Top Law News Patiala House Court gets first permanent national flag January 24, 2018 / January 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 50-feet high tricolour was today unfurled at Patiala House District Court premises by Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal. The flag, which will fly permanently, is the first in a trial court across the country, said the New Delhi Bar Association (NDBA). NDBA secretary Neeraj said the flag was installed by the […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi High Court featured Patiala House court Patiala House District Court premises permanent national flag
High Profile Cases SC to hear plea of Rajasthan, MP against release of Padmaavat January 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh today moved the Supreme Court seeking recall of its January 18 order by which controversial Bollywood movie “Padmaavat’ was allowed to be released in theatres across India on January 25. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud agreed to hear tomorrow the […] Read more » featured MP against release of Padmaavat Padmaavat SC to hear plea of Rajasthan Padmaavat
Top Law News HC refuses to stay or postpone 1st semester LLM exams January 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today refused to stay or postpone the first semester examinations for LLM students of the Mumbai University. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and B P Colabawalla, however, permitted those students who were not prepared for the exams that are scheduled to begin tomorrow, to write their first semester exams […] Read more » 1st semester LLM exams featured HC HC refuses to stay or postpone 1st semester LLM exams Justice B P Colabawalla Justice B R Gavai LLM exams stay or postpone
Top Law News HC stays Centre move to evict press association from NMC January 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today put on hold the Centre’s decision to evict an association of accredited journalists from a room given to it in the National Media Centre (NMC) here. Justice Rajiv Shakdher also issued notice to the Press Information Bureau (PIB) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting seeking their responses by May […] Read more » evict press association featured HC stays Centre move Justice Rajiv Shakdher NMC press association
Top Law News PIL seeks to quash TN govt order on bus fare hike January 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Madras High Court, seeking to quash an order of the Tamil Nadu government, hiking the bus fares from January 20. The petition, filed by one V Munikrishnan, is likely to come up for hearing tomorrow. Munikrishnan submitted that he came to know through the print […] Read more » bus fare hike Demonetisation featured Goods and Services Tax GST Petitioner's counsel R Y George Williams PIL price hike quash TN govt order on bus fare hike TN bus fare hike TN Government
Top Law News Take interim steps for appointments in tribunals: SC to Govt January 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and other stakeholders to sit together and formulate an “interim arrangement” to deal with appointments to be made in various tribunals in the country. The top court, hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Finance Act 2017 and the rules under it to regulate […] Read more » appointments in tribunals featured Govt SC Take interim steps for appointments in tribunals
High Profile Cases Mallya extradition trial’s next hearing date remains uncertain January 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The next submissions hearing in the extradition trial of Vijay Mallya over alleged fraud and money laundering amounting to Rs 9,000 crores remains uncertain as the lawyers are yet to agree on a mutually convenient date. Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot was listed to hear the case at Westminster Magistrates Court today, with the 62- year-old […] Read more » Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot featured Mallya extradition Mallya extradition trial's next hearing
High Profile Cases Pleas on Loya’s death serious but don’t cast aspersions: SC January 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dubbed as “serious” the issues raised in the pleas relating to the death of special CBI judge B H Loya, but castigated a senior lawyer for raking up the name of BJP president Amit Shah in the case. The apex court, which decided to look into “all documents with utmost seriousness” […] Read more » cast aspersions featured Loya's death Pleas on Loya's death serious SC Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case
High Profile Cases President Kovind disqualifies 20 AAP MLAs, party says ‘dangerous for democracy’ January 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major setback to the AAP, President Ram Nath Kovind has disqualified 20 of its MLAs in Delhi for holding offices of profit, a decision the party said showed constitutional authorities were behaving like “handmaidens of the central government”. Kovind gave his assent yesterday to the recommendation by the Election Commission (EC). The AAP […] Read more » 20 AAP MLAs dangerous for democracy disqualifies 20 AAP MLAs featured President Kovind Prez disqualifies 20 AAP MLAs
Top Law News Judges row: SC to soon make public work allocation system January 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has examined suggestions from stakeholders to bring transparency in allocation of sensitive PILs to judges and is likely to bring in the public domain soon the system he is going to adopt for it, sources close to him said today. They said that the listing of two petitions demanding […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured Judges row justice Jasti Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi public work allocation system SC SCBA Supreme Court Bar Association
High Profile Cases Enquiry into 22 coal blocks allocated between 1993-2005 January 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI has informed the Supreme Court that it has closed its enquiry into 22 coal block allocations, which were made from 1993 to 2005, with the approval of the chief vigilance commissioner. The probe agency, in its 18th status report filed before the apex court in coal block allocation scam cases last month, has […] Read more » 22 coal blocks 22 coal blocks allocated between 1993-2005 CBI ED Enquiry into 22 coal blocks featured
Criminal Law News Top Law News Class 12 student sent to police remand for killing principal Ritu Chhabra January 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A class 12 student, who allegedly shot dead his school principal for reprimanding him, was today sent to a two-day police remand by a local court here. The 18-year-old student was presented before the court here in connection with the murder of Swami Vivekanand school principal Ritu Chhabra yesterday, police said. The court granted two […] Read more » featured reprimanding Ritu Chhabra Swami Vivekanand school Swami Vivekanand school principal Ritu Chhabra
