Top Law News Madras HC directs pvt milk firms to test products every 3 months October 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered three private milk manufacturers to get their products tested in a certified lab every three months and submit the report before it, pending disposal of their suits claiming damages from a Tamil Nadu minister over his allegations about their quality. Justice C V Karthikeyan said his July 10 interim […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court milk firms
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court raps Delhi Police for ‘tawdry’ probe in murder case October 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court has rapped the Delhi Police for shoddy probe in a murder case saying it was “sad” that those responsible for the gruesome killing of a young boy were going unpunished. The court made the sharp observation while acquitting two persons accused of slitting the throat of a 20-year-old boy, noting that the […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court Delhi Police featured Law Legal News murder case
Top Law News Madras HC sets aside govt orders, lifts ban on two Tamil books October 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today set aside government orders banning two Tamil books written by K Senthil Mallar with a condition that “provoking contents” in the books be altered or deleted. A full bench, comprising Justices M M Sundresh, Pushpa Sathyanarayana and R Mahadevan, passed the order while disposing two pleas by the author of […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News lifts ban on two Tamil books Madras High Court Tamil Nadu government
Environment Law News Top Law News Delhi’s post-Diwali air quality ‘severe’ October 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi’s air quality took a sharp plunge and entered the ‘severe’ zone today, following night-long Diwali revelry when people set off millions of firecrackers and reduced a Supreme Court ban on their sale into a ‘heap of ash’. The pollution indicator of state-run System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) turned a deep shade […] Read more » air quality 'severe' Delhi's post-Diwali air quality 'severe' featured
Top Law News HC seeks report on probe into bitumen purchase irregularities October 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to file within four weeks a status report on probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of bitumen in Tamil Nadu. A Division Bench comprising Justices M M Sundaresh and M Sundar directed the DVAC to file the status report on a […] Read more » bitumen purchase bitumen purchase irregularities directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption DVAC featured HC irregularities Justice M M Sundaresh Justice M Sundar Madras High Court report on probe into bitumen purchase
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Ranjit Kumar resigns as solicitor general October 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country’s second highest law officer, resigned today for “personal reasons”. The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received his resignation letter today. While Kumar confirmed to PTI that he had resigned, sources close to him said it was for “personal reasons”. He was appointed solicitor general in June 2014 […] Read more » Attorney general featured Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Mukul Rohatgi Ranjit Kumar Senior lawyer K K Venugopal
High Profile Cases Calcutta HC stays withdrawal of central forces from Darjeeling Hills October 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today stayed the withdrawal of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) from Darjeeling hills, the scene of unrest over the statehood demand, till October 27, in a relief to the West Bengal government. Hearing a plea by the state against the Centre’s decision to withdraw CAPF from Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts, a […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Court Darjeeling Hills featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Bank under obligation to protect consumers interests: Forum October 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Mumbai Consumer Redressal Forum has directed the Punjab National Bank not to close the account of a lawyer over alleged rude behaviour. It also asked the lawyer, a senior citizen, to maintain cordial relations with the bank. “The opponent bank is not entitled to close account of complainant,” the forum ruled after Harish Bhatia […] Read more » Bank under obligation to protect consumers interests Court featured Forum Law Legal News Mumbai Consumer Redressal Forum PNB Punjab National Bank
Top Law News NGT dismisses plea against ban on sale of firecrackers October 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today rejected a plea against the ban on sale of firecrackers in the capital, saying the Supreme Court’s order banning the sale till October 31 was the “law of the land”. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar rejected the plea to reopen firecracker shops and release the licences […] Read more » ban on sale of firecrackers Court featured Law Legal News NGT Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC raps Delhi govt over non-payment of MCD workers’ dues October 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “There must be somebody with whom you are not at war,” the Delhi High Court told the Delhi government while pulling it up over the pending salaries of sanitation employees of the city’s municipal bodies. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also directed the striking sanitation employees not […] Read more » Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News non-payment of MCD workers' dues
Top Law News Delhi HC dismisses Jagdish Tytler’s plea in corruption case October 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today dismissed the pleas of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and controversial businessman Abhishek Verma challenging framing of charges against them in a corruption case. Tytler and Verma were put on trial by a city court in the case for allegedly using a forged letter addressed to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh […] Read more » corruption case Court Delhi High Court featured Jagdish Tytler Law Legal News plea
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Judicial remand of IGP,7 cops in custodial death case extended October 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court today extended up to October 23 the judicial remand of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Z H Zaidi, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Manoj Joshi and six other policemen in the case of custodial death of an accused in the rape-and-murder of a teenage girl in Kotkhai in Himachal Pradesh. The […] Read more » 7 cops in custodial death case extended CBI court Court Criminal news featured Judicial remand of IGP Law Legal News Manoj Joshi murder case rape case Z H Zaidi
