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
Criminal Law News Supreme Court convicts 12 persons for killing ex-Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in 2003 July 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court convicted 12 persons on Friday for killing former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in 2003. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra allowed the appeals of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Gujarat government challenging the high court order by which the convicts were absolved of murder charges in the […] Read more » 12 persons for killing ex-Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya Supreme Court convicts
Criminal Law News Supreme Court convicts 12 persons for killing ex-Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in 2003 July 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court convicted 12 persons on Friday for killing former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in 2003. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra allowed the appeals of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Gujarat government challenging the high court order by which the convicts were absolved of murder charges in the […] Read more » 12 persons for killing ex- gujarat Haren Pandya Home Minister Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday decided to abolish state administrative tribunal. July 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The cabinet in its meeting, which was presided over by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, decided to abolish the state administrative tribunal (SAT) & issued directions to initiate necessary steps in this regard, according to an official statement. The cabinet also decided to increase the financial assistance for families of deceased & retired journalists. “The […] Read more » abolish state Administrative Tribunal himachal pradesh cabinet
Human Rights AES in Bihar: Providing all support to contain it, Centre tells Supreme Court July 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre told the Supreme Court Wednesday that it was proactively providing all support to Bihar in containing and managing Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in which more than children have died. In an affidavit filed on a plea seeking measures for containment of the disease, the Centre said Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had visited […] Read more » AES in Bihar BIHAR Supreme Court
Family Law News Plea in High Court for making marital rape a ground for divorce July 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea was filed in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking direction to the Centre to frame guidelines for registration of FIR for marital rape as also laws for making it a ground for divorce. The PIL sought that there should be a clear guideline for registration of cases related to marital rape under […] Read more » divorce High Court marital rape
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Talaq notices: Supreme Court refuses to entertain Muslim woman’s plea July 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a Muslim woman’s plea challenging two notices of Talaq given by her husband saying it cannot entertain a writ petition on the issue. A bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopana disposed of the plea saying that it is not a court where Talaq notices could […] Read more » entertain Muslim woman's plea Supreme Court refuses Talaq notices
