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
Top Law News SC directs Petitioner to approach Kerala HC : Plea to revise Backward Community list, raise Muslim reservation in Kerala July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a petition moved by the Minority Indians Planning and Vigilance Commission Trust (Trust), seeking a direction to increase the percentage of reservation for the Muslim community in public employment in Kerala and to revise the state’s backward community list. The Court, however, granted liberty to the petitioner to […] Read more » Backward Community High Court Muslim reservation in Kerala Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News 3 Economic Laws Practice (ELP) Partners join hands with former L&S lawyers to form Sarvada Legal July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Economic Laws Practice (ELP) Partners MP Devnath and Vivek Sharma, and Associate Partner Abhishek Anand have joined forces with Seetharaman & Associates. The merged entity has been rebranded as Sarvada Legal. The Partners from Seetharaman & Associates include: S Seetharaman – International Trade, Customs and Regulatory Atul Sharma – International Trade, Customs and Regulatory Sundar […] Read more » Economic Laws Practice (ELP) former L&S lawyers Sarvada Legal
Bar, Bench & Firm News Karnataka High Court dismisses United Spirits’ plea for release of IDBI-held shares July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a plea by United SpiritsNSE -0.04 %, seeking release of its securities held by IDBI BankNSE -0.14 % as a pledge from United Breweries Holdings (UBHL) against the bank’s exposure to the defunct Kingfisher AirlinesNSE -11.11 % (KFA) Finding “no merit” in USL’s petition, the High Court has held […] Read more » IDBI Bank Karnatka High Court united spirits plea
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court judge recuses herself from hearing pleas against Bombay High Court order on laws on beef July 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra Monday recused herself from hearing a batch of appeals and cross-appeals challenging a Bombay High Court verdict which held that mere possession of beef of animals slaughtered outside the state cannot invite criminal action. A bench headed by Justice A M Sapre said that Justice Malhotra was recusing herself […] Read more » Bombay High Court laws on beef Supreme Court
Human Rights Supreme Court awards nearly Rs 50 lakh compensation to disabled driver of deceased Punjab minister July 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man who suffered permanently disability in an accident while driving the car of the thenD leader and Punjab cabinet minister Kanwaljit Singh in 2009 was on Monday awarded Rs 49.9 lakh compensation by the Supreme Court. Singh, who was Punjab Cooperation Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal’s General Secretary, had died on March 29, 2009 […] Read more » awards nearly 50 lakh Punjab minister Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Father can’t avoid maintaining children just because mother is earning: High Court July 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man cannot avoid the responsibility of maintaining his children on the ground that his estranged wife is earning because a lot of time and effort also go into the upbringing, the Delhi High Court said Monday while upholding the interim maintenance awarded to a woman. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said it would be incorrect to […] Read more » High Court mother is earning
