Top Law News SC refuses urgent listing of plea for review of NJAC verdict August 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to accord urgent listing of a plea seeking review of its 2015 verdict striking down the NJAC Act and the Constitution (99th Amendment) Act, 2014, leading to the revival of the collegium system of appointment of judges. The matter was mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and […] Read more » collegium system Court featured Law Legal News National Judicial Appointments Commission NJAC Act NJAC verdict Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC to hear pleas on Aadhaar matter in November August 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would hear a batch of petitions on Aadhaar-related matters in November after the Centre informed that it will extend till December 31 the deadline to furnish Aaadhar to avail benefits of social welfare schemes. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said there was no urgency to hear […] Read more » Court Dipak Misra featured Law Legal News Supreme Court to hear pleas on Aadhaar matter in November
Top Law News Delhi HC notice to govt, ED on meat exporter Qureshi’s arrest August 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought response of the government and the Enforcement Directorate on businessman Moin Akhtar Qureshi’s plea challenging his arrest in a money laundering case. A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Nazmi Waziri issued notice to the government and the ED, asking them to file the reply within five days. The […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court notice to government Enforcement Directorate featured Government Law Legal News Moin Akhtar Qureshi money laundering case
Top Law News Allahabad HC upset over possible felling of trees for Ramdev’s food park in Noida August 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court today expressed strong dissatisfaction over the Uttar Pradesh government’s offer of “adequate compensation” to a Noida resident on whose land thousands of trees are likely to be felled for a proposed food park of Ramdev’s Patanjali Yog Sansthan. A division bench comprising justices Tarun Agarwala and Ashok Kumar remarked “the government […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News Ramdev's food park in Noida
Top Law News SC judge Justice P C Pant demits office August 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant retired today after a tenure of little over three years, bringing the vacancies in the apex court to six. Justice Pant, who became a Supreme Court judge on August 13, 2014, was one of the few judges to have been elevated to the apex court from the lower […] Read more » Court featured Justice P C Pant demits office Law Legal News Prafulla Chandra Pant retired SupremeCourt
Criminal Law News Top Law News Three get life imprisonment for 2009 attack on BJYM leaders August 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three persons were today awarded life imprisonment by a special NIA court here which found them guilty of attempting to murder two BJP youth wing leaders in Khandwa district in 2009. Four other accused in the case were killed in an encounter near here hours after they escaped from the Bhopal jail killing a guard […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Court featured Khandwa Law Legal News Three get life imprisonment for 2009 attack on BJYM leaders
Criminal Law News Top Law News War-like situation has to be fought accordingly August 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A war-like situation has to be fought accordingly, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today observed while refusing to go into the action of security forces in Panchkula after violence broke out following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in rape case. At the same time, the High Court directed […] Read more » Court Criminal news Dera Sacha Sauda featured Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Law Legal News Punjab and Haryana High Court rape case
High Profile Cases SC quashes HC order on repair of shrines damaged in 2002 riots August 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today set aside the Gujarat High Court’s 2012 verdict asking the state government to grant compensation for restoration of religious places damaged during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The court accepted the scheme formulated by the state government to provide “ex gratia assistance” of up to Rs 50,000 to all religious places, including […] Read more » 2002 post-Godhra riots Court featured Gujarat High Court Law Legal News Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Kerala HC rejects bail plea of actor Dileep August 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court today refused to grant bail to Malayalam actor Dileep, arrested on charges of plotting the abduction and sexual assault of a noted South Indian film actress here in February this year. Justice Sunil Thomas denied bail after considering the evidences against the actor produced by the prosecution in a sealed cover. […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Kerala High Court rejects bail plea of actor Dileep Law Legal News sexual assault case
Top Law News Maha govt withdraws bias charge against HC judge August 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today took to task the Maharashtra government for the manner it was withdrawing its charges of bias against Judge A S Oka in the noise pollution matter, saying it should “show remorse” through an affidavit. The direction was given after the Maharashtra government said it was “withdrawing unconditionally” the charges made […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Top Law News AIIMS not meant for a stroll: Delhi HC August 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment AIIMS is not a place for a stroll but an institution for imparting education and medical treatment, the Delhi High Court has said. The high court made the observation while rejecting a plea of an RTI activist, who was barred from entering the AIIMS premises, that he had an unrestricted and untrammelled right to visit […] Read more » AIIMS not meant for a stroll Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Delhi HC to hear NGO’s plea opposing marital rape August 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a plea by an NGO, representing men victimised by alleged misuse of gender laws, opposing several petitions to make marital rape a criminal offence. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar allowed the intervention application by NGO, Men Welfare Trust, and […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News marital rape
