Top Law News Case filed against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath Over his UP-Bihar Migrant Remark December 20, 2018 / December 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment PATNA: Newly elected Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has invited trouble for himself and the party with his remarks linking job deprivation to influx of workers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Now, a case has been filed against him at a court in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. On Wednesday a case was filled against the […] Read more » featured Kamal Nath
Top Law News 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar asks for more 30 days to surrender December 20, 2018 / December 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on December 17 has asked Delhi High Court seeking time till January 31 to surrender. The court is likely to hear his application tomorrow. Senior lawyer HS Phoolka, who is representing many of the families of the riot victims, said Sajjan Kumar has filed an application in Delhi High Court […] Read more » featured
Top Law News Delhi HC quashes summons against Smriti Irani in defamation case filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam December 20, 2018 / December 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court Wednesday quashed the criminal defamation proceedings against Union Minister Smriti Irani in a defamation case filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam. The court, however, dismissed a similar plea by Nirupam’s seeking to set aside the summons issued against him in a cross-defamation complaint filed by Irani. The court said the case against Nirupam will […] Read more » featured Smriti Irani
Top Law News Calcutta HC allows Amit Shah’s rath yatras in Bengal December 20, 2018 / December 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the West Bengal BJP to hold “rath yatra” rallies across the state, in a major setback to the Mamata Banerjee government. The Court has allowed BJP to hold three rath yatras in the state and directed the administration to ensure that there is no breach of law and […] Read more » Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty
Top Law News IRCTC Scam: Delhi court grants interim bail to RJD Chief Lalu Prasad December 20, 2018 / December 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Former Bihar chief minister and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav gets interim bail till January 19 by Delhi’s Patiala court in two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam cases filed by the CBI and the ED. The court directed both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to […] Read more » featured IRCTC scam
Top Law News Delhi HC sets aside govt decision banning private firms from making, selling Oxytocin December 15, 2018 / December 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday set aside the government decision to ban private firms from producing and selling oxytocin, a drug used for inducing labour contractions and controlling bleeding. A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla said the government’s decision was arbitrary and unreasonable. The bench also said that there was no […] Read more » featured justices A K Chawla justices S Ravindra Bhat
Top Law News SC to decide on CBI inquiry into Rafale deal today December 14, 2018 / December 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is set to pronounce its verdict on Friday seeking a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe on 36 Rafale fighter jets from French company Dassault Aviation. The verdict will be declared by a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. Senior Air Force officers had to attended the hearing to clear […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Rafale deal
Top Law News Dissolution of Sri Lankan Parliament invalid says Sri Lankan Supreme Court December 14, 2018 / December 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court in Colombo on Thursday ruled as “unconstitutional” the move of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament ahead of its term. A seven-member apex court bench said that the President cannot dissolve Parliament till Parliament completes a 4 1/2 year term. Sirisena sacked the Parliament when it appeared that Rajapaksa would […] Read more » featured Supreme Court
Top Law News No Rafale probe Supreme Court dismisses PILs December 14, 2018 / December 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said today dismissed all the four petitions seeking a court-monitored investigation into the Rafale deal and said there won’t be any probe into the pricing or the decision-making process. The verdict was given by a three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. In its last hearing, the court had reserved […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi featured Rafale deal
Top Law News SC notice to Maharashtra CM for not declaring criminal cases December 13, 2018 / December 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday issued a notice to Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, after hearing a petition filed by Satish Ukey, alleging that he did not disclose the details of two criminal cases against him in his 2014 election affidavit. The plea seeks annulment of his election to the Maharashtra Assembly. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Devendra Fadnavis justices km joseph justices sk kaul
Top Law News Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking immediate execution of death row convicts in December 16 gangrape case December 13, 2018 / December 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking directions for the immediate execution of the four men convicted in December 16 gangrape. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta asked the petitioner, “What kind of prayer are you making?” It further said, “You are making the court a joke.” The PIL filed […] Read more » featured Justices deepak gupta justices Madan B Lokur nirbhaya rape case
Top Law News Supreme Court extends NRC deadline to December 31 December 13, 2018 / December 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the last date to file claims and objections on inclusion of names in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) to December 31, 2018. Earlier, the last date for submission was December 15. The draft NRC was published on July 30 in which names of 2.89 crore of the 3.29 […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman NRC
