Top Law News Pandemic showed equal opportunity remains distant dream: Bombay High Court June 13, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Concerned over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in India and the recent migrant crisis, the Bombay High Court has said that the pandemic has revealed that despite our constitutional guarantees, a society that provides equal opportunities to all remains a “distant dream”. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice A A Sayed also […] Read more » Bombay High Court
Top Law News SC asks Centre to discuss ticket price refund issue with airlines. June 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre and the airline companies to discuss modalities for full refund of tickets for domestic and international flights which were cancelled following the COVID-19 lockdown. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah asked the Centre to take a stand on the issue and […] Read more » ticket price refund issue
Top Law News No coercive action against pvt firms for non-payment of full wages during lockdown: SC June 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre and states not to take any coercive action till July end against private companies, which have failed to pay full wages to their employees during the coronavirus-induced lockdown period. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M R Shah said industries and employees need […] Read more » non-payment of full wages during lockdown
Top Law News Waiver of interest charged during moratorium: SC asks Centre and RBI to hold meet in three days. June 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India to hold a meeting within three days to decide on waiver of interest on interest for deferred payments of instalments for loans during the moratorium period announced in wake of the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The court was hearing a plea filed […] Read more » Waiver of interest charged during moratorium
Top Law News SC defers hearing on plea against LS polls at Wayanad and Ernakulam. June 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing by two weeks on a plea challenging the election of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi in 2019 from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. The top court was to hear the appeal of one Saritha S Nair against the October 31, 2019 decision of the Kerala High […] Read more » LS polls at Wayanad and Ernakulam
Top Law News The Delhi High Court declines to interfere with open book exams for final year DU students. June 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has said it would not interfere with Delhi University’s decision to hold open book online exams for final year students, but asked the varsity, UGC and the Centre to work out a solution to also enable disabled students to take the examinations. The court said it was not going to interfere […] Read more » final year DU students open book exams open book exams for final year DU students The Delhi High Court
Top Law News Delhi High Court puts on hold bail granted to accused in 9 cases including murder, attempt to murder and extortion. June 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has put on hold the interim bail granted by a trial court to an accused in nine criminal cases including murder, attempt to murder and extortion. By a common order of May 12, the sessions court granted the accused interim bail for 45 days in all the nine separate cases so […] Read more » attempt to murder and extortion. bail granted Delhi High Court murder
Top Law News COVID crisis an opportunityand time for bold decisions and investments: Narendra Modi June 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Insisting that the COVID-19 crisis should be turned into an opportunity to create an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said this is the time to make bold decisions and investments. Addressing the 95th annual plenary session of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata through video conference, he said, steps have to […] Read more » Atmanirbhar Atmanirbhar Bharat COVID crisis Narendra Modi
Corporate Law News Kashmiri woman held for planning terror acts tests positive for COVID-19 in NIA custody June 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Kashmiri woman, who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly planning a terror attack in the country during anti-CAA protests here, has tested positive for COVID-19 while in the custody of National Investigation Agency(NIA). The judge directed the NIA to admit Hina Bashir Beigh to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital with immediate effect. The […] Read more » COVID-19 in NIA custody
Top Law News Cal HC asks Centre, Bengal govt to reply on allegations of ill-prepared lockdown easing June 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court has directed the Centre and the West Bengal government to file separate reports on allegations that the lockdown was being eased without taking necessary steps to curb the spread of coronavirus. A division bench comprising Chief Justice T B N Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee directed the Union of India and the […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Chief Justice T B N Radhakrishnan ill-prepared lockdown easing Justice Arijit Banerjee
Top Law News NGT takes cognisance and seeks action-taken report from panel of elephant death in Kerala. June 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking cognisance of the death of a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala’s Silent Valley Forest, the National Green Tribunal has formed a committee and directed it to submit an action-taken report in the matter. The elephant fell victim to an act of human cruelty after a pineapple filled with powerful crackers offered allegedly by locals […] Read more » death of a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala's Silent Valley Forest elephant death in Kerala Justice K Ramakrishnan Justice Saibal Dasgupta
Top Law News Delhi CM Kejriwal to be tested for COVID on Tuesday and goes into self-quarantine. June 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has gone into self-quarantine and will get himself tested for COVID-19 on Tuesday, officials said on Monday. They said the chief minister was feeling unwell since Sunday afternoon. Read more » Kejriwal to be tested for COVID
