Top Law News Government to construct 44 ‘strategically important’ roads along India-China border January 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government will construct 44?strategic roads along the border with China and over 2100 km of axial and lateral roads in Punjab and Rajasthan, abutting Pakistan, a CPWD document shows According to an annual report (2018-19) prepared, and released earlier this month by the Central Public Works Department, the agency has been asked to construct […] Read more » 44 'strategically important' roads along India-China border
Top Law News 1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC notice to CBI on Sajjan Kumar’s appeal January 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the CBI on former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s appeal against his conviction in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Ashok Bhushan and S K Kaul also issued notice on Kumar’s bail plea Kumar, 73, surrendered before a trial court […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots CBI Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice S K Kaul justices Ashok Bhushan Sajjan Kumar SC
Top Law News Delhi Police files chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar in JNU sedition case January 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Police filed a chargesheet on Monday against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case lodged in 2016. The police also charged former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during an event on the university campus on February 9, […] Read more » former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar JNU sedition case JNUSU Kanhaiya Kumar
Top Law News NSA invoked against those arrested in Bulandshahr cow slaughter case January 15, 2019 / January 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bulandshahr district administration on Monday invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against seven people arrested in connection with the alleged cow slaughtering incident in Siyana tehsil last month, officials said. Cattle carcasses were found strewn in the fields outside village Mahaw in Siyana on December 3 after which a mob went on the rampage, […] Read more » Bulandshahr cow slaughter case NSA
Top Law News Opposition questions timing of quota bill January 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Questioning the timing of the Bill to provide reservation to the poor in the general category, the Congress and the opposition in Rajya Sabha Wednesday slammed the ruling BJP saying the government was playing election “politics”. They said it was a disrespect shown to the Indian democracy’s highest insitution. ‘The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenth-Four […] Read more » Opposition timing of quota bill
Top Law News GST exemption limit doubled to give relief to small businesses January 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to give relief to small businesses, the GST Council Thursday doubled the exemption limit and raised the threshold for availing the composition scheme. The GST Council doubled the GST exemption limit to Rs 20 lakh for north eastern states and Rs 40 lakh for the rest of the country, Finance Minister Arun […] Read more » GST exemption limit relief to small businesses
Top Law News Sheila Dikshit new president of Delhi Congress January 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was appointed the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president on Thursday, days after Ajay Maken resigned from the post citing ill-health. Making the announcement, All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of the party’s Delhi unit, P C Chacko, said Dikshit would be assisted by three working presidents — Devender Yadav, Haroon […] Read more » Devender Yadav Former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Haroon Yusuf new president of Delhi Rajesh Lilotia. Sheila Dikshit
Top Law News Alok Verma shunted out as CBI chief January 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Alok Verma was shunted out as the CBI chief after a marathon meeting of high-powered selection committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday, officials said. Verma, a 1979-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, has been removed from the high-profile post on the charges of corruption and dereliction of duty making him the first chief in […] Read more »
Top Law News Rape case against Alok Nath lodged on basis of complainant’s false report: Court January 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The rape case against Alok Nath was lodged on the basis of a “defamatory” and “false” report of complainant Vinta Nanda, the sessions court observed while granting a pre-arrest bail to the Bollywood actor last week. Granting the relief to Nath on a surety bond of Rs 5 lakh, Additional Sessions Court Judge S S […] Read more »
Top Law News National Herald case: Delhi High Court to hear on Jan 16 January 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court said Wednesday it will hear on January 16 the appeal of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), publisher of National Herald newspaper, challenging the single judge order asking it to vacate its premises here, due to non-availability of advocates on January 15. In the morning, the court was informed that Solicitor General Tushar […] Read more » Delhi HC National Herald case vacate premises of National Herald House
Top Law News Delhi-based builder gets one year imprisonment in check bounce case January 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has sentenced a Delhi-based builder to one year imprisonment in a check bounce case. Shamli Chief Judicial Magistrate Raj Magal Singh Pandey on Wednesday also imposed a fine of Rs 11 lakh on the builder. According to the prosecution, a Shamli-based trader had filed case against the builder and alleged that a […] Read more » check bounce case imprisonment imprisonment in check bounce case one year imprisonment in check bounce case Shamli Chief Judicial Magistrate Raj Magal Singh Pandey
Top Law News Consider stable tenure while deciding Maharashta DGP’s extension: Bombay High Court January 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court directed the Centre on Wednesday to take a reasoned decision on whether the tenure of Maharashtra Director General of Police Dattatray Padsalgikar needed to be extended. Padsalgikar, who has been granted two short extensions of three months each in the past, will complete his tenure as DGP on February 28. The […] Read more » Dattatray Padsalgikar Maharashtra Director General of Police Dattatray Padsalgikar
