Top Law News Delhi held to ransom by traders who protested against the sealing drive : Delhi High Court February 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an apparent disapproval of the government’s proposed amendment of the master plan after traders protested against the sealing drive, the Delhi High Court has observed that a few people have “held the city to ransom”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar further observed that by sitting on […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal amendment of masterplan Delhi Delhi Development Authority Delhi High Court featured HC Justice C Hari Shankar ransom by traders sealing drive
Top Law News Prominent builder Niranjan Hiranandani moves HC seeking to quash of CBI charge sheet February 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prominent builder Niranjan Hiranandani has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the charge sheet filed against him by the CBI in a case of alleged corruption, criminal conspiracy and cheating. Hiranandani, 61, sought the quashing and setting aside of the charge sheet filed against him in September 2010 by the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Bureau […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice V K Tahilramani Bombay High Court CBI charge sheet featured HC Hiranandani moves HC Prominent builder Niranjan Hiranandani quashing of CBI charge sheet
Top Law News Madras High Court bars public from carrying mobiles to Madurai temple February 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras high court on Friday banned people from carrying mobile phones to Madurai’s famous Meenakshi Amman temple where a fire mishap gutted several shops last week. Justices N Kirubakaran and R Tharani of the Madurai bench also suggested deployment of CISF personnel to maintain security at the ancient temple. The court said the Tamil Nadu government should examine the possibility of forming […] Read more » carrying mobiles featured HC Justice N. Kirubakaran Justice R Tharani Madras High Court Madurai temple
High Profile Cases Shortage of judges in higher judiciary saddening: Former Union law minister Salman Khurshid February 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Union law minister Salman Khurshid has said the shortage of judges in the higher judiciary was “saddening” and called for steps to address the issue at the earliest. Khurshid, himself a senior advocate, said that right to justice should get the attention similar to that of ‘Swachh Bharat’ programme and there were some “fundamental […] Read more » 'Swachh Bharat featured Former Union law minister judges Khurshid Salman Khurshid Shortage of judges Shortage of judges in higher judiciary The Rule of Law Convention 2018
Top Law News Mumbai University’s highest authority too can’t relax 50% attendance rule: HC February 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has held that the Mumbai University’s ordinance mandating a minimum 50 per cent attendance was in the interest of students and thus, even the highest authority in the university had no power to allow any undue relaxation in the rule. In the order passed on Thursday, a bench of justices B […] Read more » Bombay High Court can't relax 50% attendance rule featured HC Justice B P Colabawalla Justice B R Gavai MU's highest authority
Top Law News Man gets 5 years jaiI for sexually assaulting boy February 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has sentenced a 35- year-old man from Juhugaon in Navi Mumbai to five years of rigorous imprisonment for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy in 2015. In the order passed on Wednesday, District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge, P P Jadhav, also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict Nitin […] Read more » District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge featured Man gets 5 years jaiI for sexually assaulting boy P P Jadhav Public prosecutor Vinit Kulkarni
Top Law News SC questions Delhi government and DDA over proposed amendments in DMP February 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the Delhi government and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to apprise it whether an environmental impact assessment was conducted before proposing amendments in the Delhi master plan, 2021. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also asked DDA, Delhi government and the municipal agencies to file withing a […] Read more » amendments in DMP DDA Delhi government and DDA featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur proposed amendments in DMP SC SC questions Delhi govt
Top Law News SC notice to Election Commission on disqualification of Goa speaker February 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Election Commission and the Goa Assembly speaker on a Congress plea seeking the disqualification of state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked the parties to file their responses within six weeks. The Congress party, in its petition, said Rane was […] Read more » Congress plea against state health minister disqualification of Goa speaker featured Goa speaker SC notice to EC SC notice to Election Commission Vishwajit Rane
Top Law News Ayodhya: Supreme Court asks parties to file English translation of documents February 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked parties before the Allahabad High Court in the Babri Masjid- Ram Janmabhoomi dispute to file in two weeks English translation of documents exhibited by them. A special bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that it would hear the appeals on March 14 and clarified that it never intended […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Ayodhya Babri Masjid- Ram Janmabhoomi dispute Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured file English translation of documents Justice Ashok Bhushan Justice S A Nazeer Ram Janmabhoomi dispute SC
Top Law News Suspended Bharathiar University VC A Ganapathy’s bail plea rejected February 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court today dismissed a bail petition of suspended Bharathiar University Vice- Chancellor A Ganapathy, who was arrested days ago on bribery charges. When the petition came up before the court of Prevention of Corruption Act, special Judge John Mino rejected the bail petitions of Ganapthay and another accused, professor Dharmaraj. Ganapathy was arrested […] Read more » A Ganapathy A Ganapathy bail plea rejected A Ganapathy booked on bribery charge Bharathiar University Bharathiar University Vice- Chancellor A Ganapathy featured Suspended Bharathiar University VC
Top Law News Remove word ‘vishwavidyalaya’ from Rohini ashram name: Delhi High Court February 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed a Rohini-based institution, where girls and women were allegedly kept in confinement, to immediately remove the word ‘vishwavidyalaya’ from its name. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar observed that the use of the word ‘vishwavidyalaya’ by the ashram was completely contrary to […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya Delhi High Court featured HC Justice C Hari Shankar Remove word 'vishwavidyalaya' Rohini ashram
Top Law News Inspection of brick kilns in Delhi-NCR : NGT February 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea alleging that illegal operation of brick kilns has resulted in severe air and water pollution in Delhi-NCR has prompted the National Green Tribunal to order their inspection and seek report on their compliance. A bench headed by Justice S P Wangdi issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Environment Pollution (Prevention […] Read more » brick kilns brick kilns in Delhi-NCR featured Inspection of brick kilns Justice S P Wangdi NGT
