Tag: Top news

Top Law News

Local Court adjourns Satyam case to August 11

/ 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 »

Top Law News

MP Cong leader gets bail in defamation case

/ 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 »

Top Law News

Govt to seeks jurists’ views on bill to scrap collegium system

/ 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 »

Top Law News

HC slams govt for not giving land to war widow

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 »

Top Law News

HC slams govt for not giving land to war widow

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 »

Top Law News

Two persons get 4-yr jail term for robbing lunch box

by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Two persons, arrested for robbing a man of his bag containing his lunch box and a wrist watch here last year, have been sentenced to four years imprisonment by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Hemani Malhotra held accused — Bhawani Shankar and Vikas Pahari — guilty of the offences under Section 392 (robbery) along […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Ensure only fit drivers with valid licence for DTC: HC

/ by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Delhi high court has asked the Delhi Transport Corporation to ensure that no person without a valid driving licence or who is medically unfit drives its buses on the city roads. A bench of justices B D Ahmed and S Mridul passed the order while hearing a plea by an NGO which alleged that […]

Read more »

Top Law News

SC asks govt to make arrangement for Roy to meet buyers of his properties in Tihar

by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi government to explore a venue within Tihar jail complex where Subrata Roy can hold negotiations with buyers of his properties by meeting them personally or through video conferencing. A special bench headed by Justice T S Thakur asked the government to talk to jail authority to explore […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Why no FIR yet against ex-minister Gavit, asks HC

/ by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked Maharashtra government to explain as to why no first information report (FIR) has been lodged yet against former Medical Education minister Vijaykumar Gavit and his family in a disproportionate assets case. “If an FIR is not filed, what would be the use of probe?” said the bench headed […]

Read more »

Top Law News

KG basin dispute:Fresh plea for appointing arbitrator

/ by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A fresh plea was on Friday made in the Supreme Court for appointment of a third arbitrator to resolve the dispute between the Centre and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on KG basin in the wake of an Australian judge recusing himself. A plea in this regard was mentioned before a bench headed by […]

Read more »

Top Law News

SC notice to EC on having candidates photo on EVM

/ by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Election Commission(EC) on a PIL which sought directions for mandatory display of photographs of people contesting elections on EVMs to curb the menace of dummy namesakes. A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha asked the EC to file its response within 10 weeks. The […]

Read more »

Top Law News

HC strikes down municipal notification

by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

In a significant order, the Calcutta High Court today struck down the authority of the municipal bodies in West Bengal to regularise unauthorised constructions against acceptance of retention fee. Justice Soumitra Pal struck down a notification of Kolkata Municipal Corporation and other municipal bodies in the state allowing unauthorised constructions to be regularised on payment […]

Read more »