Top Law News Pragya Thakur seeks dismissal of plea seeking to bar her from contesting poll April 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast, on Tuesday sought dismissal of the application seeking to bar her from contesting the Lok Sabha polls, even as the NIA distanced itself from the issue. Thakur, through her lawyer, filed a reply before special judge for National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases V […] Read more » Pragya Thakur
High Profile Cases 5 Supreme Court benches start proceedings late. April 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Five Supreme Court benches, presided over by five senior-most judges including CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Tuesday started court proceedings an hour later at 11:30 AM. However, the other Supreme Court benches started functioning at 10:30 AM, the usual time for resumption of judicial proceedings in the apex court. The Supreme Court display board notified that from […] Read more » cji ranjan gogoi
Top Law News Election Commission submits detailed report in Supreme Court on biopic of PM Modi April 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Election Commission on Monday submitted its detailed report to the Supreme Court on the biopic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took the EC’s report on Modi’s biopic and asked the poll panel to supply a copy of the report to the producer of the movie. The […] Read more » biopic of PM Modi
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea alleging cash-for-vote in LS polls in Tamil Nadu April 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea which alleged that people were being bribed on a massive scale for the Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it was not inclined to hear the matter since the elections in the state were already over. “As […] Read more » Cash-for-vote Justice Sanjiv Khanna Justices deepak gupta Tamil NAdu LS
Top Law News Rahul Gandhi expresses regret over his remarks on Rafale verdict in Supreme Court April 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress president Rahul Gandhi expressed regret in the Supreme Court on Monday over his remarks in connection with the Rafale judgment which the apex court had said was “incorrectly attributed” to it. The apex court on April 15 had given a categorical clarification that in its Rafale judgment there was no occasion for it to […] Read more » Rafale verdict Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi expresses regret over his remarks Rahul Gandhi expresses regret over his remarks on Rafale verdict Supreme Court
Top Law News Sexual harassment allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi : Supreme Court seeks response from lawyer who claimed conspiracy April 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday sought response from a lawyer, who had made a sensational claim that there was a conspiracy to make CJI Ranjan Gogoi resign by “framing him” in a false case of sexual harassment. A three-judge special bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra issued notice to lawyer Utsav Singh Bains and sought his […] Read more » cji ranjan gogoi sexual harassment allegations Sexual harassment allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Woman Driven Out Of Matrimonial House Can File Case Where She Has Taken Shelter: Supreme Court April 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Leaving not even an iota of doubt, the Supreme Court just recently on April 9, 2019 in a latest case titled Rupali Devi v State of Uttar Pradesh in Criminal Appeal No. 71 of 2012 with Criminal Appeal No. 619 of 2019 [Arising out of SLP (Cri.) No. 5695/2010], Criminal Appeal No. 620 […] Read more » Supreme Court Woman Driven Out Of Matrimonial House
Top Law News AgustaWestland scam accused Gautam Khaitan gets bail in a black money case April 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to AgustaWestland chopper scam accused Gautam Khaitan in a separate black money and laundering case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted relief to Khaitan on a personal bond or Rs 25 lakh and one surety of the like amount. The fresh criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering […] Read more » AgustaWestland scam
Top Law News Three granted anticipatory bail in Antagarh bypoll case April 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chhattisgarh High Court Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to former chief minister Raman Singh’s son-in-law Dr Puneet Gupta, former minister Rajesh Munat and BJP leader Maturam Pawar in connection with the alleged 2014 Antagarh bypoll fixing. All three accused had filed separate pleas seeking pre-arrest bail. The hearing was going on before Justice Goutam Bhaduri. […] Read more » Antagarh bypoll case Chhattisgarh High Court
Top Law News NGT disposes plea against landfill sites at Sonia Vihar and Ghonda Gujran. April 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has refused to entertain a plea seeking cancellation of approval granted by the DDA to allot land at Sonia Vihar and Ghonda Gujran areas to set up landfill sites. A bench headed by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, which had earlier issued notice to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and […] Read more » andfill sites at Sonia Vihar Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel landfill site at Ghonda Gujran.
Top Law News SC to hear I-T dept plea against quashing of black money case involving Chidambaram’s family April 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear the Income Tax department’s appeal challenging the Madras High Court order which quashed criminal prosecution against senior Congress leader P Chidambaram’s family members under the black money law. The top court, however, refused to stay the order of the high court. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi […] Read more » black money case black money case involving Chidambaram's family Chidambaram's family Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Sanjiv Khanna Karti Chidambaram P. Chidambaram
Top Law News Review plea filed in Supreme Court for civil rights of homosexuals April 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of an order by which a plea for various civil rights, such as same-sex marriage, adoption and surrogacy for the LGBTQ community was dismissed. The apex court, on October 29, 2018, had dismissed a plea filed by Tushar Nayyar which had sought reliefs such […] Read more » civil rights of homosexuals
