Bar, Bench & Firm News Relief for Parents After Supreme Court Verdict July 3, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “The Supreme Court bench upheld TAFRC contention. Managements have no right to charge excess fee over & above what has been fixed by TAFRC. It has come as a great relief for parents who have been fighting this cause for the last two years,” said Nagati Narayana, president, Telangana Parents’ Association. Members of Students Federation […] Read more » Relief for Parents Supreme Court Verdict TAFRC contention Telangana Parents’ Association
education law UGC Warns Universities to be More Sensitive on Caste Discrimination Complaints July 3, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a circular to all the vice-chancellors of universities, Rajnish Jain, secretary of UGC, has urged the officials & faculty members to desist from any act of discrimination against SC/ST students on grounds of their social origin. He further directed higher educational institutions to develop a separate page on their website for lodging such complaints […] Read more » Caste Discrimination Complaints SC/ST students UGC Warns Universities to be More Sensitive
Bar, Bench & Firm News High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Suspended Air India Pilot July 3, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to an Air India pilot who was suspended for allegedly violating aircraft rules, including evading a breath-analyser test & forgery. Justice Mukta Gupta granted relief to Arvind Kathpalia on his plea apprehending arrest in a case lodged against him on the direction of a lower court. […] Read more » Grants Anticipatory Bail High Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court fixes plea challenging Maha CM’s election for final disposal on Jul 23 July 3, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday fixed for final disposal a plea challenging the election of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to the state assembly for alleged non-disclosure of pending criminal cases against him in the nomination papers. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said that it will list […] Read more » election for final disposal Maha CM's election Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court declines to protect house for which BJP MLA had ‘batted’ July 3, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a stay on demolition of a house, which was in the news last week when local BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya assaulted a civic official. Vijayvargiya had attacked the official with a cricket bat in full public view when a municipal team arrived to pull it […] Read more » BJP MLA High Court declines protect house
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court asks Meghalaya to deposit Rs 100 cr fine for illegal coal mining July 3, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Meghalaya government to deposit the Rs 100 crore fine imposed on it by the NGT for failing to curb illegal coal mining with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph directed the state administration to hand over the illegally extracted […] Read more » deposit Rs 100 cr illegal coal mining Supreme Court
education law Lok Sabha Passes Teachers’ Reservation Bill July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Overturning a Supreme Court decision on reservation in appointment of teachers in universities, the Lok Sabha on Monday passed a Bill that proposes to make a university or college a unit instead of a department for the purpose of providing reservation. The Bill is applicable to all Central universities. The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in […] Read more » Lok Sabha Passes Teachers Reservation Bill
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Debate over Uttar Pradesh move to add 17 OBC castes in Supreme Court list July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Days after the Uttar Pradesh government included 17 castes under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category to the list of Scheduled Castes (SCs), officials in the Union social justice & empowerment ministry said the move is illegal & can be challenged in the court. The ministry, which is the nodal ministry for issues related to […] Read more » add 17 OBC castes castes Uttar Pradesh
Public Utilities Supreme Court : Private vehicle on public road is considered a ‘public place’ July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A private vehicle running on a public road in Bihar will be considered a “public place” under the Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act 2016, which prohibits manufacturing, possession, purchase, sale & the consumption of alcohol in the state, the Supreme Court clarified Monday. The top court also said a person drinking in such a vehicle or […] Read more » 186 (obstructing public servant while discharging duties) of IPC private vehicle public place Supreme Court
education law NLSIU students urge Executive Council to roll back 25% fee hike July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The topic of the exorbitant cost of legal education has assumed the spotlight once again, this time at India’s oldest NLU, National School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore. Students are up in arms over a 25% hike in the annual fees at NLSIU, introduced through a notification dated June 15. The fee at NLSIU has […] Read more » 25% fee hike NLSIU
Business Law News Delhi High Court dismisses GVK Airport plea to restrain Bid Services from selling stake in Mumbai Airport July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition by GVK Airport Holdings Limited seeking to restrain Bid Services Division (Mauritius) Limited from offering or selling its shareholding in Mumbai International Airport Limited to any person other than the Petitioner (GVK). The judgment was passed by a Single Judge Bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula in a […] Read more » bid service GVK Airport selling stake
Top Law News Courts cannot usurp jurisdiction of decision makers in the garb of Judicial Review, Supreme Court July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a decision of the Telangana High Court modifying the fee structure notified by the Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC). A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha, while setting aside the judgment of the High Court said that the Courts can exercise the power of […] Read more » Supreme Court usurp jurisdiction
