Environment Law News SC: LG or CM? Who is responsible for clearing mountains of garbage in Delhi July 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and the Delhi government to clarify by tomorrow who could be held responsible for clearing the “mountain loads of garbage” in the national capital — those reporting to LG Anil Baijal or to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The top court’s direction came days after its verdict on […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Bhalswa Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal featured Ghazipur Justice Deepak Gupta justice M B Lokur LG Anil Baijal Okhla
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC seeks response on Ahmed Patel’s plea to stay proceedings in Guj High Court July 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought the response of a BJP leader on a plea by Ahmed Patel seeking a stay of proceedings in the Gujarat High Court which is hearing a petition challenging the senior Congress leader’s election to the Rajya Sabha. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, however, allowed the Gujarat […] Read more » BJP leader Balwantsinh Rajput Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
education law HC denies appointment of four asst profs in AMU July 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court today quashed the appointment of four assistant professors in Aligarh Muslim University, terming the process as “wholly illegal” and ordered the university authorities to proceed for fresh selection process for the posts as per the law. The bench of justices Sudhir Agarwal and I A Khan quashed the appointments in the […] Read more » Aligarh Muslim University Department of Statistics and Operation Research (DSOR) Dr Irfan Ali Dr Jaki Anwar Dr Kamal Ullah Dr Shakeel Javed featured Justice I A Khan Justice Sudhir Agarwal
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel asssumes charge as NGT chairperson July 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel today assumed charge as chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Justice Goel, who retired as a Supreme Court judge on July 6, has been appointed for five years. He is the third chairperson in the NGT since its inception in 2010. The first chairperson was Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta, […] Read more » featured Justice Adarsh Kumar Justice Swatanter Kumar National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delhi Court sends separatist Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others to 10-day NIA custody July 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court handed over today Aasiya Andrabi and two other Kashmiri separatists to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) for 10 days’ custodial interrogation in connection with a case of allegedly waging war against the country. Amid tight security, the trio, who were brought here from Srinagar, were produced before District and Sessions Judge Poonam […] Read more » Aasiya Andrabi National Investigating Agency (NIA)
Criminal Law News K’taka court sentences life term to man 11 days after murdering wife July 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chitradurga(K’taka): A court has sentenced a 75-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing his wife, just 11 days after the crime took place. Chitradurga District and Sessions Court Judge S B Vastramutt yesterday sentenced Parameshwaraswamy to life and slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on him. According to prosecution, the man had killed his 63-year-old wife, […] Read more » Chitradurga Superintendent of Police Court Judge S B Vastramutt Parameshwaraswamy
Top Law News HC told Backfill work underway as per IIT suggestions in Wadala case July 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court was told today that an expert team from IIT-Bombay had inspected the site of a wall collapse in Wadala and backfill work was underway as per its suggestions. A division bench of justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla had last week asked the director of the IIT to set up […] Read more » Dosti Blossom Society featured IIT IIT-Bombay justice A S Oka Justice Riyaz Chagla Wadala and backfill work
Criminal Law News Top Law News Separatist Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others to 10-day NIA custody July 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Aasiya Andrabi and two other Kashmiri separatists were today handed over by a Delhi court to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) for 10 days’ custodial interrogation in connection with a case of allegedly waging war against the country. Amid tight security, the trio, who were brought here from Srinagar, were produced before District and […] Read more » Aasiya Andrabi featured Judge Poonam Bamba National Investigating Agency (NIA) NIA
Top Law News Congratulations, you’ve won! The reality behind online frauds July 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ghaziabad: It’s amazing how often we get a message or a phone call telling us we have won something or the other. These glad tidings share plenty of similarities: the winner is notified that he has won a handsome sum of money or a commodity in a certain bill and must contact the concerned official […] Read more » fraud Ghaziabad Indirapuram online fraud tricks
Top Law News SC: The contentious Lodha committee reform stands vindicated July 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s observations, dismissing the need for a cooling off period for BCCI office-bearers, came as a ray of hope today for the embattled body, which said its position against the contentious Lodha committee reform stands vindicated. “The Honourable judges heard our plea and made observations which has filled us with positivity. I […] Read more » BCCI BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
High Profile Cases Top Law News HC refuses to grand relief to actor Mithun Chakraborty’s wife, son July 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today refused to grant any interim relief from arrest to actor Mithun Chakraborty’s wife and son in a complaint of rape and cheating filed by a woman in Delhi. A court in Delhi had earlier this week said that prima facie there are sufficient grounds for registration of an FIR against […] Read more » featured Justice Ajey Gadkari Mahaakshay Mithun Chakraborty Yogita Bali
Human Rights Top Law News SC to examine plea seeking reservation for orphans on par with SC, ST, OBC July 6, 2018 / July 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to examine a plea seeking reservation in educational institutions and government jobs for orphans, who have no linkage in society, on par with those belonging to the SC/ST and OBC category. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi issued notice to the Centre seeking its response to […] Read more » featured Justice R. Banumathi Justice Ranjan Gogoi Mandal Commission OBC Poulomi Pavini Shukla SC ST
