Top Law News UP local body polls in November: state govt tells Allahabad HC August 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Local body elections will take place in Uttar Pradesh in November this year, the Allahabad High Court was today informed by the state government. The government submitted before a division bench comprising Chief Justice D B Bhosle and Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta that the notification for the polls was likely to be issued on October […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News UP government UP local body polls in November
Criminal Law News Top Law News Personal liberty can’t be compromised: SC August 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Personal liberty cannot be compromised at the altar of what the State may perceive as justice, the Supreme Court today said while granting bail to former Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) chairman Rakesh Kumar Paul in a case of alleged corruption. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur, in a majority ruling of […] Read more » Assam Public Service Commission corruption case Court featured Law Legal News Personal liberty can't be compromised Supreme Court
Top Law News 1984 riots: SC appoints panel to scrutinise 241 cases August 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today appointed a supervisory body comprising two former-apex court judges to examine the SIT’s decision to close 241 cases in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots matter. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra also asked the body to scrutinise the SIT’s justification in closing the riots- related cases and directed it to submit […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots matter 1984 riots apex court Court featured Law Legal News SIT Supreme Court
Top Law News No ‘name calling’ in Sunanda Pushkar case: Delhi HC August 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked a TV channel and the kin of Sunanda Pushkar not to indulge in “name calling” in connection with her death case but said there could be a possibility of some posturing from both sides. The court was hearing Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s plea seeking to restrain journalist Arnab Goswami […] Read more » Arnab Goswami Congress Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News plea Republic tv Shashi Tharoor Sunanda Pushkar case
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Muzaffarnagar riots: 13 acquitted in killing of 3 of family August 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today acquitted 13 people accused in a case of killing of three members of a family during the Muzaffarnagar riots due to lack of evidence. Additional district sessions judge Amber Rawat acquitted them saying the prosecution had failed to prove their story. The alleged case is of Lank village under Phugana police […] Read more » 3 acquitted in killing of 3 of family in Muzaffarnagar riots Criminal news featured Law Legal News Muzaffarnagar riots SIT
Top Law News Man disabled in road accident gets Rs 24 lakh compensation August 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A motorcyclist who suffered 75 per cent disability in his left leg after being hit by a vehicle has been awarded compensation of more than Rs 24 lakh by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT). Mohd Amir was hit by a Tata Sumo on Republic Day last year when he was riding his motorcycle with […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News MACT Man disabled in road accident gets Rs 24 lakh compensation Motor Accident Claims Tribunal National Insurance Company Ltd
Criminal Law News Top Law News 10 yr jail term, 1L fine for 2 men caught with 2 kg heroin August 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has sentenced two men to 10 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh each on them for possessing over two kilos of heroin. The court handed down the jail term to the men while holding them guilty of provisions under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act while […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act NDPS
High Profile Cases SC directs NIA probe into Muslim man’s nikah annulment case August 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed an NIA probe under the supervision of a retired apex court judge into issues raised by a Muslim man whose marriage was annulled by the Kerala High Court that described the case as an instance of ‘love jihad’. A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said the investigation […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Muslim man's nikah annulment case NIA Supreme Court
Top Law News PIL on strikes: SC grants states last chance to reply August 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today granted the “last opportunity” to various state governments to file their responses on a plea alleging non-implementation of its guidelines on strikes and ‘dharnas’ by political parties and others, causing damage to private and public properties. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud granted four […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News PIL on strikes Supreme Court
Top Law News Malegaon blast: SC to hear pleas of Purohit, Thakur August 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said the issue of granting bail to former Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit and cancellation of bail of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, both accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, needed detailed consideration. A bench of Justices R K Agrawal and M M Shantanagoudar listed the case for hearing on August […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Malegaon blast Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Shrikant Prasad Purohi Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News ‘Simple blow on child’s back is not sexual harassment’ August 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A simple blow on a child’s back does not amount to sexual harassment under the POCSO law as there must be a sexual intent behind the act, a Delhi court has said. It said that an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is made out when harassment is done with […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News POCSO Act sexual harassment
Top Law News ‘5-judge Constitution bench may hear plea ag’st Art 35A’ August 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The issue of Article 35A, which provides special rights to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir, seems to be heading into a major controversy with the Supreme Court today saying a constitution bench may examine whether it is gender-biased and violative of the basic structure. Article 35A, which was added to the Constitution by a […] Read more » Article 35A constitution bench Court featured Jammu and Kashmir Law Legal News Supreme Court
