Top Law News Supreme Court stays trial in Kathua case till May 7 April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed till May 7 the trial in the Kathua gangrape and murder case, after being seized with petitions seeking shifting of the trial to Chandigarh and handing over the investigation to the CBI. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra said it will […] Read more » featured kathua gangrape Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court rejects restaurateur’s bail plea: Kamala Mills fire April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today rejected the bail plea of Yug Tuli, the co-owner of the Mojo’s Bistro restaurant and an accused in the December, 2017 fire incident at the Kamala Mills compound here, in which 14 people were killed. Justice Ajey Gadkari dismissed Tuli’s bail application and said he would pass a detailed order […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured High Court Justice Ajey Gadkari Kamala Mills fire Mojo's Bistro Tuli
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear review pleas on SC/ST verdict on May 3 April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear the Centre’s plea seeking review of its judgment on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC/ST Act) on May 3. Attorney General K K Venugopal mentioned the matter for early hearing before a bench comprising Justices A K Goel and Deepak Gupta and said he […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal featured pleas on SC/ST pleas on SC/ST verdict Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court rejects Rajiv case convict’s plea for release April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today rejected Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Nalini’s plea for premature release. The court had earlier this week said it will pronounce the judgement today on an appeal filed by Nalini, a life convict in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A division bench, comprising Justices K K Sasidharan and […] Read more » featured High Court K K Sasidharan Madras High Court Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Top Law News Court convicts Gondwana Ispat, director: Coal scam April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today held Gondwana Ispat Ltd and its director guilty of cheating and criminal conspiracy to get a coal block in Maharashtra allocated to it. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar, who was appointed exclusively to deal with the coal scam cases, directed that the firm’s director Ashok Daga be taken into custody. […] Read more » CBI Judge Bharat Parashar coal scam
Top Law News Indu Malhotra takes oath as Supreme Court judge April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior advocate Indu Malhotra was today administered the oath of office as a Supreme Court judge by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, making her the first woman lawyer to enter the top judiciary directly. With Malhotra joining the bench, the strength of the Supreme Court is now 25, against the sanctioned strength of 31, […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra CJI featured Indu Malhotra Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court questioned Kumar Vishwas if he wants to cross examine Jaitley April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought to know from dissident AAP leader Kumar Vishwas if he wanted to cross examine Arun Jaitley in the defamation suit filed against him by the Union Minister in the DDCA row in which Arvind Kejriwal and four others have already tendered apology. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw directed the counsel […] Read more » AAP Arun Jaitley Delhi High Court featured Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Kumar Vishwas
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear plea alleging contemptous remarks against judicary April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear next week the plea of a lawyer alleging that some advocates and politicians were making contemptuous remarks against the apex judiciary on social media and news channels. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission of lawyer Gaurav Bhatia, also a BJP spokesperson, that even […] Read more » BJP spokesperson Chief Justice Dipak Misra contemptous featured Gaurav Bhatia
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court sentences man to death for murdering woman, son April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Nashik sessions court sentenced today a 29-year-old man to death for murdering two years ago his woman tenant and her son for her refusal to have sex with him. Nashik’s Chief District and Sessions judge Suryakant Shinde sentenced convict Ramdas Shinde today, a day after finding him guilty of committing the double murder. Recalling […] Read more » featured Nashik's Chief District Ramdas Shinde
Top Law News NGT issues show cause notice to NHAI: Green cover along highways April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has issued showcause notice to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) asking why action should not be initiated against it for not maintaining the mandatory green cover along national and state highways. A bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim sought responses from the NHAI, Ministry of Road […] Read more » Environment Ministry featured Ministry of Road Transport National Highways Authority of India NGT NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim NHAI
Top Law News Assam tells NGT: Rs 11 cr cleared by Assembly for sensor barriers in Kaziranga April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Assam government today told the National Green Tribunal that a budgetary allocation of Rs 11 crore has been cleared by the assembly to install sensor-operated automated traffic barriers to check accidental deaths of animals near the Kaziranga National Park. The state government informed a bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim that […] Read more » featured Jakhalabandha Kaziranga National Park NGT NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim
Top Law News Govt asks Supreme Court collegium to reconsider recommendation on Joseph April 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government on Thursday returned to the Supreme Court collegium its recommendation to elevate Justice KM Joseph to the supreme court and asked it to reconsider it, a move which may widen rift between the judiciary and the executive. This comes a day after the government cleared the appointment of senior advocate Indu Malhotra as […] Read more » featured Supreme Court Supreme Court collegium Uttarakhand High Court
