Category: LEGAL NEWS

New Delhi, May 15 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today convicted Punjab Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for voluntarily causing hurt to a 65-year-old man but spared him a jail term in the 1988 road rage case. A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul said Sidhu is guilty of Section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and is fined Rs 1,000 for the offence. “A1 (Sidhu) is guilty of Section 323 of IPC. Awarded no sentence but fine of Rs 1,000 for the offence.…

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New Delhi, May 14 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court will hear the plea of three witnesses in the Kathua gangrape and murder case, alleging that they are being harassed by the state police, on May 16. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud today agreed to hear on Wednesday the plea of Sahil Sharma and two others, who are college friends of the juvenile accused in the case. According to their plea, they had already recorded their statements before the police and…

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New Delhi, May 13 (DIN NEWS) The family of a 73-year-old man, who died in a road accident involving a rashly-driven mini bus, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 23 lakh by a claims tribunal here. Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) presiding officer Hemani Malhotra directed National Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the vehicle, to pay Rs 23,13,000 to the wife and three daughters of Ram Avtar Sikka, who was hit by the speeding vehicle in 2015 when he was crossing the road in west Delhi. The tribunal, while…

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New Delhi, May 13 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court has expressed concern about overcrowding in prisons across the country, in some cases beyond 150 per cent of the capacity, and asked all the high courts to consider the issue as it involves “violation of human rights”. The apex court requested the chief justices of the high courts to take up the matter as a suo-motu (on its own) writ petition and referred to a note given by an advocate, assisting the court as an amicus curiae, in this regard. “It appears…

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INDORE:  A 23-day trial ended in a death sentence for a man who raped and killed a four-month-old girl in Madhya Pradesh last month. The Indore session court today convicted Naveen Gadke of rape and murder of an infant and handed him a death sentence under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). Special public prosecutor Akram Sheikh had urged sessions court judge Varsha Sharma to treat the case as the “rarest of the rare” and award capital punishment to the man. Terming it an “inhuman act”, Ms Sharma said, “Such a…

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NEW DELHI:  Two judges from the Jammu and Kashmir High Court have been appointed as chief justices of the Meghalaya and the Manipur high courts. Separate Law Ministry notifications said Justice Ramlingam Sudhakar, who originally belongs to the Madras High Court and is currently functioning as acting chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, is appointed as the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court. Justice Mahammed Yaqoob Mir, also of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court. Another…

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Melbourne, May 11 (DIN NEWS) An Indian journalist charged with an aggravated people smuggling offence by Australian authorities for facilitating the travel of a “fake media contingent” to attend the Commonwealth Games will stay in custody for six more weeks, a media report said today. Rakesh Kumar Sharma, 46, was detained along with eight others by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at the Brisbane Airport in March because his companions’ accreditations were not genuine. The Commonwealth Games were held on the Gold Coast south of Brisbane from April 4-15. The eight,…

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New Delhi, May 11 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today asked chief justices or acting chief justices of all high courts to set up anti-sexual harassment committees in courts across the country within two months in accordance with a 2013 law. It also requested Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal of the Delhi High Court to constitute the panel in the high court and in all district courts in the national capital within a week. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was hearing a petition filed by a practising woman…

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New Delhi, May 10 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today dismissed Rashtriya Hindu Sena chief Pramod Muthalik’s plea alleging that the Congress party was seeking votes in the name of religion in its election manifesto in Karnataka. There were a plethora of apex court judgments which say that once the poll process begins, no court shall interfere with it, said a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud. The bench also said that assuring minority communities about elevating them from social and economic…

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New Delhi, May 10 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to take a decision by June 30 this year on the issue of banning import of pet coke in the country. The apex court also asked the government to consider implementing the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) first in Delhi as the people were “struggling” due to pollution in the national capital. NCAP is aimed at tackling air pollution problem in 100 cities across the country. You have lots of programmes but you can’t implement it. You can’t…

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