Top Law News HC moved on summons against Sonia, Rahul July 31, 2014 / July 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Petitions were today filed in the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a lower court order summoning Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and four others in a case relating to acquiring ownership of the now-defunct daily National Herald. The lower court order had come on a complaint by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy alleging cheating […] Read more » net worth news Oscar Fernandes Rahul Gandhi Sam Pitroda settlement option Sonia Gandhi Subramanian Swamy todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Rape, murder charges can’t be quashed despite settlement: SC July 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Criminal proceedings in grave offences like rape and murder cannot be quashed despite the victim and the accused reaching a compromise and coming to an amicable settlement, the Supreme court has ruled saying it will have harmful effect on society. A bench of justices Ranjana Prakash Desai and N V Ramana, however, said that proceedings […] Read more » Justice N.V. Ramana Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai murder charges can't be quashed despite settlement news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC deputes officer to handle sexual harassment cases July 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has put in place a mechanism to deal with sexual harassment complaints within its precincts and also made it clear that anonymous pleas would not be entertained. Chief Justice G Rohini, acting on the recommendations of the Committee Against Sexual Harassment of Women At Workplace, has said all written complaints would […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini Committee Against Sexual Harassment of Women D S Bhandari Delhi High Court news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Youth gets 7 yrs jail for raping, sodomising minor July 30, 2014 / July 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A youth, who was accused of raping and sodomising his 14-year-old neighbour, has been sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court which said unnatural sex with a woman is an offence even if it is with her consent. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat held 20-year-old Vipin Yadav, a south west Delhi resident […] Read more » Judge Virender Bhat news todays news todays top news Top news Youth gets 7 yrs jail for raping
Top Law News Unscrupulous builders should not be spared: NCDRC July 30, 2014 / July 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has dismissed an appeal filed by a real estate developer against a direction to pay nearly Rs 65 lakh to two persons who had jointly booked a flat in its project, saying “unscrupulous” builders who take to litigation “to cover up their faults” should not be spared. A bench of National […] Read more » Chandigarh Chandigarh State Consumer Commission Consumer Legal Aid Account Emaar MGF Land Ltd Mohali National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News PIL in HC against carving Palghar distt out of Thane July 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court by a group of local political leaders and social activists opposing the Maharashtra government’s decision to bifurcate Thane district and carve out a new district with its headquarters at Palghar. The PIL has demanded to “quash and set aside the said political decision of the […] Read more » Bombay High Court carving Palghar distt out of Thane Maharashtra news Palghar Thane todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Scrapping quota; HC seeks DU’s Hindu College reply July 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Hindu College on scrapping of five per cent quota in admissions in undergraduate courses for candidates under the category of excellence in sports and other extra-curricular activities. A bench of Justice Manmohan issued the notice to the Delhi University college and sought its reply within […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi University HC seeks DU's Hindu College reply Justice Manmohan news Scrapping quota todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News LeT member sent to PC in Delhi terror plot case July 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An alleged member of banned Lashkar-e-Toiba, serving life term in Kolkata for his role in the 2001 Partha Roy Burman kidnapping case, has been remanded in police custody till August 2 by a Delhi court in connection with a case of conspiracy to carry out terror attacks here. District Judge I S Mehta allowed the […] Read more » Delhi terror plot Kolkata Lashkar-e-Toiba LeT news Partha Roy Burman todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Local Court adjourns Satyam case to August 11 July 29, 2014 / July 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court trying the case of multi-crore accounting fraud in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Limited (SCSL) today adjourned the proceedings to August 11, as the judge was on leave. Special Judge B V L N Chakravarthi of XXI court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) had last month posted the case for today, for […] Read more » adjourns Satyam case to August 11 Judge B V L N Chakravarthi news Satyam Computer Services Limited Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju SCSL todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News MP Cong leader gets bail in defamation case July 29, 2014 / July 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court today granted bail to Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee’s chief spokesperson K K Mishra in connection with a defamation case against him for levelling allegations of involvement of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his family in the MPPEB scam. Mishra had last month levelled allegations against Chouhan and his wife in connection […] Read more » Cong leader gets bail in defamation case defamation case Judge Manoj Shrivastava Madhya Pradesh Professional Board Examination MPPEB scam news todays news todays top news Top news Transport Minister Bhupendra Singh
Top Law News Govt to seeks jurists’ views on bill to scrap collegium system July 28, 2014 / July 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Displaying earnest, government will seek the views of jurists and former judges on the proposed Judicial Appointments Commission bill it plans to bring in Parliament to replace the present collegium system where judges appoint judges. Sources said Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will listen to top jurists and former judges on Monday to elicit their […] Read more » Amendment apex court Arun Jaitley Chief Justice of India composition controversy corruption courts Gopal Subramanium Govt to seeks jurists Judicial Appointments Commission bill Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad news Ravi Shankar Prasad The Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news UPA government
Top Law News HC slams govt for not giving land to war widow July 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has slammed the Maharashtra government for its failure to fulfil the commitment to give land in Ratnagiri to a 72-year-old war widow for over four decades despite a recommendation from the then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. A bench of Justices Abhay Oka and A S Chandurkar asked the Collector of […] Read more » Bombay High Court HC slams govt for no land to war widow justice A S Chandurkar Justice Abhay Oka news todays news todays top news Top news war widow
