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
High Profile Cases Production warrant against Abu Salem for Mar 27 in extortion case March 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today issued a production warrant against gangster Abu Salem and directed the authorities to bring him before it on March 27 in connection with an extortion case. Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sehrawat’s direction came after the jail authorities informed the court that they would not be able to produce Salem before it […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sehrawat extortion case featured Gangster Abu Salem production warrant production warrant against gangster Abu Salem
High Profile Cases Kerala IS recruitment case: Woman operative sentenced to 7 yrs rigorous imprisonment. March 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NIA special court today sentenced a 30-year-old woman operative to seven years rigorous imprisonment in connection with Kerala IS recruitment case. Special Judge S Santhosh Kumar awarded the sentence after convicting Yasmeen Mohammed Zahid under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The woman was also found guilty under Indian Penal Code sections […] Read more » featured IS recruitment IS recruitment case Kerala Kerala IS recruitment case NIA police station Kochi
High Profile Cases Karti Chidambaram shall not be arrested till April 16 in Aircel-Maxis cases: Delhi High Court March 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after securing bail from the Delhi High Court in INX Media case, Karti Chidambaram today got another relief from a city court which granted him protection from arrest till April 16 in Aircel-Maxis matter arising out of the 2G spectrum cases lodged by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED). Special Judge O P […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis cases Delhi High Court featured Karti Chidambaram Karti Chidambaram Aircel-Maxis cases
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on plea against polygamy and nikah halala. March 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the prevalent practices of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ among the Muslims and sought responses from the Centre and the Law Commission. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that an earlier five-judge constitution bench, in its 2017 verdict, had kept […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939 featured nikah halala Nikah Misyar Nikah Mutah plea against polygamy and nikah halala polygamy
Top Law News Assure safety of P&W engines: Bombay High Court to DGCA March 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to list the steps being taken since 2007 to check the airworthiness of all Pratt & Whitney 1100 engines that power Airbus A320 New Engine Option (Neo) planes. A Division Bench of Justices Naresh Patil and Justice G.S. Kulkarni was hearing […] Read more » DGCA Directorate General of Civil Aviation f Justices Naresh Patil featured justice G S Kulkarni
High Profile Cases Orissa High Court allows Bhadrak Ramnavami procession March 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court has directed that the Sriram Maha Yajna Samiti of Bhadrak shall be permitted to perform rituals for Ram Navami and take out the Kalass Sobhayatra’ and procession in the same manner and through the same route as was permitted in 2017. The state government and the district administration, including Bhadrak collector and SP, were directed by the high court yesterday to […] Read more » Bhadrak Ramnavami procession featured Orissa HC Ram Navami
Top Law News Delhi High Court upholds administrator’s amendments to DDCA Articles of Association (AoA) March 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today dismissed the objections raised by members of the controversy-ridden DDCA against amendments like the abolition of proxy voting to its Articles of Association (AoA) proposed by a court-appointed administrator. Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla directed the administrator, former Supreme Court judge Vikramajit Sen, to ensure that the proposed amendments, including the setting up of independent selection […] Read more » Articles of Association controversy-ridden DDCA DDCA Delhi High Court Supreme Court judge Vikramajit Sen
Top Law News Fourth Fodder Scam: Lalu Prasad Yadav Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison March 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was today sentenced to 14 years in jail and fined Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court in the fourth fodder scam case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury in the early 1990s, a CBI counsel said here. CBI judge Shiv Pal Singh awarded […] Read more » Birsa Munda Jail Dumka treasury featured Fourth Fodder Scam fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison
