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
Top Law News Delhi Court allows ED to quiz Kashmiri businessman in Terror funding case. March 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today allowed the Enforcement Directorate to interrogate a Kashmiri businessman in connection with a terror funding case involving LeT chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed to unearth the money trail. Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sherawat allowed the application filed by ED’s counsel Nitesh Rana seeking permission to quiz Zahoor Watali, […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sherawat featured FEMA PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Terror funding case
High Profile Cases Judgement in fourth fodder scam case tomorrow March 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court today fixed tomorrow as the date of pronouncement of judgement in a fourth fodder scam case relating to alleged withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury over two decades ago against former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra. The court had postponed the judgement yesterday in view […] Read more » Dumka Treasury case featured fodder scam fodder scam case Jagannath Mishra Lalu Prasad ronouncement of judgement in a fourth fodder scam
Top Law News Bombay High Court notice to MCA on plea seeking dissolution of its committee March 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today issued a notice to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on a writ petition seeking that its managing committee be dissolved for non-implementation of the recommendations made by Justice R M Lodha Committee. A bench of Justices Shantanu Kemkar and M S Karnik directed the MCA to file its reply within […] Read more » bai Cricket Association Bombay High Court featured Justice M S Karnik Justice R M Lodha Committee Justice Shantanu Kemkar MCA
Top Law News Supreme Court rejects GJM leader Bimal Gurung’s plea seeking protection from arrest March 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed former GJM leader Bimal Gurung’s plea seeking protection from arrest in several cases lodged against him in West Bengal and for an independent probe into the alleged killings of Gorkhaland supporters in the state. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan rejected the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s plea […] Read more » Bimal Gurung featured former GJM leader Bimal Gurung's plea Justice Ashok Bhushan Justices A K Sikri
Top Law News Delhi High Court refuses to ground entire fleet of IndiGo’s A320neo March 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today refused to ground the entire fleet of IndiGo’s A320neo aircraft, which allegedly have defective engines. Advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy’s said in his plea that IndiGo’s A320neo fleet should be grounded until the manufacturers give in writing that the existing defects have been rectified and the DGCA is satisfied. “Your (petitioner) first […] Read more » Delhi High Court Directorate General of Civil Aviation featured fleet of IndiGo's A320neo IndiGo's A320neo
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Supreme Court reserves verdict on pleas for probe into judge Loya’s death March 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged mysterious death of special CBI judge B H Loya. Loya, who was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, had allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014 when he had gone […] Read more » alleged mysterious death of special CBI judge B H Loya Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice A M Khanwilkar featured high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Loya's death Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case
High Profile Cases Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi convicted in human trafficking cases March 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today sentenced Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi to two year imprisonment in connection with his role in human trafficking cases. He was held guilty under relevant sections of IPC by the court of Judicial Magistrate first class Judge Nidhi Saini, counsel Gurpreet Singh Bhasin said. A fine of Rs 1,000 was also […] Read more » Daler Mehndi featured Patiala police Punjabi pop singer Shamsher Mehndi
High Profile Cases Karti’s bail plea order reserved by Delhi HC in INX Media case March 16, 2018 / March 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on the bail plea of Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidamabaram, in the INX Media corruption case lodged by the CBI. Justice S P Garg heard the CBI and Karti’s lawyer and reserved his decision. The CBI opposed the bail plea saying that tampering […] Read more » Delhi HC featured INX Media case Karti's bail plea order reserved
