High Profile Cases Supreme Court turns down sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhat’s plea seeking security for his family February 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain sacked Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhat’s plea seeking security for his family. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer asked Bhat to approach the Gujarat High Court with his plea. On October 4 last year, the apex court dismissed his wife Shweta […] Read more » IPS officer Sanjiv Bhat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's plea Justice A.K. Sikri Justice S Abdul Nazeer Sanjiv Bhatt
Top Law News Two sentenced to five years jail under gangster act February 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court convicted two men in a murder case under the gangsters act and sentenced them to five years imprisonment. Judge A K Pathak imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on Vinod Kumar and Praveen Thursday evening. They were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment under the act, prosecutor Sandeep Singh said. Read more » Gangster act Judge A K Pathak
Top Law News Elevated rail corridor can save Gir lions : Gujarat High Court February 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A lawyer told the Gujarat High Court on Thursday that an elevated rail corridor was the best solution to save lions from getting run over by trains passing close to the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary. Taking into consideration various other suggestions, a bench of justices S R Brahmbhatt and A G Uraizee ordered the formation of […] Read more » Elevated rail corridor Gir lions Gujarat High Court justice A G Uraizee Justice S R Brahmbhatt
Top Law News HSRP for vehicles: SC issues notice to Centre on contempt plea February 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s reply on an application seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the government for allegedly violating the top court’s earlier orders regarding affixation of high security registration plate (HSRP) on vehicles. A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and R Subhash Reddy issued notice to the Centre on the application […] Read more » high security registration plate on vehicles. HSRP on vehicles Justice R Subhash Reddy Justice R. Banumathi
Top Law News Supreme Court raps CBI for transferring officer probing Bihar shelter home cases February 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday came down heavily on CBI for transferring its former Joint Director A K Sharma, who was probing Bihar’s shelter home cases, out of the agency in violation of the court’s order and directed its then interim chief M Nageswara Rao to personally appear before it on February 12. A bench headed […] Read more » Bihar shelter home cases CBI CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi former Joint Director A K Sharma Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Sanjiv Khanna Supreme Court
Top Law News ED seeks extension of custody of corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar by 7 days February 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate Thursday sought from a Delhi court extension of custody for corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar by seven days in a money laundering case. The court had earlier allowed ED to quiz in custody for seven days Talwar, after the probe agency alleged that he acted as middleman in negotiations to favour foreign private […] Read more » corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar Deepak Talwar Delhi court ED Enforcement Directorate extension of custody
Top Law News SC reserves verdict on pleas seeking review of its Sabarimala verdict February 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved verdict on a batch of petitions seeking review of its September 28, 2018 judgement that allowed women of all age groups to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi heard submissions on behalf of parties including the Kerala government, Travancore Devaswom […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Sabarimala verdict
Top Law News ‘Keep constant vigil on encroachments in Azadpur’ February 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal Wednesday directed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to keep a constant vigil on the encroachments in Azadpur here and seek the help of police in removing squatters. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore said removal of unauthorised occupants on the road was a continuous exercise and asked the Delhi […] Read more » Azadpur encroachments encroachments in Azadpur National Green Tribunal
Top Law News Elgar Parishad case: Sudha Bhardwaj moves BHC to seek bail February 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human rights activist and lawyer Sudha Bhardwaj, arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad case, has moved the Bombay High Court to seek bail. The plea was taken up for hearing on Wednesday by Justice N W Sambre. Bhardwaj, through her lawyer Yug Chaudhary, challenged the decision of a Pune court that had rejected her […] Read more » Elgar Parishad case Human rights activist and lawyer Sudha Bhardwaj Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Top Law News Chargesheets in the killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare by next week. February 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI and the Maharashtra CID told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that they would file their supplementary charge sheets in the killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare by next week. The CBI and the state CID are probing the killings of Dabholkar and Pansare, respectively. CBI counsel Anil Singh told the […] Read more » Govind Pansare Justice M S Karnik Justice S C Dharamadhikari rationalists Narendra Dabholkar
Top Law News Supreme Court issues notice to lawyer Prashant Bhushan on contempt plea by AG and Centre February 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from activist and lawyer Prashant Bhushan on contempt pleas by Attorney General K K Venugopal and the Centre for his tweets allegedly criticising the court over the appointment of M Nageswara Rao as interim CBI director. Bhushan was given three weeks to reply. A bench of Justices […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal M Nageswara Rao as interim CBI director Prashant Bhushan
Top Law News Remove bunds blocking flow of water into Yamuna: Delhi HC to Haryana February 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked Haryana to remove the bunds that, according to the Delhi government, were blocking flow of clean water into the Yamuna and was leading to an increase in pollution levels in the national capital’s water supply. The direction by a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K […] Read more » bunds blocking flow of water into Yamuna Chief Justice Rajendra Menon Delhi HC Delhi Jal Board Haryana Justice V K Rao Manohar Lal Khattar
