Top Law News Supreme Court to hear pleas against Karnataka High Court order on warnings on tobacco products March 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would hear all 45 petitions together including the one filed by the Centre against a Karnataka High Court order quashing the 2014 government regulation that packets of tobacco products must carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of the packaging space. The bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Supreme Court t Karnataka High Court tobacco products
High Profile Cases Bilkis Bano gangrape: SC grants 6 weeks to Gujarat government to reply on plea March 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today granted six more weeks to the Gujarat government to file its reply on a plea demanding exemplary compensation for Bilkis Bano, who was gangraped during the 2002 riots in the state. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, however, refused to grant […] Read more » 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case Bilkis Bano gangrape featured
High Profile Cases To complete probe into 2G scam in 6 months : Supreme Court March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed investigating agencies CBI and ED to complete their probe into the 2G spectrum allocation cases and other related matters in six months. A bench of Justices Arun Misra and Naveen Sinha directed the Centre to file a status report on investigation into the 2G spectrum scam and related cases arising […] Read more » 2G scam 2G spectrum allocation cases CBI CBI and ED to complete their probe into the 2G spectrum allocation cases ED featured Justice Naveen Sinha Justices Arun Misra SC
High Profile Cases Supreme Court seeks details of unencumbered assets of Unitech Ltd March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought details of all unencumbered assets of embattled real estate major Unitech Limited and said that they would be auctioned to refund money to home buyers. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also imposed a cost of Rs 25 lakh on J M Financial Asset Reconstruction Company, which had […] Read more » embattled real estate major Unitech Limited featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Justices A M Khanwilkar unencumbered assets unencumbered assets of embattled real estate major Unitech Limited Unitech Limited
High Profile Cases Delhi HC voices concern over sale of refrigerated water through unlicensed water trolleys March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today voiced concern over sale of refrigerated water through unlicensed water trolleys, and directed the municipal corporations along with the city police to stop the illegal activity at the earliest. A bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar asked the police to provide requisite assistance to […] Read more » Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured Justice C Hari Shankar Refrigerated Water Licensees Association sale of refrigerated water sale of refrigerated water through unlicensed water trolleys unlicensed water trolleys
Top Law News Practical test for vehicle licence to be videographed: Delhi High Court March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The AAP government has decided to videograph the practical test for motor vehicle licences to bring more transparency in the process of issuing driving permits, the Delhi High Court was informed today. The Delhi government told a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar that the entire exercise has been […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured Justice C Hari Shankar licence practical test for motor vehicle licences vehicle licence vehicle licence to be videographed videographed
Top Law News Rajiv Gandhi assassination case : CBI seeks dismissal of A G Perarivalan’s plea March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI has told the Supreme Court that A G Perarivalan’s plea seeking recall of its May 1999 judgement upholding his conviction in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case should be dismissed as it was devoid of any merits. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the CBI’s Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA), probing the […] Read more » dismissal of A G Perarivalan featured Rajiv case Rajiv Gandhi assassination case SC to hear plea against freeing Rajiv case convicts March 6
Top Law News CBI seeks judicial custody of Karti Chidambaram in INX Media case. March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI today produced Karti Chidambaram, former Union minister P Chidambaram’s son, in a Delhi court after his three-day police custody in the INX Media corruption case expired and sought 15 days judicial custody. Karti Chidambaram was produced in the court of Special Judge Sunil Rana, before whom CBI counsel V K Sharma moved an […] Read more » custody of Karti Chidambaram featured INX Media case judicial custody of Karti Chidambaram Karti Chidambaram
Top Law News HC grants bail to AAP MLA in Anshu Prakash assault case March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today granted bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in the Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash assault case. Justice Mukta Gupta granted relief to the Okhla MLA, who was arrested on February 21, with certain conditions as imposed on AAP legislator Prakash Jarwal earlier. “The petitioner (Khan) has served an incarceration of more […] Read more » AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan Anshu Prakash assault case. Chief Secretary featured
Top Law News Delhi High Court asks DSIIDC to pay Rs 10L compensation to kin of victim manual scavengers March 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed government company DSIIDC to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation each to the families of two manual scavengers who died while cleaning a sewer in Bawana Industrial Area here. The court said Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (DSIIDC), which is responsible for developing and providing industrial infrastructure […] Read more » Delhi High Court DSIIDC featured Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act.
Top Law News Madras High Court directs Economic Offences wing to take steps in identifying properties owned by dairy firm executives March 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has directed the Economic Offences (EO) Wing of the Central Crime Branch to take steps for identifying immovable properties in the name of executives of HBN Dairies and Allied Limited, which is alleged to have cheated around 20 lakh depositors of Rs 1,137 crore. Justice M S Ramesh passed the order […] Read more » dairy firm executives EO wing featured HBN Dairies and Allied Limited identifying properties Justice M S Ramesh Madras High Court
High Profile Cases Can a person make ‘living will’ for passive euthanasia : SC verdict March 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce tomorrow its judgement on a petition seeking recognition of ‘living will’ made by terminally-ill patients for passive euthanasia. Living will is a written document that allows a patient to give explicit instructions in advance about the medical treatment to be administered when he or she is terminally ill […] Read more » 'living will' 'living will' for passive euthanasia Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured passive euthanasia
