Top Law News Disputes to be shifted to HCs commercial benches October 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Thousands of high-value business disputes are set to be transferred to commercial benches in select high courts in the coming weeks after promulgation of an ordinance, which seeks to improve the ease of doing business in India. The government had last week approved an ordinance to set up commercial benches in select high courts to […] Read more » commercial benches Court Disputes to be shifted to HCs commercial benches featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News HC quashes conviction of court clerk in bribe case October 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has set aside the conviction and one-year sentence awarded to a clerk of the HC who was allegedly caught taking bribe after a trap was laid by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on a complaint of a lawyer. The court noted that “mischievously” setting “bait to a public servant” and then trapping them […] Read more » Bombay High Court Bribe case featured HC quashes conviction of court clerk in bribe case Law Legal News
Top Law News Police against removal of archaic words from proceedings October 25, 2015 / October 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi Police has opposed in the high court a PIL seeking a direction to replace “archaic and difficult” Persian and Urdu words and phrases with simple Hindi or English words for day-to-day work at police stations. “The language used by the police is understood by a common man very well and to call this language […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Delhi Police featured Law Legal News Police against removal of archaic words from proceedings
Criminal Law News Court remands Hardik Patel in 7 days police custody October 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment An Ahmedabad court on Sunday sent Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel in seven days remand of Crime Branch of city police in connection with an alleged case of sedition and waging war against the State. Metropolitan Magistrate SJ Brahmbhatt passed the order on an application of the probe agency seeking 14 days remand. The […] Read more » Court Court remands Hardik Patel in 7 days police custody featured Gujarat Hardik patel Legal News
Top Law News Road mishap: Nearly Rs 14 lakh for kin of victim October 25, 2015 / October 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Family members of a 47-year-old man, who died after being hit by a rashly-driven car, have been awarded compensation of nearly Rs 14 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. The tribunal directed the driver-cum-owner of the offending Maruti van, which caused the accident, to pay as compensation Rs 13,99,516 to the wife […] Read more » featured insurance Law Legal News MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Road mishap Road mishap: Nearly Rs 14 lakh for kin of victim
Top Law News Riots case:Bailable warrant against Union Minister,BJP leaders October 24, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A bailable warrant has been issued against Muzaffarnagar riot accused including Union Minister Sanjeev Baliyan, BJP MP Bhartendu Singh, party MLA Suresh Rana and Sadhvi Prachi by a local court for not appearing before it in a case of violating prohibitory orders and inciting communal tension by making speeches. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sitaram yesterday […] Read more » BJP leaders Communal tension Court featured Law Legal News Muzaffarnagar riots Sadhvi Prachi Sanjeev Baliyan Suresh Rana
Top Law News HC defers hearing on plea regarding poll-code breach October 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today adjourned the hearing on a plea alleging election code violation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Justice J B Pardiwala posted the hearing to October 27 after public prosecutor Mitesh Amin sought time. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Nishant Verma moved the high court against the verdict of a local court […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat High Court HC defers hearing on plea regarding poll-code breach Law Legal News poll-code breach
Top Law News HC orders eviction of street food vendors in Mumbai October 23, 2015 / October 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a significant order, the Bombay High Court today directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to evict the hawkers who prepare food on the streets, lanes and pavements in the city within two months. The order was passed by the division bench of justicesAbhay Oka and Revati Mohite-Dere on petitions filed by Vile Parle […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured HC orders eviction of street food vendors in Mumbai Law Legal News
Top Law News Ministers should find time to perform duties: HC October 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay high court has taken a serious view of the stand taken by a Maharashtra minister that he will not be available until January 2016 to hear an appeal filed by a cooperative society. The appeal — which had been filed before the appellate authority (minister) — had challenged the supersession of the society’s […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News ministers Ministers should find time to perform duties: HC
Criminal Law News Hardik’s aides approach HC against sedition FIR October 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Three close aides of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today moved the Gujarat High Court seeking to quash the charges of sedition and “waging war against the government” invoked against them by the city crime branch. The ruling on Hardik’s own petition against another FIR, filed by Surat police, which also includes the grave […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Gujarat Hardik patel Hardik's aides approach HC against sedition FIR Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Uber cab rapist reminded victim of Dec 16 gangrape: Court October 23, 2015 / October 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The victim of the Uber cab rape case was reminded of the horrific December 16, 2012 gangrape incident after the driver of the US-based service provider had threatened to insert an iron rod in her body and also tried to strangulate her while committing the act, a Delhi courtsaid. The court held that threat perception […] Read more » featured gang rape Law Legal News Uber cab Uber cab rapist reminded victim of Dec 16 gangrape: Court
Criminal Law News Uber rape case: Court defers hearing on sentence October 23, 2015 / October 24, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday deferred to November 3 the hearing on arguments and pronouncement of quantum of sentence in the sensational Uber cab rapecase in which the driver has been convicted of raping a 25-year-old woman executive in his taxi. The arguments could not be heard by the court on Thursday as the jail […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Uber rape case Uber rape case: Court defers hearing on sentence
