Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Madras High Court order quashing Jayalalithaa gift case July 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to interfere with the 2011 order of the Madras High Court quashing a case against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and two others for receiving unaccounted gift of over Rs 2 crore. Jayalalithaa and former minister Azhagu Thirunavukkarasu arrayed as accused by the CBI in the case have […] Read more » Court refuses to interfere Jayalalithaa gift case Supreme Court with Madras High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Ayodhya land dispute: A litigant moves Supreme Court for early hearing July 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment One of the original litigants in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking early hearing of the matter. The litigant said that nothing much has been happening in the case which was referred to a three-member panel of mediators, headed by former apex court judge Justice F M […] Read more » Ayodhya land dispute early hearing Supreme Court
Top Law News Directorate of Distance Education of NALSAR University, Hyderabad invites online applications for Distance Courses for Session 2019-20 July 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Directorate of Distance Education at NALSAR invites applications for admission to the following courses for the academic year 2019-20. 2-Year M.A. (Aviation Law and Air Transport Management) 2-Year M.A. (Security & Defence Laws) One-Year Post Graduate Diploma in Patents Law One-Year Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Laws One-Year Post Graduate Diploma in Media Laws […] Read more »
Bar, Bench & Firm News High Court grants one month parole to Rajiv case convict Nalini July 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Friday granted one month parole to Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, after she argued her plea in person for seeking the relief to make arrangements for her daughter’s wedding. A division bench of Justice M M Sundaresh and Justice M Nirmal Kumar also directed the […] Read more » convict Nalini High Court grants one month parole Rajiv case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court judge recuses from hearing Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal’s plea against LOC July 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi High Court judge recused himself on Friday from hearing Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal’s plea challenging a look out circular (LOC) issued against him barring him from travelling outside the country. When the matter came up for hearing before Justice Vibhu Bakhru, he said that “this matter will have to go before another […] Read more » High Court Jet Airways naresh goyal
Bar, Bench & Firm News High Court dismisses plea seeking SIT probe into attack on temple in walled city July 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a PIL seeking SIT probe into the attack on a temple in the walled city here, saying that the police was already taking action and nothing can be done overnight. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said the petitioner in the instant […] Read more » attack on temple High Court SIT probe
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar Bill, Govt says it is completely voluntary July 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bill seeks to amend Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016 and to further amend the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002. The Bill, which proposes giving a child an option to exit from the biometric ID program on attaining 18 years […] Read more » Aadhaar bill completely voluntary Lok Sabha passes
Criminal Law News Indian-Origin private Banker gets 13 years in Jail for Forgery, Cheating in Singapore July 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Indian-origin private banker was sentenced to 13 years jail on Thursday in Singapore, after he pleaded guilty to 20 forgery & cheating charges, & another 30 charges under the Computer Misuse Act for USD 10 million. Another 503 similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing of Kale Jagdish Purushottam, who had siphoned USD […] Read more » cheating for forgery gets 13 years jail in singapore Indian-origin private banker
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Centre : UP’s Move on OBCs Unconstitutional July 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a rare pronouncement, the government on Tuesday termed “unconstitutional” & “inappropriate” the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government’s recent move to include 17 other backward class (OBC) communities in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list, stressing that only Parliament had the right to make such changes in caste lists as per the Constitution. “The order that the […] Read more » Caste OBCs Unconstitutional UP
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Uttar Pradesh Legislator Mukhtar Ansari Acquitted In BJP Leader’s Murder Case July 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted legislator & gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari & six others accused in the 2005 murder case of BJP leader Krishnanand Rai as all the eyewitnesses & material witnesses turned hostile. The court said had the prosecution witnesses not turned hostile, the outcome of the trial would have been different & highlighted […] Read more » Acquitted In BJP Leader’s Murder Case Mukhtar Ansari politics Uttar Pradesh Legislator
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court Threatens to Jail Top Officials over Church Case July 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday blasted the Kerala government & threatened to send its officials, including the chief secretary, to jail for contempt for not implementing its verdict on centuryold dispute between Orthodox & Patriarchal factions of the state’s Malankara Church. A bench of Arun Mishra & M R Shah expressed anguish over state government […] Read more » Church Case jail top officials Supreme Court
Corporate Law News Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Homebuyers’ plea Against Jaypee Liquidation July 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As the insolvency resolution process for debt-ridden real estate giant Jaypee Infratech Ltd comes to a dead end & the company is staring at liquidation for not completing the process within the statutory time period of 270 days, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear plea of homebuyers seeking its intervention to protect their […] Read more » Agrees to Hear Homebuyers’ Jaypee Liquidation plea Against Supreme Court
