree featured Gujarat High Court HC seeks EC's reply over Guj minister's fake degree Law Legal News
Top Law News Complaint against V K Singh: Court seeks ATR from Police October 29, 2015 / October 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today directed the police to file an action taken report on a criminal complaint filed against Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh for his alleged “dog” remark in the wake of the Faridabad incident in which two children of a Dalit family were burnt alive. Metropolitan Magistrate Muneesh Garg […] Read more » Complaint against V K Singh: Court seeks ATR from Police Court Delhi Delhi Police featured Law Legal News V K Singh
