Top Law News Provide loan to practicing advocates and to improve virtual courts infrastructural facilities July 25, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than 2000 women Lawyers from across the country petition to the Hon’ble Home Minister to come to the aid of financially drained Advocates community due to Corona Pandemic and also to improve infrastructural facilities of the virtual courts. It is for the first time in the history of our country that women advocates have […] Read more » improve virtual courts infrastructural facilities Provide loan to practicing advocates
Top Law News The MHA advisory on AHTUs in timely and in urgent need for action by state governments July 25, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anti Trafficking Activists across the country laud the MHA’s directive to state governments to activate Anti Human Trafficking Units in all states to prevent trafficking in persons, in a COVID-affected India. The advisory by Women Safety Division of Ministry of Home Affairs, issued on 6th July has asked ‘all States and Union Territories to immediately […] Read more » MHA advisory on AHTUs The MHA advisory on AHTUs in timely and in urgent need for action by state governments
Top Law News Delhi riots: Court seeks reply of Jail authorities for not releasing man 15 days after bail July 24, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has sought reply from the Mandoli Jail authorities over not releasing a man though he got bail 15 days ago in two cases related to northeast Delhi riots, and said he was unnecessarily getting harassed for delay in verification of his bail bonds. The court was hearing an application seeking status report […] Read more » Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Purushottam Pathak Mandoli Jail authorities
Top Law News Babri demolition case : Murli Manohar Joshi deposes before court and records statement July 24, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court on Thursday recorded the statement of BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi in the 1992 Babri mosque demolition case. The statement of the 86-year-old leader was recorded in the court of Special Judge S K Yadav through video conference. Former deputy prime minister LK Advani (92) is likely to record his statement […] Read more » Babri demolition case BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi special judge S K Yadav
Top Law News Voice of dissent in a democracy cannot be shut down: SC July 24, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Voice of dissent in a democracy cannot be shut down , the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it questioned Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi on the reasons for initiating disqualification proceedings against 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot. The top court’s observation came when senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing […] Read more » Justice Arun Mishra Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot senior advocate Kapil Sibal Voice of dissent in a democracy cannot be shut down
Top Law News Varavara Rao seeking bail under garb of pandemic, old age: NIA July 24, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The application of Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case accused Varavara Rao for bail on health grounds was a mere “ruse” and he was trying to take undue benefit under the garb of the COVID-19 pandemic situation and his old age, the NIA has told the Bombay High Court. His health condition was stable and he did not […] Read more » Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case Varavara Rao
Top Law News Supreme Court agrees to hear former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar’s plea against HC order declaring his election as void July 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has agreed to hear former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s verdict holding as “void” his election to the legislative assembly in 2015 polls for furnishing false information of his educational qualification in the nomination papers. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued […] Read more » BJP leader Nand Kishore Garg Chief Justice S A Bobde Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar Justice V Ramasubramanian Justices A S Bopanna
Top Law News Rajasthan High Court likely to pronounce order on petition filed by Pilot and 18 other rebel Cong MLAs today July 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Rajasthan High Court is likely to pronounce its order on Tuesday on a writ petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident Congress MLAs, challenging the disqualification notices issued to them by the state assembly speaker. The petition was taken up by a bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Prakash Gupta […] Read more » Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty Justice Prakash Gupta Rajasthan High Court speaker Abhishek Singhvi
Top Law News Delhi High Court declines to entertain plea to demolish slum near Majlis Park metro station July 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking demolition of a slum cluster, which has allegedly encroached upon a vacant government land behind the Majlis Park metro station in north-west Delhi. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said the land did not belong to someone […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel Justice Prateek Jalan Majlis Park metro station plea to demolish slum near Majlis Park metro station
Top Law News Hearing on petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 other rebel Cong MLAs resumes in Rajasthan HC July 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The hearing on a writ petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident Congress MLAs from Rajasthan, challenging the disqualification notices issued to them by the state Assembly speaker, resumed in the high court here on Monday. The petition was taken up a by a bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Prakash […] Read more » Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Justice Prakash Gupta
Top Law News Muzaffarpur shelter home: Brajesh Thakur moves HC against jail for life for sexual assault July 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Brajesh Thakur, who was sentenced to life imprisonment till his last breath for sexually assaulting several girls in a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, has approached the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and jail term. The high court is likely to take up this week his appeal seeking to set aside trial court’s […] Read more » abetment to rape Brajesh Thakur POCSO Protection of Children from Sexual Offences sexually assaulting several girls in a shelter home in Bihar Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Top Law News Vikas Dubey encounter: SC asks UP to consider having ex-judge of top court in inquiry committee July 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to consider adding a former apex court judge and a retired police officer in the inquiry committee which is probing the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey. The top court also said it was “appalled” that the gangster got bail despite so many cases against him. A […] Read more » Chief Justice S A Bobde encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey Vikas Dubey
