Top Law News HC faces shortage of 458 judges, says latest data June 3, 2016 / June 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The high courts face a shortage of 458 judges, according to a latest Law Ministry data which comes at a time when the judiciary and the government are divided on various clauses of a document which will guide future appointment of members to the higher courts. According to the statistics, against the approved strength of […] Read more » Court featured High Court Law Legal News shortage of 458 judges
Top Law News Madras HC seeks report on toilets in TN district courts June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the Public Works Department officials to carry out inspection of district courts in Tamil Nadu, under the supervision of Principal District Judges, and file a report on the condition of toilets. The first bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan, gave the direction on a […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High TN district courts
Top Law News Merc-hit-n-run: JJB reserves order on plea June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Juvenile Justice Board(JJB) today reserved its order on the issue of trying a teenager, who had allegedly run over a 32-year-old marketing executive while driving his father’s Mercedes, as an adult in a trial court. The Presiding Officer of JJB is likely to pronounce the order tomorrow on the application filed by Delhi Police […] Read more » Court featured JJB reserves order on plea Law Legal News Merc-hit-n-run
Media & Entertainment News PIL against Bollywood movie ‘Shorgul’ June 2, 2016 / June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A petition seeking stay on the release on Bollywood movie ‘Shorgul’ was today filed before the AllahabadHigh Court bench here alleging certain scenes in it threatened to disturb social harmony. The PIL was filed by a Meerut social worker Milan Som who sought a stay on the movie scheduled to be released on June 24. According […] Read more » Bollywood movie Court featured Law Legal News PIL Shorgul
Top Law News Body opposed to Jat quota files caveat in SC June 2, 2016 / June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi-based body, opposed to the recent law granting quota to Jats and five other castes under the newly-carved Backward Classes (C) category, today filed a caveat in the Supreme Court saying that it be heard before any order is passed on a plea of a Jat organisation in support of the reservation. Hawa Singh […] Read more » Court featured Jat quota Law Legal News Supreme Court
Criminal Law News PhD scholar gets life tem for raping minor girl June 2, 2016 / June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A PhD scholar of Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan, Md. Safikul Islam, was today sentenced to life imprisonment for raping and blackmailing a minor girl student of Visva Bharati Higher Secondary School. The sentence was pronounced by Additional District and Session Judge, Birbhum, Mahananda Das. The case was tried in a special court assigned to […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Md. Safikul Islam rape case Santiniketan Visva Bharati University
Criminal Law News Accused surrenders in journalist murder case June 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Laddan Mian, one of the main accused in journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case and a close associate of jailed RJD strongman Mohammad Shahbuddin, today surrendered before the Chief Judicial Magistrate court’s in Siwan. Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Arvind Kumar Singh remanded Laddan Mian to 14-day judicial custody. Mian, who is the resident of Ram Nagar […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured journalist murder case Law Legal News Rajdeo Ranjan murder case
Top Law News Like pizza boy, cops should reach crime scene fast: Delhi HC to DP June 1, 2016 / June 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment “Like a pizza boy delivering the stuff faster than the guaranteed half-an-hour”, the Delhi police should reach the crime scene before the current response time of ten minutes to earn the “faith” of people, the Delhi High Court today said. “We are concerned over the response time of the police team in reaching the crime […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Delhi Police DP featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Ashutosh opposes in Delhi HC fresh allegation of Jaitley June 1, 2016 / June 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashutosh today moved Delhi High Court opposing fresh allegations made by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a defamation case against him and other party leaders to which they have been asked to respond. The matter came up before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and R K Gauba […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party AAP Ashutosh Court defamation case Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Top Law News Plea in SC against Punjab and Haryana HC order staying quota for Jats June 1, 2016 / June 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Haryana-based body of Jat community today moved the Supreme Court challenging an interim order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court staying the recent provisions granting quota to Jats and five other castes under the newly-carved Backward Classes (C) category. The plea has been filed by Hawa Singh Sangwan, a former commandant of CRPF […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News plea Punjab and Haryana High Court quota for Jats Supreme Court
Top Law News PIL in Delhi HC against use of nylon thread for kite flying June 1, 2016 / June 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought a response from AAP government on a PIL seeking prohibition on manufacture, sale, use and purchase of ‘chinese manja’, a kite-flying thread made out of nylon, alleging that it is “razor sharp” and has caused several deaths across the country as it is capable of cutting human flesh. A […] Read more » AAP Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News nylon thread for kite flying PIL
High Profile Cases Gulberg Society massacre: Verdict likely tomorrow June 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special SIT court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow in connection with a 2002 post-Godhra riots case of Gulberg Society in which 69 persons including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri were killed. Special Court Judge P B Desai will deliver the judgement over eight months after the trial concluded on September 22, 2015. […] Read more » Court featured Gulberg Society massacre Law Legal News verdict
