Top Law News Rs 13.30L awarded to road accident victim April 17, 2016 / April 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 28-year-old man, who received grievous injuries after being hit by a rashly-driven truck, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 13 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. MACT Presiding Officer Naveen Arora directed Cholamandalam M S General Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the vehicle, to pay Rs 13.30 lakh to […] Read more » Compensation Court featured insurance Law Legal News MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
Top Law News Bombay HC suggests Vinita Kamte file separate application April 16, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Bombay HC suggests Vinita Kamte file separate application The Bombay High Court suggested Vinita Kamte, wife of IPS officer Ashok Kamte who died in the 26/11 terror attack case, to file a separate application before it if she wants a judicial inquiry to be initiated against former Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria in connection with alleged discrepancies in the 26/11 call records. The suggestion […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra Vinita Kamte
Top Law News Bombay HC lambasts hospital for issuing “cooked up bills” to patient April 16, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Bombay HC lambasts hospital for issuing “cooked up bills” to patient The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to develop within a month a mechanism which would enable the state to take action against hospitals and doctors who detain patients and hold up bodies for non-payment of medical bills. “Whenever a case of illegal detention comes up, the criminal law is set into motion. Therefore […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government PIL
Top Law News Relief denied to doctor-duo who guaranteed pregnancy with IVF April 15, 2016 / April 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today refused to grant interim relief to a doctor couple running an IVF clinic in south Mumbai whose licenses were suspended for three months for promising guaranteed pregnancy and offering refund if the treatment failed. The Maharashtra Medical Council had suspended the licenses of the doctor couple Aniruddha and Anjali Malpani following […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured IVF clinic Law Legal News Maharashtra Mumbai
Top Law News Act against MNS leaders for noise pollution at rally: Bombay HC April 15, 2016 / April 16, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Act against MNS leaders for noise pollution at rally: Bombay HC The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government and local civic body to take action in accordance with law against organisers of a recent rally by Raj Thackeray-led MNS at Shivaji Park, a silence zone, as it “prima facie” found that rules on noise level were violated. A division bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured Legal News Maharashtra MNS noise pollution raj thakre
Top Law News Zero enrolment in Telangana schools; SC seeks report April 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Taking strong note of the fact that almost 400 government schools in the new state of Telangana have ‘zero enrolment’, the Supreme Court has sought a report from an experts’ panel on reasons for non- participation of children. The apex court’s concern came after Telangana informed it that out of 18,139 primary schools, 398 schools […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Zero enrolment in Telangana schools
Criminal Law News Court acquits man of charge of raping sister-in-law April 14, 2016 / April 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A man, accused of raping his sister-in-law cum business partner, has been acquitted by a city court on the ground that the physical relations between them were consensual. The court said the woman lodged a complaint against him only when their relationship got exposed and she had no other reason of not reporting the matter […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape case
Criminal Law News Mere suspicion cannot take the place of proof: Delhi Court April 14, 2016 / April 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Mere suspicion cannot replace legal proof and the state is duty bound to prove its case beyond all reasonable doubts, a Delhi court has observed while acquitting a man in a murder case. “Court has onerous duty to ensure that mere conjectures or suspicion do not take the place of legal proof. State is duty-bound […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News murder case
Top Law News Alcohol: Madras HC pulls TN for no panel over WHO report April 14, 2016 / April 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Taking strong exception to Tamil Nadu government not implementing its repeated orders on setting up a committee to go into a WHO report on containing alcoholism, the Madras government has warned that it would form the panel itself if the state failed to do so by June 15. “We grant last opportunity to the authorities […] Read more » Alcohol Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamilnadu Who
Criminal Law News Medical student acquitted in a 2006 cheating case April 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A medical student accused of sending another person to appear in the 2006 medical entrance examination on his behalf has been acquitted of charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating by a Delhi court, giving him the benefit of doubt. Metropolitan Magistrate Anuj Agarwal let off the student saying the prosecution could not prove there was […] Read more » cheating case Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Medical Exam
Top Law News Not violated directions on Dahi Handi festival: Maharashtra Govt April 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government and BJP leader Ashish Shelar have told the Bombay High Court that they have not violated directions of the HC on precautions to be taken during the Dahi Handi festival, and sought dismissal of the contempt petition filed against them. The state government and Shelar, who is the head of the Dahi […] Read more » Court Dahi Handi festival featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Top Law News Bombay HC urged to allow witnesses to swear in name of Constitution April 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Two petitions have been filed in Bombay High Court seeking liberty to people who practise “atheism” to take oath in the name of Constitution in the courts, instead of swearing in the name of God. Currently, as per Oath Act, 1969, a witness or any person who deposes in the court, can swear in the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Constitution Court featured Law Legal News
