Criminal Law News Top Law News Madras HC stays money laundering case against folk artiste July 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today stayed a money laundering case lodged by Enforcement Directorate against folk artiste Mohanambal and others following recovery of some money and valuables from her house in 2014. Justice M S Ramesh gave the interim relief to the folk dancer from Vellore district on her plea for quashing of the case, […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court money laundering case against folk artiste
Top Law News SC to give urgent hearing to disqualified MP min’s plea July 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a plea of senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Narottam Mishra who was recently disqualified by the Election Commission. The poll panel had on June 23 disqualified Mishra for three years over paid news charges, holding him guilty of filing wrong accounts […] Read more » BJP Court featured Law Legal News Madhya Pradesh Narottam Mishra Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Top Law News Surat club to pay 18L for not providing first aid to man July 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has upheld a state panel’s order asking a recreational club in Surat to pay Rs 18 lakh as compensation to the kin of a man who collapsed at the club and subsequently died due to inadequate help from the staff. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) asked the Surat City […] Read more » apex consumer commission Compensation Consumer Law news Court featured Law Legal News Surat club to pay 18L for not providing first aid to man
High Profile Cases Centre’s stand sought on plea for SIT probe into Sunanda’s death July 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought to know the stand of the Centre on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea for a court-monitored probe by the CBI-led SIT into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar. A bench of Justices G S Sistani and P S Teji, who did not issue notice in […] Read more » Centre government Court featured Law Legal News plea Sunanda Pushkar's death case
Top Law News Don’t just install VC facility, maintain it too: Bombay HC to govt July 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to not only install video conferencing facilities between courts and prisons but also maintain them for use in case of need. A bench of justices R M Savant and Sadhana Jadhav gave the direction while hearing a plea by an Aurangabad arms haul case accused Shaikh […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court failure to complete the process of installing video conference facility in all courts featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Criminal Law News Top Law News Judges vulnerable, says court, awards 10-yr term to attackers July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judges are “vulnerable” to murderous assaults for their verdicts which always go against one of the parties in a case, a Delhi court has said while awarding 10-year jail term to three convicts for assaulting three trial court judges in a road rage case here in 2012. The incident has “shaken the conscience” of the […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News road rage case trial court
High Profile Cases SC to consider constitution bench to hear AAP govt’s plea July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today assured the AAP-led Delhi government that it would consider setting up a five-judge constitution bench to decide its batch of appeals challenging the high court verdict holding the lt governor administrative head of the national capital territory. “We will post it and consider setting up of the bench,” a bench comprising […] Read more » AAP government constitution bench Court featured Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Top Law News SC relief for Anurag Thakur, appeal of HP dismissed July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal filed by the Himachal Pradesh government challenging the high court order quashing a criminal case against BJP MP Anurag Thakur and others. A bench comprising Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit declined to interfere with the Shimla High Court’s May 30 last year order on the […] Read more » anurag thakur Court featured Himachal Pradesh Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Central selection in lower judiciary won’t affect state rules: SC July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought to dispel the apprehension that a proposal for a centralised selection mechanism for appointment of judicial officers in subordinate judiciary would affect the rules and regulations formulated by the states. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said the proposal has come forward so that vacancies could […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Court featured Law Legal News Lower judiciary Supreme Court
Top Law News Punjabi poet charged with blasphemy sent to 2-week judicial custody July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Punjabi poet, who was arrested for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of a community, was today sent to two weeks judicial custody by a court here. Surjit Gag, the author of book ‘Gag Bani’, was arrested yesterday. He was today produced in the court of Ashok Chauhan, Civil Judge, Senior Division, Sri Anandpur Sahib. […] Read more » Court featured IPC section 295-A Law Legal News Punjabi poet charged with blasphemy sent to 2-week judicial custody Surjit Gag
Top Law News Should Central Dog Rules prevail over state laws, asks SC July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would examine the legal question as to whether the 2001 Dog Rules, framed by the Centre, would prevail over the state laws meant to curb the menace of stray canines. The apex court also expressed unhappiness over increasing cases of dog bites in Kerala and asked the state government […] Read more » Animal Welfare Board of India AWBI Central Dog Rules Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Illegal encroachments cannot be allowed anywhere: Delhi HC July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Illegal encroachments or unauthorised construction cannot be allowed anywhere in the national capital, whether it is a temple, a mosque or a church, the Delhi High Court today said. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also ordered that only preserve the old structures would be preserved and the […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Illegal encroachments cannot be allowed anywhere Law Legal News
