Top Law News Dance bars:SC asks Maharashtra to decide in 2 weeks on licence November 26, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to implement its earlier order on dance bars and decide within two weeks the hoteliers’ application seeking grant of licence for running them in the state. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant expressed unhappiness that the state was yet to implement its […] Read more » dance bars Dance bars:SC asks Maharashtra to decide in 2 weeks on licence featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government Supreme Court
Top Law News SIT indicts army officer in custodial disappearance case November 26, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Jammu and KashmirPolice, probing the alleged custodial disappearance of a chemist from Rawalpora here 14 years ago, has invoked the charges of abduction, murder and destruction of evidence against an army officer, who is now a brigadier. The SIT told the Jammu and Kashmir High Courtyesterday that it is […] Read more » Criminal news disappearance case featured Law Legal News SIT indicts army officer in custodial disappearance case
High Profile Cases Coalscam: JIPL Dir seeks summoning ex-PM as defence witness November 26, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL) Director R S Rungta, an accused in a coal block allocation scam case, today moved an application before a special court seeking to summon former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a witness in his defence in the case. Besides Singh, who was also the then Minister of Coal, Rungta also […] Read more » coal scam Coalscam: JIPL Dir seeks summoning ex-PM as defence witness Criminal news featured JIPL Law Legal News
Top Law News Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: Interim stay to continue November 26, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today decided to continue interim stay of criminal proceedings against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case lodged against him for remarks allegedly holding RSS responsible for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. A bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant also asked the respondent, RSS activist Rajesh Kunte, […] Read more » Court defamation case Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: Interim stay to continue featured Law Legal News Rahul Gandhi Supreme Court
Top Law News No one can claim trademark right on holy books: SC November 25, 2015 / November 26, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment No one can claim the names of holy books and scriptures like Ramayana or Quran and use them as trademarks for selling goods and services, the Supreme Court has ruled. “There are many holy and religious books like the Quran, the Bible, the Guru Granth Sahib, the Ramayan, etc. The answer to the question as […] Read more » featured holy books Law Legal News No one can claim trademark right on holy books: SC Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Graft case: Court frames charges against ex-BCI officials, ors November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Five persons, including a former Vice Chairman and an ex-member of Bar Council of India (BCI), have been put on trial by a Delhi court in an alleged graft case. Special CBI Judge Manoj Kumar Nagpal framed charges against former BCI chairman Raju Dhanpal Raj, its ex-member Rajinder Singh Rana and three others, saying that […] Read more » CBI Court featured graft case Graft case: Court frames charges against ex-BCI officials Law Legal News ors
Top Law News Absence of adequate cops at airports encourage touting: Court November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Effective policing and lack of adequate number of police personnel at the airport here encourage touts and illegal activities, bringing a bad name to the country, a Delhi court said today holding an auto driver guilty of alluring passengers outside the arrival hall. Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma held Jitender Kumar guilty under the 2010 Delhi […] Read more » Absence of adequate cops at airports encourage touting: Court Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News CDs are documents, can be considered as evidence under law: SC November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on CDs are documents, can be considered as evidence under law: SC The Supreme Court has ruled that a compact disc (CD) is a document under Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The Court also held that a CD has to be exhibited/played by the trial court to enable the public prosecutor to admit or deny its genuineness under Section 294 of the Code of Criminal […] Read more » can be considered as evidence under law: SC CD CDs are documents featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Environment Law News Ban on commercial activities affecting livelihood: NGT told November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Heeding to the plea that the ban on commercial activities in the eco-sensitive Rohtang Pass area was affecting the livelihood of people, the National Green Tribunal has sought response from the Himachal Pradesh government on the issue. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Himachal Pradesh government, HP pollution control board […] Read more » Ban on commercial activities Ban on commercial activities affecting livelihood: NGT told Court Environment news featured Law Legal News NGT
Top Law News HC reunites Hindu-Muslim couple from Rajasthan November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The woman’s relatives took her away to her parents’ house on the pretext that she would be brought back to her matrimonial home in Madhya Pradesh. Later, she was forced to marry another man in Gujarat. The Bombay High Court has reunited a Hindu-Muslim couple from Rajasthan, after the woman was taken away by her […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured HC reunites Hindu-Muslim couple from Rajasthan Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Five sentenced for life in dowry death case November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Five persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Ballia (UP) a dowry death case. Additional District Judge Amar Pal Singh held Pappu, his father Subhash, mother Devi, sister Suman and another relative Shiv Chandra guilty yesterday. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 each on the convicts. In June last year, […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Five sentenced for life in dowry death case Law Legal News
Top Law News City mortuaries using rusted knives for autopsy, Delhi HC told November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Mortuaries in the city are still using outdated and rusted implements to carry out post mortems despite Delhi High Court’s directions to the administration two months back to rectify the situation and the government’s assurance that the equipment would be upgraded in a week. In a report filed in the high court by amicus curiae […] Read more » City mortuaries using rusted knives for autopsy Delhi HC told Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
