Top Law News Bombay High Court fed up with state government over delay in giving land for law University February 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Training its guns on the recently-held event ‘Magnetic Maharashtra’ business summit, the Bombay High Court today said the state government had time to hold such mega events but had still not decided on the allotment of land to set up the Mumbai campus of the Maharashtra National Law University. A division bench of Justices S […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured Justice Bharati Dangre Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari Maharashtra National Law University MNLU National Law Universities Act 2014 state government
Top Law News SC notice to Centre, states on plea over safety of students September 15, 2017 / September 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea seeking framing of “non- negotiable” child safety conditions and implementation of guidelines to protect school children from sexual abuse and murder today prompted the Supreme Court to seek responses from the Centre and all state governments. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud issued […] Read more » Centre government Court featured Law Legal News plea over safety of students state government Supreme Court
Top Law News State expected to play role in witness protection programme: SC November 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The State needs to play a definite role in coming out with witness-protection programme, at least in sensitive cases involving those having political patronage, muscle and money power so that trial does not get “tainted and derailed”, the Supreme Court has said. Observing that threat and intimidation were major causes for witnesses turning hostile, it […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News state government Supreme Court witness protection programme
Top Law News SC sets aside Orissa HC order on iron ore licence to Posco May 10, 2013 / May 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Orissa high court order has set aside by the Supreme Court which had quashed state government’s petition to allot iron ore licence to South Korean steel major Posco in Khandadhar hills in Sundergarh district for a multi-crore steel plant. A bench headed by Justice RM Lodha asked the Centre to consider all the objections raised by various […] Read more » Development And Regulation Geomin Minerals & Marketing Limited iron ore iron ore licence iron ore licence to Posco Khandadhar hills mine and mineral company multi-crore steel plant Orissa Orissa High Court Orissa high court order POSCO section 11 (5) of Mines And Minerals Act 1957 South Korean steel state government Sundergarh district
Criminal Law News SC orders tough action against female foeticide March 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre and state governments has directed by the Supreme Court to take quick and tough action against people indulging in female foeticide and passed a slew of directions for effective implementation of PNDT Act that prohibits pre-natal sex determination. The apex court directed the governments to map all ultra- sonography clinics within three months and […] Read more » Census 2011 Centre government NGO Voluntary Health Association pending cases under the violation Act PNDT Act pre-natal sex determination state government Supreme Court ultra- sonography clinics violation of the Act
Top Law News Private hospitals can’t deny treatment to rape victims: Delhi HC March 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The state government and the police has been directed by the Delhi High Court to ensure that proper publicity is being given to apprise the rape and other victims of road accident or criminal offenses about their right to speedy treatment in the nearby hospitals. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice VK Jain […] Read more » Commissioner of Delhi Police Commissioner of Police criminal offenses Delhi High Court Government of National Capital Territory Delhi High court orders Private hospital rape victim speedy treatment state government state police
Top Law News Bombay HC asks State to install CCTV cameras on National Highways March 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Bombay HC asks State to install CCTV cameras on National Highways The state Government has been directed by the Bombay high court to install CCTV cameras on National Highways across the state to detect over-speeding of vehicles and avoid accidents. The court has asked the state to install it on the all the lamp posts, fitted on the highway. The suggestion came from a bench headed by […] Read more » amicus curiae Bombay High Court CCTV cameras on National Highway Justice Ajay Khanwilkar lamp posts on highway National Highways state government
Intellectual Property News Patanjali land row: HC orders status quo; issues notice to governor February 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The state government has been directed by the Himachal Pradesh High Court to maintain status quo in respect of the land leased to Patanjali Yogapeeth of Ramdev and sought government’s response on the matter A Division Bench consisting Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Kuldeep Singh issued notice to the state government asking it to file reply on the […] Read more » Division Bench Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Kuldeep Singh Patanjali land Patanjali Yogapeeth petition of Patanjali Ramdev royal family of Patiala state government
Criminal Law News Man jailed for life for raping pregnant relative January 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Life imprisonment has been given by the fast track court to a 35 year old man for the raping a pregnant relative here in Delhi, according to court stern punishment should be given to him as women in the society need to be protected The special fast track court, set up to try exclusively cases of […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Nivedita Anil Sharma compensation of Rs three lakh Delhi Victims Compensation Scheme fast track cour gang rape guilty of raping intimidating and wrongfully confining the victim life imprisonment rape rape of pregnant women special fast track court state government
Top Law News Child labour: High Court summons senior police officer January 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court summoned a top police officer and the Labour Commissioner for the failure to implement its order asking them to take steps for eliminating the menace of child labour. A bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice V K Jain expressed its displeasure over the non-filing of status report in the matter […] Read more » Chief Justice D Murugesan CHILD LABOUR Commissioner of Labour Department Delhi government Delhi High Court Delhi Police High court summon Joint Police Commissioner Justice V.K. Jain Labour Commissioner lackadaisical approach National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NGO Save the Child Foundation police rehabilitation of rescued child labourers and their education state government summon a top police officer and the Labour Commissioner the Labour Commissioner top police officer
Criminal Law News 7 disciples of Asaram summoned by court January 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Asaram Bapu aslo were accused in the case of mysterious death of two children at his ashram here in 2008. Chief metropolitan magistrate D B Barot issued the summons and ordered all seven disciples of Asaram to remain present on thursday when they will be given copies of charge sheets filed against them by investigating agency, […] Read more » A local court summoned seven disciples of self-styled god man Asaram Bapu Abhishek Vaghela accused advocate Chandrashekhar Gupta Ajay Shah Asaram bapu ashram Asaram Bapu's Gurukul at Motera black magic bodies at the bank of Sabarmati river case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder (Sec 304 of IPC) charge sheet against Death of Dipesh Vaghela FIR against Vikas Khemka FIR in the Gujarat high court judgement in 2011 Kaushik Vani Minketan Patra Narayan Sai Pankaj Saxena state CID (Crime) state government Uday Sanghani Yogesh Bhati
Top Law News Justice Naidu commission submits final report January 22, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The justice A S Naidu Commission probing into alleged police assault on a judicial magistrate in April 2011, today submitted its final report (which is 465-page document to) the state government. The first class judicial magistrate (JMFC), Rourkela, Arun Kumar Patnaik was allegedly assaulted by police at Udit Nagar Police station in Rourkela on April […] Read more » 465-page document assault on judicial magistrate in April 2011 Commission Secretary Kashinath Panigrahi FIR first class judicial magistrate (JMFC) in Rourkela first class judicial magistrate Arun Kumar Patnaik justice A S Naidu Commission physically assaulted and abused by the police principal secretary of home department state government Uditnagar IIC Sadananda Pujari Uditnagar police station
