Top Law News Supreme Court asks Jay Shah, web portal to try to settle defamation case April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked Jay Shah, son of BJP president Amit Shah and ‘The Wire’ and its scribes, to try to amicably settle the criminal defamation case lodged by the former against the news portal and others. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also extended its interim order that had asked the […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Gujarat High Court public domain electronically Rohini Singh Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court: Police to conduct checks of noise levels at 3 Mumbai metro sites April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today directed the police to conduct checks at three spots where construction work for the Mumbai Metro III project is on to ascertain if noise pollution norms are being violated. A division bench of justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla gave the direction while hearing a batch of petitions seeking […] Read more » A S Oka Bombay High Court featured Mumbai metro sites
Top Law News High Court questions Centre’s policy exempting autos from having panic buttons April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today questioned the Centre’s 2016 policy exempting autorickshaws and e-rickshaws across India from having panic buttons or General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), saying how can it have such a scheme “in an atmosphere where people are getting raped”. The high court also said that “for once”, the Centre must agree with […] Read more » Anurag Ahluwalia autorickshaws Centre's scheme Delhi government Delhi High Court Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal featured Global Positioning System GPRS GPS Justice Rajiv Shakdher
Top Law News Task force to examine safety of buildings, Centre tells Supreme Court: Sealing April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the special task force (STF), which would be set up to oversee the enforcement of laws to deal with unauthorised constructions and encroachments in Delhi, would also look into the safety aspects of buildings which have been built legally. The government told a bench of Justices Madan […] Read more » ASG Bhure Lal chairman of Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority Deepak Gupta Election Commissioner featured Madan B Lokur Major General (Retd) Som Jhingan MCD STF Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Ex-Andhra Bank official’s custody extended in loan fraud case April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today extended by a month the judicial custody of a former Andhra Bank director, arrested in a money laundering case related to alleged Rs 5,000-crore bank fraud involving a Gujarat-based pharma firm. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey extended the custody of Anup Prakash Garg till May 22 after he was produced before […] Read more » Ex-Andhra Bank official featured Judge Ajay Pandey
Top Law News Supreme Court orders demolition of illegal constructions in Kasauli hotels April 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today ordered demolition of illegal constructions at several hotels and resorts in the picturesque Himachal Pradesh town of Kasauli, saying the life of people cannot be endangered for making money. The apex court observed that the illegal constructions had put the entire city in danger, causing landslides, and ordered the demolition of […] Read more » AAA Guest House featured NGT Supreme Court
Top Law News NGT summons commissioners of police, EDMC: Ghazipur landfill site April 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today rapped the East Delhi Municipal Corporation over its report on a recent fire incident at the Ghazipur landfill site, saying it cannot allow non-compliance of its orders to solve the issue. Irked at the approach of the corporation, a bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim summoned the Police […] Read more » advocate Sanjay Upadhyay Delhi Development Authority EDMC featured National Green Tribunal
High Profile Cases Top Law News Fate of judge who quit after acquitting Assemanand not yet clear April 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The fate of the judge, who quit hours after exonerating Hindutva preacher Swami Assemanand and four others in the Mecca Masjid blast case yesterday, was unclear today as speculation swirled over the reason for his surprise action. There was no official word on whether his resignation has been accepted, with a top official of the […] Read more » Hindutva preacher Swami Assemanand Hyderabad High Court Mecca Masjid
Top Law News High Court tells petitioner to file affidavit: Aarey metro car shed April 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today directed a group of activists opposing the construction of the proposed metro car shed in Aarey Colony area to file an affidavit supporting their claim that the Maharashtra government flouted environmental norms in approving the construction work. A bench of Justices SC Dharamadhikari and PD Naik directed the petitioners to […] Read more » Aarey Colony featured High Court Janak Dwarkadas The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation
Top Law News High Court poser to Delhi govt: Can convict of one state be jailed in another April 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Can a man convicted in one state be lodged in prison in another state where there is no case against him and is such imprisonment legal? These were posers put to the Delhi government by the Delhi High Court today during the hearing of a plea of Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted for conspiring to assassinate […] Read more » advocate Mehmood Pracha Delhi High Court featured High Court Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh Tihar Jail
Top Law News High Court allows NRI woman to record consent for divorce via Skype April 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has allowed an NRI woman to record her consent for a mutual divorce from her estranged husband via Skype or any other video calling technology. Justice Bharati Dangre, earlier this month, set aside an order of the city’s family court which refused to register the US-based woman’s petition seeking divorce on […] Read more » Bombay High Court divorce via Skype featured Justice Bharati Dangre
Top Law News Centre tells Supreme Court: Process to appoint eminent jurist to select Lokpal underway April 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the process to fill up the vacancy of an eminent jurist in the selection committee for appointing Lokpal was going on. Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi that recommendation for induction of an eminent jurist in the panel has been […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Justice Ranjan Gogoi Lokpal Supreme Court
