High Profile Cases Madras High Court declines Tamil Nadu’s minister’s plea to restrain NGO Arappor Iyakkam. March 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to grant any immediate interim relief on a prayer by a Tamil Nadu minister seeking to restrain an NGO from levelling corruption charges against him in the media and on social media. In his suit, Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumani sought damages of Rs 1 crore against […] Read more » Madras High Court NGO Arappor Iyakkam. Tamil Nadu's minister's plea to restrain
Top Law News Doctor gets Rs 12.29 L compensation for injuries in accident March 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Maharashtra has awarded a compensation of Rs 12.29 lakh to a 37-year-old doctor who received grievous injuries in a road accident in 2009. MACT member and principal district judge Virendra G Bisht last week ordered the offending vehicle’s owner and the New India Assurance Company Limited to jointly […] Read more » doctor MACT Rs 12.29 L compensation for injuries in accident Thane Motor Accident Claims Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal . MACT
High Profile Cases Chopper case: Delhi court directs Saxena to record statement before magistrate on Mar 2 March 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday directed Rajeev Saxena, who had moved a plea to become an approver in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money-laundering case, to record his statement before a magistrate court. Special judge Arvind Kumar marked Saxena’s plea before the court of the CMM on March 2 for recording of his disclosure statement (disclose intentions […] Read more » AgustaWestland Bruno Spagnolini Chopper case Christian Michel Delhi court Finmeccanica directors Giuseppe Orsi former Air Force chief SP Tyagi Saxena to record statement before magistrate Saxena's wife Shivani
High Profile Cases Court issues summons to Rahul Gandhi and Sitaram Yechury over comments after Lankesh murder February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A metropolitan magistrate’s court here has issued summons to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury after a defamation complaint was filed by an RSS worker for allegedly linking journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder with “BJP-RSS ideology”. RSS worker and lawyer Dhrutiman Joshi had filed a private complaint in the court in 2017 against […] Read more » Congress chief Rahul Gandhi CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury Lankesh murder
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to hear PIL seeking protection of Kashmiri students. February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday a PIL seeking a direction to authorities to protect Kashmiri students who are allegedly being attacked across the country in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror strike. A bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, on Thursday took note […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Sanjiv Khanna Justices L N Rao protection of Kashmiri students Pulwama terror strike.
Top Law News Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government has decided to stop India’s share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Thursday The decision comes after the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel for which India has blamed Pakistan “Under the […] Read more » divert water flowing to Pakistan
Top Law News Sikh cyclist’s disqualification over refusal to wear helmet not discrimination: SC February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A turbaned Sikh, barred from participating in a sporting event without a helmet or protective gear, cannot claim discrimination or interference with his religious rights, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. The top court refused to interfere with the alleged disqualification of a Delhi-based 50-year-old Sikh cycling enthusiast from a long-distance cycling event […] Read more » Sikh cyclist's disqualification over refusal to wear helmet
Top Law News JNMF tells HC its in authorised occupancy of property at Teen Murti estate February 21, 2019 / February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund (JNMF) Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it is in “authorised occupancy” of the property at Teen Murti, and there was mala fide on the central government’s part in seeking its eviction. The JNMF, set up in 1964, has been located at Teen Murti, once the residence of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, since […] Read more »
Top Law News SC refuses to allow transportation of extracted coal in Meghalaya February 21, 2019 / February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to allow miners to transport extracted coal lying at various sites in Meghalaya. A bench of Justices A K Sikri, Abdul Nazeer and M R Shah refused to grant permission to the miners. Various Interlocutory Applications (IAs) have been filed for transportation of the coal already mined, it said. The […] Read more » transportation of extracted coal in Meghalaya
Top Law News Kids under 12 falling prey to sex predators: Court February 21, 2019 / February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that children below 12 years of age are becoming easy targets of assailants to fulfil their “physical needs”, a special court has sentenced a 28-year-old man to imprisonment for life for raping and brutalising a six-year-old girl in suburban Kandivli in 2014. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court judge HC […] Read more » kids under 12 for sex sex predators
Top Law News Much is happening in West Bengal : Supreme Court February 21, 2019 / February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court, while hearing a plea seeking a CBI probe into the alleged killings of BJP workers in West Bengal, on Tuesday said “much is happening in West Bengal”. The top court’s observation came after petitioner Gaurav Bhatia, a lawyer, told a bench of justices A K Sikri, S A Nazeer and M R […] Read more » Justice A.K. Sikri Justice M R Shah Justice S A Nazeer West Benga
High Profile Cases Lawyer Prashant Bhushan also seeks hearing on plea seeking perjury prosecution of some officials for misleading court in Rafale case. February 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court had sought information from the centre about the pricing details and the decision making process undertaken by the government before sealing the Rs. 56,000 crore fighter jets deal. Former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking initiation of perjury proceedings against central […] Read more » activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan Former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie Rafale case
