Top Law News Madras High Court quashes I-T order against Kalanithi Maran over SpiceJet March 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today set aside a 2014 Income Tax department order declaring Kalanithi Maran as the principal officer of the low-cost carrier SpiceJet and making him liable for the alleged tax dues of the company when it was owned by him. Justice M Duraiswamy allowed a petition by Maran challenging the November 3, […] Read more » 2014 Income Tax department featured Kalanithi Maran Kalanithi Maran over SpiceJet Spicejet
Top Law News Fitness certificate to vehicle without independent test illegal: Bombay High Court March 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said the Maharashtra government’s practice of issuing fitness certificates to private vehicles without conducting an independent test was illegal and in breach of its previous orders. Therefore, the state government must take a decision on amending its rules and circulars on the issue and inform the court of its decision, […] Read more » featured Fitness certificate Fitness certificate to vehicle illegal Justice R I Chagla Justices A S Oka Motor Vehicles Act 1988 PIL public interest litigation RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Accumulation of cases due to shortage of judges : Justice Sudhir Agarwal March 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A senior judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Sudhir Agarwal today said that shortage of judges is the reason behind accumulation of cases in high courts and district courts . Out of the sanctioned strength of 160 judges in the Allahabad High Court only 106 judges were working, he said, adding that many of […] Read more » Accumulation of cases Allahabad High Court featured Justice Ramesh Sinha Justice RD Khare Justice Sudhir Agarwal Shortage of judges
High Profile Cases Re-probe into Mahatma assassination dismissed by Supreme Court March 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking a re-investigation into the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao, which heard the matter, dismissed the petition filed by Mumbai-based Pankaj Phadnis from Abhinav Bharat. The apex court, which reserved its verdict on March 6, had made it […] Read more » featured Justice L Nageswara Rao Justice S.A. Bobde Mahatma assassination
Top Law News Man gets 2-year Rigorous imprisonment each in three cases of power theft March 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Thane court has sentenced a 45-year-old businessman, running three engineering units in the Mumbra township here, to two years of rigorous imprisonment each in three cases of power theft. Additional Sessions Judge P P Jadhav awarded Raju Shirwadkar two years jail term each in three different orders, pertaining to three cases of power theft […] Read more » 2-year Rigorous imprisonment Additional Sessions Judge P P Jadhav featured Maharashtra State Electricity Board MSEB power theft rigorous imprisonment
Top Law News No extension of date for updation of NRC in Assam : Supreme Court March 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to extend the May 31 deadline for the ongoing process of publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam in the wake of panchayat elections in the state, saying the polls should not become an impediment. The top court, however, spared the Additional Deputy Commissioner rank officer […] Read more » Assam justice R F Nariman Justice Ranjan Gogoi National Register of Citizens NRC NRC in Assam
Top Law News Send inmates back to hospice: Madras High Court March 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered police to send back the inmates of a hospice near here, who were shifted recently following allegations of ill-treatment, as it expressed shock over the death of 12 of the destitute. A division bench comprising Justice C T Selvam and Justice N Sathishkumar gave the interim order on a […] Read more » District Social Welfare Officer featured Justice N Sathishkumar Madras High Court ustice C T Selvam
Top Law News Recruiting married persons into JAG expensive: Delhi High Court March 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Recruitment of married men and women into the Indian Army’s legal branch, JAG, will be expensive for the Centre as it will have to incur “heavy expenditure” to find replacements for such recruits when they are absent from training due to their marital obligations, the government has claimed in the Delhi High Court. The submission […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured JAG Judge Advocate General Department Justice C Hari Shankar
High Profile Cases ‘Khap panchayat’ interference in marriage of two consenting adults absolutely illegal : SC March 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to inter-faith or inter-caste couples who often face threat to their lives due to their relationship, the Supreme Court today banned any interference by illegal assemblies like khap panchayats into their marriages, terming the intrusions as “absolutely illegal.” A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud khap panchayat
Top Law News Consider allotting 2 plots in suburbs to house displaced people: Bombay High Court March 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to consider allotting two plots in suburbs, originally reserved for a cancer hospital and a public housing project, to rehabilitate over 60,000 people whose houses were demolished by the local civic body on the court’s order as they were near the Tansa water pipeline. The high […] Read more » Bombay High Court Consider allotting 2 plots in suburbs displaced people featured house Maharashtra government Tansa water pipeline
High Profile Cases Supreme Court extends protection to Karti Chidambaram till April 2. March 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today extended the interim protection against arrest to Karti Chidambaram, granted by the Delhi High Court in the INX Media money laundering case, till April 2. The order came as the Enforcement Directorate sought an authoritative pronouncement from the top court in view of several conflicting orders of different high courts on […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured INX Media money laundering case Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Karti Chidambaram protection to Karti chidambaram
Top Law News Supreme Court agrees to Delhi Jal Board (DJB) plea on Haryana water supply to Delhi March 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the plea of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) alleging that Haryana was supplying 120 cusec less water to Delhi out of the 450 cusecs of water it was supposed to supply. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said […] Read more » Delhi Jal Board DJB featured Supreme Court
