Consumer Law News High Court restrains hoteliers associations from boycotting OYO June 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has restrained various hoteliers welfare associations from issuing any notices or boycotting and banning hospitality company OYO. The court, in an interim order, said it appeared that the act of hotelier associations was pushing other hoteliers and service providers to act in breach of contract between them and Oravel Stays Private […] Read more » High Court oyo
Bar, Bench & Firm News High Court refuses urgent hearing to plea for appointment of Leader of Oppn in LS June 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused an urgent hearing to a plea seeking direction to the Lok Sabha Speaker to appoint a Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the House. A vacation bench of justices Jyoti Singh and Manoj Ohri said “looking at the relief sought, there is no urgency” and listed it for hearing before […] Read more » appointment of Leader High Court Oppn in LS
Environment Law News National Green Tribunal refuses to unseal Haj House in Ghaziabad June 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal Wednesday refused to unseal the Haj House in Ghaziabad for failing to setup a sewage treatment plant (STP). The Haj House in Uttar Pradesh’s Arthala village is an under-construction seven-storey building located near the Hindon river and it was sealed last year. A vacation bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore […] Read more » Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore National Green Tribunal
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to entertain Cong’s plea against separate bypolls for 2 Gujarat RS seats June 25, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to entertain a plea by the Gujarat Congress challenging the Election Commission’s decision to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in the state. A vacation bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice B R Gavai, however, granted liberty to the Gujarat Congress to file ‘election petition’ after conclusion […] Read more » refuses to entertain Cong's plea separate bypolls for 2 Gujarat RS seats Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Delhi court sentences AAP MLA to 3 months in jail for obstructing polling process June 25, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced AAP MLA Manoj Kumar to three months in jail for obstructing the election process at a booth in east Delhi during the 2013 Assembly polls, saying offences relating to polls should be sternly dealt with. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, however, granted Kumar bail on furnishing a bond of […] Read more » AAP MLA Delhi court
Criminal Law News Man gets 7-year Rigorous Imprisonment for raping minor girl June 25, 2019 / June 25, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here in Maharashtra has awarded seven years’ rigorous imprisonment to a 31-year-old man for raping a minor girl in 2013. District Judge P P Jadhav in his order last week also imposed a fine of Rs 32,000 on the accused, Manish alias Mashal Gangaram Shinge, a resident of Waghbil area here. According to […] Read more » Man gets 7-year Imprisonment raping minor girl rigorous imprisonment
Criminal Law News High Court reserves order on death-row convicts’ plea in Pune BPO gang rape and murder case June 25, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Tuesday reserved its judgment on petitions filed by two convicts in the 2007 Pune BPO gang rape and murder case seeking stay on the execution of their death warrant. Convicts Purushottam Borate and Pradeep Kokade were to be executed on June 24. The HC last week, however, said the execution shall […] Read more » Bombay High Court BPO gang rape High Court
Criminal Law News Bombay High Court stays execution of convicts in Pune BPO Rape and Murder case June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Friday stayed the execution of two convicts in the 2007 Pune BPO rape and murder case. The convicts were to be executed on June 24 at Yerawada Central Prison. A BPO employee was raped and murdered by her company’s cab driver Purshottam Borate and his friend, Pradeep Kokade in 2007. […] Read more » Bombay High Court BPO RAPE
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Madras High Court reserves judgment in challenge to constitutionality of GSTAT June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court on Friday reserved its judgment in the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) under the prevailing GST regime. Arguments in the matter concluded yesterday before the Bench of Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad. The High Court had initially issued notice to the Central Government in August […] Read more » GSTAT Judgement Madras High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Kotdwar Bar Association to withdraw its ban on representing accused in Sushil Raghuvanshi murder case June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttarakhand High Court has been informed that the Kotdwar Bar Association would be withdrawing its controversial notice barring advocates from appearing on behalf of the accused in the Sushil Raghuvanshi murder case. Earlier this month, the Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Alok Kumar Verma had castigated the Bar Association’s move to pass […] Read more » accused kotdwar bar association murder case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Arbitration in the hands of those who “care scant for ethics”, Gujarat High Court June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Aghast at the allegations of bias and delay levelled against retired Supreme Court Judges who were part of an arbitration proceeding, the Gujarat High Court has observed that in the recent times, the litigating parties have developed a “rank commercial mindset” to pursue their commercial interests in a self-serving manner. While expressing its disappointment at […] Read more » care scant for ethics Gujrat High Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Delhi High Court junks plea against installation of mobile tower June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has junked a plea against installation of mobile tower in a North Delhi locality, noting that there was no scientific data available to show that it is hazardous for the health. Justice Jayant Nath dismissed a plea filed by a housing welfare association after relying on a decision of a division […] Read more » Delhi High Court installation of mobile tower
