Top Law News Supreme Court asks Jaiprakash Associates Ltd to deposit Rs 200 crore by May 10 March 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the embattled realty firm Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) to deposit Rs 200 crore in two installments by May 10. The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked the real-estate major to deposit Rs 100 crore by April 6 and the rest by May 10. The bench, comprising justices A […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Justices A M Khanwilkar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court asks all High Courts to give details on setting up of children’s courts March 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed all High Courts in the country to give details on whether special courts to ensure speedy trial of offences against children have been set up in each district. The court considered Section 25 and 26 of the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 which provide that there has […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra children's courts Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act 2005 featured High Courts Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Supreme Court
Top Law News Man gets Rs 1.65 lakh compensation for belongings stolen in train. March 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Thane consumer court has ordered the Konkan Railway Corporation to pay a compensation of Rs 1.65 lakh to a passenger for theft of his belongings during a train journey. Thane Additional District Consumer Redressal Forum’s president A Z Telgote and member Tryambak A Thool observed that “it is the duty of the railway administration […] Read more » District Consumer Redressal Forum featured Konkan Railway Corporation t president A Z Telgote Railway Protection Force Rs 1.65 lakh compensation Train
Top Law News BJP MLAs move High Court to restrain disqualified Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot from attending Assembly session March 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi BJP MLAs today moved the high court seeking to restrain disqualified Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot from attending the ongoing Assembly proceedings. The plea, challenging the continuance of Gahlot as a minister, was mentioned before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, which listed it for hearing tomorrow. The […] Read more » disqualified Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot featured Kailash Gahlot
Top Law News Delhi High Court asks DGCA to file affidavit on airworthiness of A320 Neos March 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to file an affidavit as required under the Aircraft Rules on the safety and airworthiness of the A320 Neo planes flying in India. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the affidavit would be signed […] Read more » A320 Neo planes Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi High Court DGCA Directorate General of Civil Aviation featured Justice C Hari Shankar
Top Law News No immediate arrest of public servants in cases under SC/ST Act: SC March 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today took note of the rampant misuse of the stringent Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against government servants and held that there shall be no immediate arrest on any complaint filed under the law. Before arresting a public servant under the SC/ST Act, a preliminary probe by […] Read more » featured Justice Adarsh Goel Justice U U Lalit No immediate arrest of public servant SC/ST Act
Top Law News Arvind Kejriwal opposes a second Rs 10 cr defamation suit in Delhi High Court. March 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday opposed a second Rs 10 crore defamation suit against him brought by Union Minister Arun Jaitley in the Delhi High Court over the use of an “objectionable” word by his former lawyer Ram Jethmalani. Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal claimed before Justice Manmohan that he had never […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal DDCA Delhi and District Cricket Association Delhi High Court featured Jethmalani Justice Manmohan Ram Jethmalani second Rs 10 cr defamation suit Section 126 of the Evidence Act
High Profile Cases Supreme Court seeks reply on plea for CBI probe into Junaid lynching case March 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the Ballabhgarh mob lynching case in which 17-year-old Junaid Khan was stabbed to death on a train in June last year. A bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and M M Shantanagoudar also stayed the trial in the case till […] Read more » Ballabhgarh mob lynching case featured Junaid lynching case Justice Kurian Joseph Justice M M Shantanagoudar
Top Law News Supreme Court dismisses PIL against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. March 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s disqualification as an MLC on the ground that he had allegedly suppressed the fact that a murder case was pending against him from the poll panel. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the chief minister’s submission that he had […] Read more » Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured PIL against Supreme Court
Top Law News National Herald case : Young Indian Pvt Ltd asked to deposit Rs 10 cr in IT case March 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed Young Indian Pvt Ltd, in which Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are major stakeholders, to deposit Rs 10 crore in the Rs 249.15 crore income tax proceedings against it. A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla directed the company — earlier […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured Justice A K Chawla Justice S. Ravindra Bhat National Herald case Rahul Gandhi Sonia Gandhi Young Indian Pvt Ltd
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Centre for report on conditions in Rohingya camps March 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to file a “comprehensive status report” giving details of conditions in Rohingya refugee camps in various states. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of senior advocate Colin Gonsalves that conditions at the camps are unhygienic […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra conditions in Rohingya camps featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Rohingya Rohingya camps Supreme Court
Top Law News Rigorous Imprisonment to advocate for trespassing in woman lawyer’s office. March 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Thane court has sentenced a 45-year-old lawyer to three years of rigorous imprisonment for trespassing in the office of a woman advocate and abusing her for refusing his marriage proposal. “When a woman says ‘no’, it is really ‘no’,” observed the court of First Class Judicial Magistrate R T Ingale. The lawyer was convicted […] Read more » Additional Public Prosecutor Rashmi Kshirsagar featured trespassing trespassing in woman lawyer's office
