Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC terms use of spikes, fireballs to drive away elephants as barbaric August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today termed the use of spikes and fireballs to drive away elephants as “barbaric”and said that states should be desisted from using any such methods. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed that states have to stop such practice after the apex court was told that these […] Read more » 'West Bengal Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur Odisha
Criminal Law News Top Law News In gangrape case five get rigorous imprisonment for life June 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sambalpur (Odisha):In record 30 days, for the gangrape of a minor girl in Odisha’s Sambalpur district a fast-track court here sentenced five persons to rigorous imprisonment for life and slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of them on May 2. The sixth accused in the case, a juvenile, was sent to a correction […] Read more » featured Gangrape Judge Udayabhanu Jena Odisha
Top Law News No reason to resist setting up of tribunal on Mahanadi: SC December 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today told the Centre that there was “no valid purpose” in resisting the setting up of a tribunal to deal with the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the Mahanadi river water-sharing dispute. The court said it was “disappointed” that the Centre had not yet issued a notification on the constitution of […] Read more » Chhattisgarh Court featured Law Legal News Odisha Supreme Court tribunal on Mahanadi
Criminal Law News Top Law News Tribal woman gets life sentence for murder April 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court today sentenced a tribal woman to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering a man in 2014. Additional sessions judge of Mayurbhanj district’s Rairangpur sub-division, Aurobindo Kumar Guru, found Padma Birua (48) guilty of murder and sentenced her to life sentence and slapped a fine of Rs 2000. The woman had attacked Mohinikanta Hembram with […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Odisha woman gets life sentence for murder
Criminal Law News Top Law News Businessman, aide arrested in murder case December 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Prominent businessman Mahimananda Mishra and his aide, arrested in a murder case, were sent on a four-day police remand by a court in Jagatsinghpur district today, a day after they were brought to Odisha from Thailand. Mishra, Managing Director of Odisha Stevedores Ltd, and his aide Basant Bal were produced before the court of judicial […] Read more » Businessman arrested in murder case Court Criminal news featured Jagatsinghpur Law legalnews Mahimananda Mishra Odisha
Criminal Law News Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping August 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a court in Jajpur district for raping a minor girl three years ago. Jajpur District and Sessions Judge Padma Charan Dash awarded the jail term to Kalandi Malik of Daniabar village and also slapped a fine of Rs 90,000 on him. Failure to pay the […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Jajpur Law Legal News Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment Odisha rape case
Criminal Law News 11-year jail term to teacher for rape, kidnap August 25, 2016 / August 26, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A teacher was today awarded 11 years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 65,000 by a local court for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old student. Ganjam District and Sessions judge Malay Ranjan Das slapped the fine on Prasant Kumar Patra of Digapahandi and ordered Rs 75,000 compensation to the victim. The VIII […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Kidnap Law Legal News Odisha rape case
Criminal Law News Court acquits 27 in arson case of 2004 July 8, 2016 / July 9, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A court in Odisha’s Jajpur district has acquitted all 27 people who had been arrested for alleged violence and torching of police vehicles here 12 years ago. Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Bikram Kumar Pradhan, while pronouncing the verdict yesterday, acquitted all the accused due to lack of evidence. Though 29 persons had been named in […] Read more » arson case Court Criminal news featured Law legalnews Odisha violence case
Top Law News SC says state of medical colleges rotten May 6, 2016 / May 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Terming the state of medical colleges in the country as “rotten”, the Supreme Court today imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crore on an Odisha-based private medical college for raising the number of seats from 100 to 150 in an academic year and “playing with the future of students”. “Costs of Rs 5 crores are […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News medical colleges Odisha Supreme Court
Top Law News Land occupied by Odisha ex-chief secy taken back November 21, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Four days after taking back 70 acres of government land from alleged illegal possession of a former State Chief Secretary and his brothers in Jajpur district, Odisha land record and settlement commissioner court here today ordered restoration of another 88 acres of government land from them. Disposing of a batch of revision petitions filed by […] Read more » Court featured Land occupied by Odisha ex-chief secy Land occupied by Odisha ex-chief secy taken back Law Legal News Odisha
Criminal Law News Five persons sentenced to life imprisonment October 15, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Five persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court of Jajpur,Odisha for the murder of a businessman three years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Rohitlal Panda yesterday convicted Meherban Ali, Sultan Ali, Bebula Ali, Liaquat Ali and Irfan Ali, all aged about 30-35 years and hailing from Matabad village, for the murder […] Read more » Criminal news featured Five persons sentenced to life imprisonment Law Legal News Odisha
Criminal Law News Arrested godman, son to make court appearance through VC August 27, 2015 / August 27, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Allowing a plea of Odisha Police, a court here has ordered the Choudwar jail authorities to make arrangements for video conferencing (VC) to avoid physical production of arrested godman Santosh Roul and his adopted son Satyam in court. Facing problems in production of the father-son duo in the court and apprehending threat to their lives, […] Read more » Arrested godman Criminal news curt featured godman Law Legal News Odisha son to make court appearance through VC
