Court, Judiciary & Legal System Hearing pollution matters regularly so that people can get clean air: Supreme Court August 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday said it is hearing matters related to severe air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region “day in and day out” so that people, especially the children, could breath clean air. The apex court observed this while coming down heavily on the Delhi Transport Department, which has filed an affidavit […] Read more » get clean air hearinng pollution Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Urgent need to document details of local communities: NGT August 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There is an urgent need to document details of local communities as India is one of the recognised mega-diverse countries, harbouring nearly 7-8 per cent of the recorded species of the world, the National Green Tribunal has said. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said there was ‘zero’ progress with regard […] Read more » need to document details NGT
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court grants time till Sept 6 to CBI to complete probe in accident case involving Unnao rape survivor August 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday granted to the CBI time till September 6 to complete the investigation into the road accident in which the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer were critically injured and two of her aunts killed. The apex court, which had earlier given two weeks to the CBI to complete the probe, extended […] Read more » 'CCTV footage matches victim's friend's description' CBI SC Unnao rape survivor
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court clears legal hurdles to Athi Varadar idol immersion August 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Saturday, the Madras High Court cleared the legal hurdles in immersing the fig wood idol of Lord Varadarajaperumal, popularly known as Athi Varadar, into the Sri Devarajaswamy Temple tank Anantasaras in Kancheepuram by dismissing two public interest litigation petitions aimed at getting the darshan extended by 48 days. Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad refused to […] Read more » Athi Varadar High Court clears idol immersion legal hurdles
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
