Top Law News SC grants 6 months for trial in a Guj riots case September 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today granted six more months to a lower court in Gujarat to conclude trial in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case, one of the nine post-Godhra riots matters probed by the apex court-appointed SIT pertaining to the killing of eleven members of a community. “The City Civil & Sessions Court (at Ahmedabad […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured grants 6 months for trial in a Guj riots case Gujarat riots case Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC questions appointment of AMU Vice Chancellor September 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today raised questions on the appointment of a person of non-teaching background as the Vice Chancellor of prestigious Aligarh Muslim University. “You (AMU) are a central university. UGC regulations apply to you as they are mandatory. The VC must be an academician and he should be a person who has worked for […] Read more » AMU Vice Chancellor Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Plea in HC against sr adv designation:Govt seeks time to reply September 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Centre today urged Delhi High Court to grant them more time to file their response to a plea challenging legal provisions and Supreme Court rules for designation of lawyers as senior advocates. The request was made before a bench headed by Justice S Ravindra Bhat, who on August 1 had issued notice to the […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Govt seeks time to reply Law Legal News plea sr adv designation
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC seeks Shahabuddin’s reply on plea challenging his bail September 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought response from controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin on a plea challenging the bail granted to him by the Patna High Court in a murder case. The apex court, however, did not grant any interim stay on operation of Patna High Court’s bail order and said “We intend to give him (Shahabuddin) […] Read more » bail Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News plea Shahabuddin Supreme Court
Top Law News Bombay HC asks Maha to serve summons by post to reduce pending cases September 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a move to bring down the huge pendency of cases of cheque bounce, the Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Government to amend laws to provide for serving warrants and summons to accused and witnesses through registered post, in addition to the procedure followed by the police machinery. “We are of the view that […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra summons by post to reduce pending cases
Criminal Law News Youth gets 10-yr jail for raping minor girl September 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 21-year-old youth has been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a court here for raping a minor girl in 2014. District and Sessions Court Judge S J Mantri awarded 10 years jail to Kiran More and also slapped a fine of Rs 51,000 after he was found guilty of raping a six-year-old girl […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape case
Top Law News Plea in HC seeks to declare Hindi as national language September 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the Centre to take appropriate steps to declare Hindi as the national language of India. The plea, which is likely to come up for hearing next week, also sought a direction to the government to make Hindi a compulsory subject for […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Hindi Law Legal News national language plea
Top Law News Delhi HC verdict finds place in elite Yale Law School journal September 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A landmark judgement of the Delhi High Court, which had struck down an 1870 law on court fees, has found place, along with four others from around the world, in a prestigious international journal published by the Yale Law School of the United States. The judgement penned in 2013 by Justice Gita Mittal had struck […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News verdict finds place in elite Yale Law School journal
Top Law News Delhi HC seeks Centre’s reply on plea for electoral reforms September 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today sought the Centre’s reply on a plea seeking a slew of electoral reform measures, including setting aside of the six-year cap on the period of disqualification from contesting polls on being convicted and sentenced to two years or more. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News plea for electoral reforms
Top Law News SC to hear plea to cancel bail to Md Shahabuddin on Monday September 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday a plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to convicted gangster-turned-RJD leader Md Shahabuddin by Patna High Court in a case pertaining to the killing of a youth in Siwan town of Bihar. A few hours after the development, Bihar government too moved the apex court with its […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News murder case plea to cancel bail to Md Shahabuddin Supreme Court
Top Law News Bombay HC declines stay on BMC resolution on yoga September 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today declined to grant an interim stay on implementation of a resolution making yoga and ‘Surya Namaskar’ (sun salutation) mandatory in civic schools in the metropolis, saying it is just a form of exercise which is good for the body. Masood Ansari, a social worker, had filed a public interest litigation […] Read more » BMC Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News yoga
High Profile Cases SC extends Subrata Roy’s parole till September 23 September 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today extended the parole of Sahara chief Subrata Roy till September 23, granted to him in May on humanitarian grounds after his mother passed away. The parole continued later to enable him arrange money to refund his investors. The decision to extend the relief was taken by a bench headed by Chief Justice […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Subrata Roy's parole Supreme Court
