Top Law News Aircel-Maxis case: Delhi court grants anticipatory bail to Chidambaram July 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A court here today granted protection from arrest till August 7 to former Union minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case filed by the CBI. Special CBI Judge O P Saini granted the relief to the Congress leader after a plea was moved by him in the morning, seeking anticipatory bail in the case. Chidambaram […] Read more » Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Enforcement Directorate (ED) featured Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) former Union minister P Chidambaram Karti Chidambaram
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC lifts ban on rallies, dharnas at Jantar Mantar, Boat Club July 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today lifted a blanket ban on rallies, dharnas or sit-ins at the Jantar Mantar and Boat Club areas, saying there could not be an “absolute” ban on protests in such localities. The top court also asked the Centre to frame guidelines within two months for according sanctions to such events. A […] Read more » Boat Club Jantar Mantar Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Ashok Bhushan Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC allows transgender, to amend plea, denied job as cabin crew in Air India July 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today allowed a transgender, who had undergone sex change in 2014, to amend her plea challenging Air India’s decision to deny her a job as a cabin crew to assail the grounds of conducting personality test for third gender candidates by the national carrier. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Civil Aviation Ministry featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud senior advocate Anand Grover transgender
Family Law News High Profile Cases Public Utilities Top Law News Bombey High court asks Devendra Fadnavis govt is Minor in tribal belt getting nutritious food. July 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A division bench of Justices N H Patil and G S Kulkarni of Bombey High court has sought to know from the Maharastra BJP government to know from the Maharashtra government regarding the distributes nutritious food to children and lactating mothers living in the tribal belt of the state. The court raised the question earlier […] Read more » bombey high court devenda fadnavis featured Judgement justice G S Kulkarni Justices N H Patil laws malnutrition Mumbai Mumbai High Court nutritious food in tribal belt of maharastra tribal belt
Top Law News SC shows concern over deaths in accidents due to potholes July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed concern over deaths in accident caused by potholes on roads across the country and observed that the number fatalities caused due to such accidents was more than those in terror attacks. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepka Gupta observed that a large number of people were […] Read more » Justice Deepka Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur potholes Road Safety
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC rejects bail plea of juvenile accused in Gurgaon schoolboy killing July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today rejected a bail plea of a juvenile, accused of killing a seven-year-old boy in a private school in Gurgaon. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra rejected the plea which sought default bail on the ground that charge sheet was not filed within 60 days. The bench […] Read more » Gurgaon Justice Indu Malhotra justice R F Nariman juvenile killing
Top Law News HC directs JNU not to take coercive step against Umar Khalid till tomorrow July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today directed the Jawaharlal Nehru University not to take any coercive steps till tomorrow against its student Umar Khalid, who was rusticated and slapped with a fine of Rs 20,000 in connection with a 2016 incident of alleged anti-India slogans being raised at an event. Justice Siddharth Mridul issued notice […] Read more » Afzal Guru featured Jawaharlal Nehru University JNU Justice Siddharth Mridul Kanhaiya Kumar Umar Khalid
Environment Law News Hardly any steps taken to clean Ganga, situation extraordinarily bad: NGT July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) today said the situation was extremely bad and hardly anything effective has been done to clean the river, Voicing dissatisfaction over the steps taken by the Uttarakhand government to clean the Ganga. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice A K Goel said despite claims by authorities, the work done […] Read more » featured IIT Justice Jawad Rahim Justice R S Rathore National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) NGT chairperson Justice A K Goel
Corporate Law News Top Law News SC: Liquidation of Jaypee group firm would serve no purpose July 20, 2018 / July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said Liquidation of real estate firm Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL) would not “serve” the purpose of either home buyers, financial institutions or the promoters. The apex court also reserved its order on “interim reliefs” prayed by various stakeholders including the home buyers of JIL, Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) which is […] Read more » Committee of Creditors (CoC) featured Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL) Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Public Utilities Delhi govt informs about timeline in SC for removing traffic bottlenecks July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi government today informed the Supreme Court about the timeline for removal of traffic bottlenecks at 77 “congested corridors” and said short term measures, like minor improvements in road geometrics to deal with the issue would take six to eight months. Elaborating the measures for removing these bottlenecks, the AAP government said these […] Read more » AAP government Advocate Wasim A Qadri bottlenecks featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur
Public Utilities Delhi requires 11,000 public transport buses: AAP govt to SC July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Delhi is facing an acute shortage of public transport as only 5,554 buses against the required number of 11,000 vehicles are plying in the national capital, the Supreme Court was informed today. In an affidavit filed before the apex court, the Delhi government has said its “all-out efforts” to augment a bus fleet to […] Read more » buses Delhi Transport Corporation featured GNCTD National Green Tribunal Public transport shortage shortage of public transport
Top Law News SC says No stopping sealing, demolition of unauthorised constructions in Delhi July 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said there would be “no stopping of sealing or demolition” of unauthorised constructions in Delhi. The apex court’s direction came after the Centre told a bench comprising Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta that it had not given any instructions to authorities in Delhi to stop their sealing drive […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2006 featured Justice Deepak Gupta justice M B Lokur
