Top Law News Supreme Court directs political parties to furnish receipts of electoral bonds and donors’ identity details to EC April 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday directed all political parties to furnish receipts of political funding received through electoral bonds and details of identity of donors in a sealed cover to the Election Commission. In an interim order, the apex court also directed all political parties to provide details of the amount of the bond and bank […] Read more » ADR Advocate Prashant Bhushan Association of Democratic Reforms Attorney General K K Venugopal EC Election Commission political parties to furnish receipts of electoral bonds and donors' identity details receipts of electoral bonds and donors' identity detail Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court reserves order on PIL challenging Centre’s electoral bonds scheme for political funding April 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its order on a PIL challenging the government’s electoral bond scheme for political funding. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would pronounce its order tomorrow on the plea filed by NGO, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). The NGO, which has challenged the validity of the scheme, […] Read more » electoral bonds scheme electoral bonds scheme for political funding liminate the use of black money in elections order on PIL challenging Centre's electoral bonds scheme for political funding political funding Supreme Court
Top Law News Enron-Dabhol power project: Supreme Court closes case of alleged corruption April 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday closed the case of alleged corruption involving politicians, bureaucrats and corporates in the Enron-Dabhol power project, taking note of the inordinate delay in the case that was filed in 1997. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna allowed the plea of Maharashtra government to […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Enron-Dabhol power project Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Top Law News Arun Shourie delighted on Supreme Court verdict on Rafale April 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former union minister Arun Shourie, one of the review petitioners in the Rafale case, Wednesday said he was delighted by the unanimous verdict of the Supreme Court dismissing Centre’s “peculiar argument” on admissibility of privileged documents. The apex court on Wednesday dismissed preliminary objections raised by the Centre that documents on which claimed”privilege” cannot be […] Read more » Arun Shourie Rafale Rafale fighter jet deal with France. Supreme Court verdict on Rafale Yashwant Sinha and activist advocate Prashant Bhushan.
Top Law News Delhi court sends Yasin Malik to NIA custody till Apr 22 in terror funding case April 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has sent JKLF chief Yasin Malik to NIA custody till April 22 after the agency sought his custodial interrogation in connection with a case related to funding of separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir. Malik was produced before special judge Rakesh Syal, where the National Investigation Agency arrested him inside […] Read more » funding of separatists and terror groups Yasin Malik Yasin Malik in terror funding case Yasin Malik to NIA custody Yasin Malik to NIA custody in terror funding case
Top Law News Complaint lodged against Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti at Bihar court. April 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Their fierce political rivalry notwithstanding, Abdullah who heads the NC, and Mufti, who leads the PDP, had come out in unison against the BJP’s manifesto promise of scrapping Article 370 annul 35A of the Constitution. A case has been lodged at a court here against former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba […] Read more » Farooq Abdullah Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti Mehbooba Mufti
High Profile Cases Madras High Court quashes land acquisition process for Salem-Chennai green corridor project April 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Monday quashed land acquisition process for the Rs 10,000 crore Salem-Chennai eight-lane green corridor project, holding it required a mega realignment as the proposed route would have an adverse effect on environment. A special bench of Justice T S Sivagnanam and Justice Bhavani Subbarayan passed the order allowing a batch of […] Read more » Madras High Court Salem-Chennai green corridor project
High Profile Cases VVIP chopper case: Delhi court sends Sushen Mohan Gupta to judicial custody till Apr 20 April 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday sent Sushen Mohan Gupta, an alleged defence agent arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP chopper case, to judicial custody till April 20. Special Judge Arvind Kumar sent Gupta to judicial custody. Gupta was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The probe agency had said […] Read more » an alleged defence agent Rs 3600-crore VVIP chopper case Sushen Mohan Gupta VVIP chopper case
Top Law News Every direction by EC will be followed during polls : Bombay High Court April 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Nagpur collector-cum-returning officer Sunday assured the Bombay High Court that every direction and guideline issued by the Election Commission (EC) will be followed during the elections and post-poll arrangements. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court was hearing a petition filed by Nana Patole, Congress’ Nagpur Lok Sabha candidate. Patole had filed the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice R K Deshpande Justice S M Modak Nagpur collector-cum-returning officer
High Profile Cases 1984 anti-Sikh riots case : SC asks CBI to apprise it of status of ongoing trial of Sajjan Kumar April 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the CBI to apprise it of the status of the ongoing trial in a case involving former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and listed his bail plea for hearing on April 15. The CBI told a bench of Justices S A Bobde and […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots case Justice S A Nazeer Justice S.A. Bobde Sajjan Kumar
Top Law News AgustaWestland charge sheet leak : Delhi court issues notice to ED on Christian Michel’s plea April 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on plea of Christian Michel, alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, alleging the agency of politicising the case by leaking the chargesheet copy to the media. The agency, on the other hand, sought an enquiry as to how the copy of the […] Read more » AgustaWestland charge sheet leak David Nigel John Syms
Top Law News Public Confidence In Integrity Of Electoral Process Will Increase With 50% VVPAT Verification: 21 Opposition parties Tell Supreme Court April 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Twenty-one opposition parties, led by Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu have submitted their rejoinder before the Supreme Court of India stating that 50% verification of VVPAT units against EVM machines in each constituency/segment will raise the level of public confidence in the integrity of electoral process in the country. These parties are petitioners in a […] Read more » Public Confidence In Integrity Of Electoral Process
