Top Law News HC disappointed by officials’ apathy towards upkeep of Gandhi memorial August 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Pained by the “apathy” of officials towards the upkeep of Rajghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi. “It is painful to see such apathy on the part of the officials tasked to deal with the issue of maintaining Rajghat, a memorial to the Father of the Nation,” a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal […] Read more » Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured Justice C Hari Shankar Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) t Rajghat samadhi
Media & Entertainment News Top Law News Kamal Haasan and his production to file reply by Monday August 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday ordered actor Kamal Haasan and his production house Rajkamal Films International to file a reply by Monday in connection with a suit seeking to stall the release of his “Vishwaroopam 2” on August 10. When the civil suit moved by Pyramid Saimira Productions International against Haasan for recovery of […] Read more » Aascar Films actor Kamal Haasan Justice C V Karthikeyan production house Rajkamal Films International
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC: JKHCBA Jammu to file an impleadment application on 35-A August 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA), Jammu tonight passed a resolution to file an impleadment application before the Supreme Court in connection with petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A of the Constitution. A statement issued by the JKHCBA, Jammu said it was unanimously resolved that the bar association would file […] Read more » Article 35-A featured Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) JKHCBA president B S Slathia lawyer A V Gupta Maharaja Hari Singh senior lawyer Permod Kohli
Criminal Law News Top Law News Kathua gangrape case: Court asks to share names of witnesses who do not face threat August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pathankot: In hearing the gruesome rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl, today district and sessions court asked the prosecution to share, a day in advance with defending lawyers, names of those witnesses who do not have any security threat, a lawyer said. Pathankot District and Sessions Judge Tejwinder Singh, while hearing a petition of […] Read more » Defence counsel A K Swahaney kathua gangrape murder rape Special Public Prosecutor J K Chopra
Public Utilities Top Law News SC to check whether there should be total ban on firecrackers August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said it would examine whether there should be a total ban on use of firecrackers as it noted that air pollution reached hazardous proportions during Diwali. It said around 20-25 per cent of children in the city suffer from respiratory problems due to abnormally high levels of pollution during the […] Read more » featured Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Ashok Bhushan
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC terms use of spikes, fireballs to drive away elephants as barbaric August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today termed the use of spikes and fireballs to drive away elephants as “barbaric”and said that states should be desisted from using any such methods. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed that states have to stop such practice after the apex court was told that these […] Read more » 'West Bengal Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur Odisha
Public Utilities Top Law News Sabarimala temple case: Kerala govt to SC ‘ban on women unconstitutional’ August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Kerala government today told the Supreme Court that the custom of barring entry of women between the age group of 10 to 50 years into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala is not permissible under the Constitution. It said that celibate status of deity cannot be a ground for barring entry of women as […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Justice Indu Malhotra justice R F Nariman Shri Ramakrishna Paramhans
Corporate Law News Top Law News SC asks for attachment of bank accounts, movable properties of Amrapali Group firms August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure on Amrapali Group of companies for playing “fraud” and “dirty games” with the court and ordered attachment of all bank accounts and movable properties of 40 firms of the real estate major. The apex court also directed Amrapali Group of companies, which are yet to hand over possession […] Read more » Amrapali Group featured Justice Arun Mishra Justice U U Lalit National Buildings Construction Corporation (India) Ltd
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court allows Shashi Tharoor to travel abroad in Sunanda Pushkar case August 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court today grands permission to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, accused in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death in a luxury hotel, to travel abroad. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal allowed Tharoor’s application seeking permission for eight visits to five countries, including the US, Canada and Germany, till December. […] Read more » canada Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal featured Germany Shashi Tharoor Sunanda Pushkar US
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Public Utilities Top Law News HC to AAP: Don’t insist on documents like Aadhaar to give benefits of maternity schemes August 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today said there was no legal basis for the AAP government to insist on documents like Aadhaar and bank passbooks, to provide maternity scheme benefits to pregnant and lactating women in the city. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar asked the Delhi government […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal advocate Sija Nair Pal featured Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) Justice C Hari Shankar
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC: No coercive action against anyone on basis of draft NRC of Assam August 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said there will be no coercive action by authorities against over 40 lakh people, whose names do not figure in Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC), observing that it was merely a draft. The top court asked the Centre to formulate modalities and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including timelines […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal featured justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman National Register of Citizens (NRC) NRC Assam coordinator Prateek Hajela Registrar General of India
Top Law News Legality of female genital mutilation to be decided by Supreme Court July 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said its decision on legality of the religious custom of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be applicable not only to Bohra Muslims but also all communities with such practices as it clearly indicated its disapproval of the rite. Hearing a bunch of petitions led by Sunita Tiwari, a bench of […] Read more » female genital mutilation (FGM) Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Remove term: Justices A M Khanwilkar Justices A M Khanwilkar Supreme Court
