Court, Judiciary & Legal System Cabinet approves bill to create council for Grading Arbitral Institutions July 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The bill, which seeks to amend the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, would be introduced in the ongoing session of parliament, sources said. They said that the bill is a part of the efforts of the government to encourage institutional arbitration for settlement of disputes & make India a centre of robust Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) […] Read more » Cabinet approves bill Grading Arbitral Institutions to create council for Grading
Bar, Bench & Firm News RSS defamation case: Rahul Gandhi to appear before court today July 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hearing in the case is scheduled at 10 am at Mazgaon Metropolitan Magistrate court on July 4. In February, earlier this year, RSS Swayam Sevak Dhrutiman Joshi had filed a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury & the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for defaming the RSS following the death of Gauri […] Read more » Rahul Gandhi RSS defamation RSS defamation case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Aam Aadmi Party Minister Hussain lodges police complaint against Manjinder Singh Sirsa July 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “On July 2, I saw that Manjinder Singh Sirsa from his verified tweeter handle @mssirsa has posted that I was involved in instigating the crowd who were vandalizing the temple at Hauz Qazi in Chandni Chowk, Delhi-6,” Hussain wrote in the complaint. “He also quoted a story which was published by a news website & […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party against Manjinder Singh Sirsa lodges police complaint Minister Hussain
Criminal Law News Specify Stand on Honour Killings, High Court tells Government July 3, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A division bench of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan & Justice Shameem Akhter issued notices to the government & various authorities on a public interest litigation (PIL) that sought constitution of a special investigation team to prevent honour killing. The investigation team was to also look into honour killings across the state. The division bench […] Read more » Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Government High Court tells honour killings Justice Shameem Akhter
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
