High Profile Cases HC refuses to stay sessions court order quashing summons to Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry March 8, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In some reprieve for ousted Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry, the Bombay High Court today refused to stay a sessions court order quashing a summons issued to him in a Rs 500-crore defamation suit. Justice N W Sambre admitted for further hearing a petition filed by Tata Group’s managing trustee N Venkatramanan challenging the lower […] Read more » Bombay High Court criminal defamation complaint Cyrus Mistry featured Justice N W Sambre Rs 500-crore defamation suit. Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry Venkatramanan
Top Law News Which law allows you to turn private toilets into public ones : Bombay High Court March 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to explain the provisions under which the civic body had decided to convert ‘private toilets’ into public ones under the Swachh Bharat Mission. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Iqbal Chagla was hearing a writ petition filed by owners of […] Read more » BMC Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation featured Justices A S Oka private toilets into public ones pvt toilets into public ones Riyaz Iqbal Chagla Swachh Bharat Mission
Top Law News MACT here has awarded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh March 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here has awarded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the parents of a class 3 student who was mowed down by a speeding truck in 2016. MACT member and district judge K D Vadane ordered the truck owner and the vehicle’s insurer to jointly and severally make the […] Read more » Compensation district judge K D Vadane featured MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal New India Assurance Company Limited
High Profile Cases CS Anshu Prakash assault case: Delhi High Court questions law and order in capital March 7, 2018 / March 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today questioned the law and order situation in the capital while hearing the bail plea of one of the two AAP MLAs, arrested for allegedly assaulting Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. The court said it was concerned that if “a person” can be assaulted in the presence of the Delhi chief minister […] Read more » CS Anshu Prakash assault case Dayan Krishnan Delhi High Court Deoli MLA Prakash Jarwal featured Rebecca John
Top Law News Karti Chidambaram’s custodial interrogation needed in view of new revelations and facts: CBI March 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI today produced Karti Chidambaram before a Delhi court and sought extension of his custody to quiz him in the INX Media corruption case saying “new revelations” have come up and his custodial interrogation was necessary to confront him with the “new facts”. The agency, which produced Karti on expiry of his five-day police […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta custodial interrogation featured Karti Chidambaram
High Profile Cases BMC Manholes would be covered : Bombay High Court March 7, 2018 / March 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today told the Bombay High Court that around 1,500 manholes in the city would be covered to prevent accidents. BMC lawyer Anil Sakhre said the corporation has already floated tenders for covering some 1,500 potentially-dangerous manholes with iron mesh or grill. BMC’s submission was made before a bench of justices […] Read more » BMC BMC lawyer Anil Sakhre Bombay High Court featured Justice M S Karnik Justice Shantanu Kemkar Manholes
Top Law News INX Media case: Supreme Court to hear Karti’s fresh plea tomorrow March 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a fresh plea from Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P. Chidambaram, seeking quashing of the Enforcement Directorate’s summons against him in the INX Media case. In his fresh writ petition, Karti Chidambaram has challenged the summons on the ground that the ED has no jurisdiction to […] Read more » CBI's appeal against Karti custodial interrogation of Karti featured INX Media case Karti Chidambaram son of former Union minister P. Chidambaram
High Profile Cases PNB scam : 4 accused sent to CBI custody till March 17 March 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today remanded four people, arrested in the alleged Rs 12,636-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case, in the CBI custody till March 17. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested them yesterday in connection with the alleged fraud perpetrated by billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi. They were produced […] Read more » CBI custody CFO featured Gitanjali group Kapil Khandelwal Nakshatra group Niten Shahi PNB scam
High Profile Cases No coercive action against CS Anshu Prakash : Delhi assembly March 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A committee of the Delhi Assembly today assured the Delhi High Court that it would not take any coercive action against the Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash for skipping meetings called by the panel. The assurance from the privilege committee came after the High Court made it clear that the matter before it should not be […] Read more » chief executive officer DUSIB CS Anshu Prakash Delhi CS Anshu Prakash assault case featured J B Singh Registrar of Cooperative Societies Shurbir Singh
High Profile Cases Senior citizens unaware about protection under Act: HC March 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today observed that some senior citizens were not aware of the protection of life and property available to them under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. The court was hearing a plea by three persons convicted by a lower court for murdering an elderly person. A […] Read more » featured Justice T Krishnavalli Justices S Vimala Madras High Court Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 Senior citizens
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Rajasthan to file affidavit in a matter pertaining pollution from buses. March 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Rajasthan government to file an affidavit within three weeks in a matter pertaining to pollution from buses operating to the state from Bikaner House near the India Gate here. The apex court ordered that if the state does not file an affidavit in three weeks, all the buses originating […] Read more » Bikaner House environmentalist M C Mehta featured Justice Deepak Gupta justices Madan B Lokur pollution Rajasthan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Madras High Court issues notice to telecom ministry and TRAI on stopping of Aircel’s service March 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today issued notice to the telecom ministry and TRAI on a PIL seeking a direction for resumption of mobile provider Aircel’s services at the earliest. “Over 25 lakh subscribers have been affected by the sudden stoppage of service by the cellular company. This is highly unethical and should have been viewed […] Read more » TRAI
