Category: LEGAL NEWS

New Delhi, May 25 (DIN NEWS) The NIA today charged suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives Sheikh Abdul Naeem and others in a Delhi court for allegedly preparing to revive the terror outfit’s activities in India on the directions of Pakistan-based handlers. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) named 10 persons — five of whom have been arrested, while the rest are absconding — in its charge sheet filed before District Judge Poonam A Bamba. The charge sheet, which also names two persons, who have turned approvers, will be taken up for consideration…

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New Delhi, May 25 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today agreed to suggestions that the vacant post-graduate seats in private unaided medical colleges could be filled up as per the order of merit in the All-India National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) list. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Indu Malhotra said this while hearing a matter of Uttar Pradesh during which the Medical Council of India (MCI) said that almost 41.95 per cent of post-graduate medical seats for academic year 2018-2019 in private unaided medical colleges in…

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New Delhi, May 23 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea filed by former Uttar Pradesh minister Angad Yadav challenging an Allahabad High Court order cancelling the bail granted to him and also vacating the stay on his conviction in a 1995 murder case. A bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha refused to interfere with the high court’s April 17 this year order and granted him liberty to request the high court to dispose of his pending criminal appeal within six months. “We are not inclined…

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New Delhi, May 23 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court has acquitted two men of charges of gang-raping a 13-year-old girl, saying the prosecution has failed to to prove their culpability though the possibility of the assault cannot be completely ruled out. While passing the order, it directed the legal aid authority to ensure that every rape victim in the national capital gets a lawyer and counselling services from beginning till the end of the case. The court also reiterated that its 2009 guidelines should be followed in true spirit, including…

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Mumbai, May 23 (DIN NEWS) A homoeopathy student has moved the Bombay High Court after her college disallowed her to write exams due to poor attendance, which, she claimed, was because she was barred from attending classes as she wears the ‘hijab’ (headscarf). Fakeha Badami, a resident of suburban Bandra, in her petition filed earlier this week, claimed that her attendance was poor because the Sai Homoeopathic Medical College, located at the Bhiwandi township in the neighbouring Thane district, did not allow her to attend lectures as she wears the hijab.…

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New Delhi, May 23 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi Police today “strongly opposed” in the Supreme Court the plea filed by a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) member, who was deported from Saudi Arabia in 2012, seeking bail in connection with a case relating to setting up of an alleged illegal arms factory here. The police told a bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha that they would file their response on the plea by accused Fasih Mahmood, who has challenged the Delhi High Court order denying him bail in the…

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New Delhi, May 22 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today dismissed a plea by Tata Group-owned Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL), challenging the tender procedure for the proposed auction of Delhi’s Taj Mahal Hotel by the NDMC. The verdict was pronounced by a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla. The court had reserved its order on May 3 after hearing arguments of the counsel for the IHCL and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) which had claimed that it had not prejudiced the Tatas in any way.…

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New Delhi, May 21 (DIN NEWS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has moved the National Green Tribunal seeking a stay and review of its order directing the aviation regulator to issue a circular to all airlines operating at IGI Airport here to ensure that they do not empty toilet tanks mid-air. The DGCA has now moved a plea seeking review and stay of the December 20, 2016 and the January 10 order of the tribunal claiming that it was impossible to dump human waste mid-air from aircraft toilet. A…

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New Delhi, May 21 (DIN NEWS) A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict rejecting the demand for an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge B H Loya, who dealt with the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. The review petition filed by Bombay Lawyers Association has challenged the apex court’s April 19 judgment by which it had dismissed a batch of pleas and brought the curtains down on the raging debate over Loya’s death. The judge had died of cardiac arrest…

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New Delhi, May 20 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court has expressed its displeasure that the Ministry of Defence has “not even bothered” to respond to the letters addressed to it by the CBI’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing the alleged extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the Army, Assam Rifles and police in Manipur. A bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit asked the SIT to conclude by June 30 its investigations in the cases related to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), judicial inquiries and…

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