Top Law News SC judges row has been resolved: Bar Council of India January 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India (BCI) today said the crisis, which had erupted after four top Supreme Court judges came out openly against allocation of cases by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, has been resolved internally and the “story is over now”. BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, who led a seven-member delegation and held […] Read more » against allocation of cases by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra featured justices J Chelameswar Kurian Joseph Madan B Lokur Ranjan Gogoi SC crisis
Top Law News Won’t challenge discharge of officers in Sohrabuddin case: CBI January 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation told the Bombay High Court today that it will not challenge the recent discharge of any of the senior IPS officers in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case. CBI counsel Sandesh Patil and Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh told the HC that the agency had already challenged the discharge of some […] Read more » CBI counsel advocate Gautam Tiwari fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Shaikh featured Gujarat D G Vanzara Gujarat IPS officer Rajkumar Pandiyan Rajasthan IPS officer Dinesh MN Sohrabuddin case Tulsiram Prajapati Won't challenge discharge of officers
Top Law News SC crisis: 4 retired judges write open letter to CJI January 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four retired judges, including an ex-Supreme Court judge, today wrote an open letter to the chief justice of India, saying they agree with the issues raised by the four apex court judges over allocation of cases and the crisis needs to be resolved “within the judiciary”. The letter by former apex court judge P B […] Read more » 4 retired judges CJI ex- chief justice of Delhi High Court A P Shah ex-Bombay High Court judge H Suresh featured former apex court judge P B Sawant former Madras High Court judge K Chandru open letter to CJI SC crisis SCBA Supreme Court Bar Association
Top Law News BCI panel discusses SC crisis with Justice Arun Mishra January 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bar Council of India panel today met Supreme Court judge Arun Mishra and discussed the crisis in the apex judiciary. Justice Mishra was assigned by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra a PIL relating to the death of special CBI judge B H Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. Four senior […] Read more » Bar Council of India BCI panel featured Justice a J Chelameswar Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice Arun Mishra Justice Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice R.K. Agrawal Justice Ranjan Gogoi SC crisis
Top Law News Court dismisses octogenarian’s plea for treatment of son January 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has dismissed the plea of an octogenarian man to direct Delhi Police to take his 39-year-old son to a government hospital for treatment of his mental illness. Metropolitan Magistrate Anjani Mahajan rejected the application of Prabhu Dayal, seeking assistance of the police to admit his son to the psychiatric ward of Delhi […] Read more » advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal Court featured Metropolitan Magistrate Anjani Mahajan octogenarian's plea treatment of son
Top Law News SC crisis: BCI delegation meeting SC judges January 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bar Council of India delegation led by its chairman Manan Kumar Mishra is meeting Supreme Court judges today to discuss the unprecedented crisis that has hit the judiciary. According to sources, the seven-member delegation has already met some of the judges of the top court and are scheduled to meet remaining judges including Chief […] Read more » featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi SC crisis
Top Law News ED raids Karti Chidambaram’s premises in Delhi and Chennai January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted searches at multiple premises linked to Karti Chidambaram, the son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, in connection with its money laundering probe in the Aircel- Maxis case. Official sources said the raids are being conducted in Delhi and Chennai since early morning. The central probe agency, on December 1 […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis case Chennai Delhi ED raids Karti Chidambaram Enforcement Directorate featured Karti Chidambaram money laundering probe
Top Law News Decks cleared to acquire land for new prison in Mumbai: Maharashtra government to HC January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that it has finally completed formalities to acquire land for a new prison complex here, four years after it made the proposal. As per an affidavit submitted in the high court by the Maharashtra government yesterday, the city collector will hand over around 52,000 sq mt […] Read more » acquire land Bombay High Court featured Justice AS Oka Maharashtra government new prison in Mumbai
Top Law News Show us average prisoner gets same treatment as Sanjay Dutt : HC January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government said today it can justify “every single minute” of parole or furlough granted to actor Sanjay Dutt, who was in jail in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, prompting the Bombay High Court to ask if same rules were applied to every inmate. A public interest litigation has questioned the “frequent” parole […] Read more » average prisoner same treatment Bombay HC featured Maharashtra Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni Sanjay Dutt
Top Law News Man sentenced to 10 yrs jail for violating liquor Law in Bihar January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment in connection with seizure of ingredients for making country liquor from his house in Munger district. Additional District and Sessions Judge Tribhuwan Nath held Vikas Yadav alias Gabbar guilty under provisions of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 and awarded him 10 years […] Read more » featured liquor Law Man sentenced to 10 yrs jail violating liquor Law violating liquor Law in Bihar
Top Law News Calcutta HC stops BJYM rally for 2 days January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today directed that a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) rally be stopped for two days in view of a mob attack on it. The vehicle of a court-appointed special officer was damaged in the mob attack. Following the high court’s nod to the BJYM motorcycle rally, the ‘Sankalpa Pratirodh Yatra’ started […] Read more » BJYM rally BJYM rally for 2 days Calcutta HC Chief Justice J Bhattacharya featured Justice A Banerjee Sankalpa Pratirodh Yatra
High Profile Cases I was pressurised to withdraw Loya plea in SC : Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Congress leader, who filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an independent probe into the alleged mysterious death of Special CBI judge B H Loya, today alleged he was pressurised by a senior advocate to withdraw his petition. Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla, who had filed the petition, said just before his plea was […] Read more » B H Loya CBI judge Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla featured Justice Arun Mishra Justice M M Shantanagoudar Loya mysterious death of Special CBI judge B H Loya Special CBI judge B H Loya
