Top Law News BCTP warns lawyers against burning effigy of Chief Justice July 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Taking serious view of burning the effigy of the Chief Justice of Madras High Court by lawyers as part of their indefinite boycott of courts protesting recent amendments to the rules under the Advocates Act, Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today said the action would be dealt with in stringent manner in accordance […] Read more » BCTP chief justice Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News Waste on tracks: NGT asks Railways to strictly impose 5k fine July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | 5 Comments on Waste on tracks: NGT asks Railways to strictly impose 5k fine The National Green Tribunal today directed the Railways to “strictly” impose fine of Rs 5,000 on those throwing waste on rail tracks and act against them effectively. “There are jhuggies and even permanent buildings adjacent to the railway tracks. Why do you permit them to throw dirt on the tracks? Why can’t you stop even […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News NGT Railways to strictly impose 5k fine Waste on tracks
Top Law News Maha govt wants to destroy wetlands under garb of development July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said that the Maharashtra government, under the garb of development, wants to destroy mangroves in the state and was hence seeking modification of a March 2013 HC order banning construction on wetlands. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and A A Sayed had last week come down heavily […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News maharashtra Govt
Environment Law News DJB charging commercial rates for domestic use: DP tells NGT July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi Police has told the National Green Tribunal that Delhi Jal Board (DJB) was claiming commercial rates for its residential complexes and it has no specific records of the water connections installed at various locations. “There is only one meter installed at police buildings which is being used for both residential quarters and commercial building. […] Read more » Court Delhi Police DJB charging commercial rates for domestic use featured Law Legal News NGT
Criminal Law News Man freed of charge of raping widow July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | 7 Comments on Man freed of charge of raping widow A man has been acquitted of the charge of raping his sister-in-law after the death of her husband by a Delhi court which said the case was “not free from suspicion”. The court said facts of the case showed that the woman wanted to marry her husband’s younger brother after the death of her spouse, […] Read more » charge of raping widow Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Rs 570 cr seizure: Madras HC directs CBI to conduct preliminary probe July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the complaint by a DMK MP alleging irregularities in the the seizure of Rs 570 crore from three container trucks in Tirupur district in the run up to the May 16 assembly elections. Justice R Subbaiah, before whom the petition by […] Read more » CBI Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Rs 570 cr seizure
High Profile Cases Court accepts Class 12 ‘topper’ as minor in cheating July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A district court here today accepted that the controversial Humanities ‘topper’ in the Bihar Intermediate Examination, who has been arrested in connection with an examination cheating racket, is a minor. Special Vigilance court judge Raghvendra Kumar Singh accepted that the girl is a minor on the basis of her matriculation certificate which mentioned her date […] Read more » Bihar Intermediate Examination Bihar School Examination Board BSEB Class 12 'topper' as minor in cheating Court Criminal news featured Legal News Special Investigation Team
Top Law News Akshardham case: Guj govt opposes plea in SC July 3, 2016 / July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat government has opposed in the Supreme Court a plea by six persons, acquitted by the apex court in the 2002 Akshardham terror attack case, seeking compensation for their ‘wrongful’ arrest, saying it would have a “serious demoralising effect” on the investigating agencies. It said that since the trial court as well as the […] Read more » Akshardham case Court featured Gujarat government Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Environment Law News NGT notice to UP government on green cover loss July 3, 2016 / July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea alleging loss of green cover in Mathura’s Jawahar Bagh, where clashes between encroachers and security personnel left 29 people, including two policemen, dead recently. A bench headed by Justice M S Nambiar issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary, Principal […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured green cover loss Law Legal News NGT UP government
Consumer Law News Rs 19.57l compensation for kin of road mishap vic July 3, 2016 / July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Family members of a 44-year-old woman, who died in a road accident involving a rashly-driven vehicle, have been awarded Rs 19.57 lakh compensation by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. MACT Presiding Officer Raj Paul Singh Teji directed National Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the offending tractor, to pay a compensation of Rs 19,57,958 […] Read more » Compensation Court featured insurance Law Legal News road mishap case
Criminal Law News Merc hit-and-run case: Accused youth seeks documents July 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A teenager, who allegedly ran over a 32-year-old marketing executive while driving his father’s Mercedes here in April, today sought in a Delhi court proper copies of some “deficient and illegible” documents supplied to him with the charge sheet. Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav directed the Delhi Police investigating officer to supply the required […] Read more » Accused youth seeks documents Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Merc-hit-and-run-case
High Profile Cases Gujarat HC stays order to give info on PM Modi’s degree to Kejriwal July 1, 2016 / July 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today stayed the Central Information Commission’s order asking the Gujarat University to provide information on the degree earned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi accepted the varsity’s demand for stay. It also […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal featured Gujarat High Court lawcourt Legal News PM Modi's degree
