High Profile Cases Top Law News AAP MLA discharged by Delhi court in six cases of extortion April 4, 2018 / April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today discharged Delhi AAP MLA Manoj Kumar in six related cases of extortion filed against him in August 2015. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal absolved the MLA from the charges citing lack of evidence against him. The court, however, framed the charges against his personal assistant and co-accused Deepak Sharma in […] Read more » AAP AAP MLA Manoj Kumar Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sharma Delhi Police featured Samar Vishal
Top Law News Aadhaar law is just, fair & reasonable: Centre to SC April 4, 2018 / April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today justified the Aadhaar Act in the Supreme Court, saying it was a “fair and reasonable law” which complied with the tests prescribed by the historic verdict on the right to privacy. A nine-judge constitution bench, on August 24 last year, had declared the right to privacy as a fundamental right and termed […] Read more » Aadhaar Ac Ajay Bhushan Pandey Attorney general Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud UIDAI
Top Law News Govt legalising illegalities, traders holding Delhi to ransom: SC April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today lambasted the government for legalising the illegalities perpetuated so far by protecting illegal construction and now letting the traders hold the capital to ransom by their agitation against the sealing drive. The supreme court took strong exception to the protests and ‘dharnas’ by the traders and pulled up the Centre for […] Read more » ASG Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court declines to stay its 20 March verdict on SC/ST verdict April 3, 2018 / April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to keep in abeyance its 20 March order on the SC/ST Act but said it will consider in detail the Centre’s review petition. A bench of Justices A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit, while referring to the large-scale nationwide violence during the protest against the verdict, said that people who […] Read more » A K Goel featured Maharashtra government SC/ST Act Supreme Court U U Lalit
High Profile Cases Top Law News HC closes defamation suit on kejriwal after he apologised to Arun Jaitley April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today closed the Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Union minister Arun Jaitley after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised to him. Jaitley had filed this second defamation suit after Kejriwal’s former lawyer Ram Jethmalani allegedly “abused” him in open court during the proceedings of the original defamation suit against […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Arun Jaitley Arvind Kejriwal DDCA Delhi and District Cricket Association featured Ram Jethmalani
Top Law News Lord Jagannath Temple’s treasury will be open for inspection tomorrow April 3, 2018 / April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The treasury of the 12th century Lord Jagannath Temple will be opened for inspection tomorrow after a gap of 34 years, a top temple official said. A 10-member team will inspect the physical condition of the floor, roof and wall of the ‘Ratna Bhandar’ (treasury) on April 4, Chief Administrator P K Jena of the […] Read more » ASI's core committee Chief Administrator P K Jena Gajapati Maharaj Dibyasingha Deb Lord Jagannath Temple Pattajoshi Mohapatra
Top Law News Cauvery dispute: SC agrees to hear Centre’s plea on Apr 9 April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the Centre’s plea seeking clarification on the February 16 verdict regarding setting up of a Cauvery management scheme in the decades-old river water sharing dispute. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud kept for hearing on April 9 the […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Chief Justice Dipak Misra higher pedestal Supreme Court
Top Law News Jat quota in Haryana: Supreme Court continues status quo order April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today continued its interim order granting status quo on the operation of the Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict upholding the constitutional validity of the law providing ten per cent reservation to Jats and five other communities in Haryana. A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul asked Haryana to […] Read more » Punjab and Haryana High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Pb Cong submits memorandum to Governor on SC/ST Act issue April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A delegation of Punjab Congress today met Governor VP Singh Badnore here and submitted a memorandum urging the Union government to safeguard the interests of the SC/ST community in the country. Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar, who led the delegation, later said the NDA government had not pursued the case before the Supreme Court properly. […] Read more » Sunil Jakha Supreme Court VP Singh Badnore
Top Law News The law and order should not be disturbed, says Yogi Adityanath April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today appealed to the people not to vitiate law and order, amid reports of violence in parts of western Uttar Pradesh during the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by dalit outfits against the Supreme Court court on the SC/ST Act. “The law and order should not be disturbed by these protests. The government […] Read more » Bharat bandh featured marginalised communities Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes Supreme Court Yogi Adityanath
Top Law News Cauvery Management Board: SC to hear TN’s plea against Centre April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a contempt plea of the Tamil Nadu government against the Centre for not constituting the Cauvery Management Board (CMB). A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud posted the matter for April 9. “We understand Tamil Nadu’s difficulty of not […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Cauvery Management Board Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal Cauvery Water Regulation Committee Chief Justice Dipak Misra CMB CWDT D Y Chandrachud featured Supreme Court Union Territory of Puducherry Water Regulation Committee
Top Law News SC protest: Complete breakdown of law and order in Delhi April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There is a “complete breakdown” of law and order in Delhi, the Supreme Court said today, expressing anguish over the strikes and ‘dharnas’ against the ongoing sealing drive in the national capital. The top court came down heavily on the Centre and other authorities for their “failure” to do their job, saying due to this, […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) A N S Nadkrani Bhure Lal Deepak Gupta Election Commissioner EPCA featured Madan B Lokur Major General (Retd) Som Jhingan Parliament Supreme Court
