Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court directs Registrar of Marriages to Record Divorces as well August 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Registrar of Marriage is bound to record the Divorce in the Register maintained by him on a divorce ordered by a competent court, the Kerala High Court has held. As per now, there is no provision under the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 for recording the Divorce. In this case, the petitioner had obtained […] Read more » High Court record divorces as well registrar of marriages
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad: Article 370 had become shield for terrorists August 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Saturday, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, had become a platform to “shield” terrorists and their patrons. “The Government’s decision on Article 370 was taken in the interest of the nation as well as the common people of Jammu and Kashmir,” Prasad […] Read more » Article 370 law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad shield for terrorists
Top Law News Chopper scam: Willing to join probe, Ratul Puri tells court, seeks cancellation of NBW August 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ratul Puri, the nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, on Saturday told a Delhi court that he was willing to join the probe into the AgustaWestland chopper scam case, while seeking cancellation of a non-bailable warrant issued against him. Puri told special judge Arvind Kumar that he wrote some e-mails to the Enforcement […] Read more » chopper scam Ratul Puri tells court seeks cancellation of NBW Willing to join probe
Corporate Law News Court reserves order on businessman Sana Satish Babu’s bail plea August 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court will pronounce on August 17 its order on a bail plea of Hyderabad-based businessman Sana Satish Babu, who is arrested in connection with a money-laundering case involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi. Special Judge Anuradha Shukla Bharadwaj reserved the order after hearing arguments in the matter. Babu is currently in judicial custody. The […] Read more » businessman Sana Satish Court reserves order Sana Satish Babu's bail plea
Bar, Bench & Firm News Need to understand why law graduate’s natural choice is not legal profession: CJI August 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday said there is a need to look at the role and functioning of lawyers and understand why a law graduate’s natural choice is not the legal profession in spite of great attractions and opportunities. The CJI said lawyers act as advocates and advisors of litigants and help […] Read more » CJI law graduates legal profession Need to understand Ranjan Gogoi
Court, Judiciary & Legal System PM scholarship scheme: Supreme Court extends admission deadline till Sept 15 for J-K students August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to thousands of Jammu and Kashmir students selected for a special scholarship scheme, the Supreme Court on Friday extended by a month the deadline for taking admission in various engineering colleges due to situations prevailing in the state after abrogation of its special status. The Jammu and Kashmir government said that counselling […] Read more » extend admmission j-k students PM scholarship scholarship scheme Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delhi court commences trial in 2017 Unnao rape case August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday commenced the trial in a case of alleged rape of a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma completed recording statement of a prosecution witness in an in-camera hearing in the case in which expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is a key accused. The court will […] Read more » Delhi court Unnao rape case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court expresses anguish over filing of defective petitions on Article 370 August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday refrained from examining the legal challenges posed to the changes made in the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir, saying that the petitions filed on the “serious issue” of abrogation of provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution suffer from defects. The apex court, which was dealing with the first […] Read more » defective petitions Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court rejects PILs seeking extension of Athi Varadar festival August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed two PILs seeking extension of the 48-day-long Lord Athi Varadar festival which is ending Saturday. A bench comprising S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad rejected the prayer of the public interest litigation petitioners who sought more time citing the huge rush of devotees thronging the Devarajaswamy temple in […] Read more » athi varadar festival High Court PILs seeking extension
Bar, Bench & Firm News Ayodhya case: Temple existed before Babri Masjid came up at disputed site, counsel for deity to SC August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A “massive” temple of Lord Ram, dating back to the second century BC (Before Christ), existed at the disputed site in Ayodhya before the construction of Babri Masjid, a counsel for deity “Ram Lalla Virajman” told the Supreme Court on Friday. The counsel for Ram Lalla, a party to the decades-old Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land […] Read more » Ayodhya case Ayodhya's Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case disputed site disputed site in Ayodhya temple existed
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court restrains portal from using ‘Vistara’ mark for selling products August 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court citing the fact that the mark Vitara has become quite popular & has acquired a unique status, restrained an aviation studies portal from using the mark permanently. Justice Pratibha M Singh also directed M/s Pilot18 Aviation Book Store – which operates an aviation studies portal named as https://www.pilot18.com – & its owner to […] Read more » High Court restrains portal restrains portal Vistara
Court, Judiciary & Legal System This High Court’s ruling on land laws has thrown infrastructure projects in this State out of order August 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Big projects such as the second phase of Metro Rail & expansion of Airport are stuck as the Govt. agencies cannot take possession of Private Land. Land acquisition for phase-2 of Chennai metro rail has been stalled. `69,000 crore project requires 117 hectares of land spread over Chennai, Kancheepuram & Tiruvallur districts. Metro rail official has stated […] Read more » High Court infrastructure projects land laws
