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
Criminal Law News Death for Child Rape : Lok Sabha Passes Criminal Law Amendment Bill July 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Monday, July 30, the Lok Sabha passed Criminal Law(Amendment) Bill making rape of girl below the age of twelve years an offence punishable with death. The Bill seeks to amend provisions of Indian Penal Code(IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure, Evidence Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). It replaced the Ordinance […] Read more » Child Rape Code of Criminal Procedure Criminal Law(Amendment) Bill death Evidence Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). Indian Penal Code(IPC) Lok Sabha punishable
Business Law News Delhi HC issues notice to Flipkart and Amazon over proxy sellers July 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has issued notices to e-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon for violating FDI norms after a PIL filed by NGO Telecom Watchdog. The PIL alleged that both have been openly violating FDI norms for marketplace model of e-commerce and circumventing them by routing hot-selling products at much cheaper rates through proxy […] Read more » Amazon FDI FDI scanner Flipkart Indian Cellular Association (ICA) and Retailers Association of India (RIA) Press Note 3 of 2016
Top Law News Court grants 2 months to CBI for obtaining sanction to prosecute accused in Aircel-Maxis case July 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court today granted two months time to the CBI for obtaining sanction from authorities concerned to prosecute certain accused in a case against former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti for alleged irregularities and criminal conspiracy in the Aircel-Maxis deal case. The agency had on July 19 filed charge […] Read more » Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) CBI FIPB Global Communication Services Holdings Ltd P. Chidambaram Union Minister
High Profile Cases Top Law News IRCTC scam case: Lalu Prasad, wife, son and others summoned as accused July 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court today summoned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav and others as accused in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam. Special Judge Arvind Kumar directed them to appear before the court on August 31 in a case related to alleged irregularities in […] Read more » Bhubaneswar featured IRCTC P K Goyal Patna Rabri Devi Railway Board B K Agarwal Ranchi Special Judge Arvind Kumar Tejashwi Yadav
education law Public Utilities HC directs Maha govt to check if schools, colleges provide barrier-free access to disabled students July 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government and the Directorate of Education to call for compliance reports from all educational institutes and universities in the state on facilities provided to disabled students. In an order passed earlier this week, a bench of Justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni said the state must […] Read more » advocate Rui Rodrigues Directorate of Education featured justice G S Kulkarni Justice Naresh Patil Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Pune resident Akanksha Kale Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC says Courts must pass reasoned orders to enable parties understand why they lost or won cases July 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that courts need to pass a reasoned order in every case which would enable the parties involved in the litigation to understand as to “why one party has won and other has lost”. The top court remanded back to the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore, a matter related […] Read more » featured Justice A M Sapre Justice Navin Sinha legal principles litigation
