Top Law News SC-appointed receiver seeks additional funds from Centre as Amrapali projects face financial hurdles May 23, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With Amrapali projects facing financing hurdles, the Supreme Court-appointed receiver on Friday sought additional funds from the Centre to allow NBCC to complete the construction. The Justice Arun Mishra-led bench of SC pushed Centre to release additional funds to the tune of Rs 500 crore. The government has assured the court that finance ministry will […] Read more » allow NBCC to complete the constructio Amrapali projects facing financing hurdles Justice Arun Mishra
Top Law News All benches of Delhi HC to take up urgent matters via video conferencing from Friday May 22, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has decided that from Friday all its judges will sit everyday to take up “urgent matters of all kinds” via video conferencing. The step follows the high court and the lower courts together having taken up 20,726 urgent matters during the COVID-19 related lockdown from March 24 to May 19 “As […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel high court Registrar General Manoj Jain take up "urgent matters of all kinds" via video conferencing take up urgent matters via video conferencing
Top Law News NGT directs CPCB to issue guidelines on monitoring of environmental norms by dairies May 22, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal Thursday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to issue guidelines within a month for checking pollution and monitoring of environmental norms by dairies throughout the country. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that at least the minimum distance of dairies and gaushalas from habitations, water […] Read more » CPCB monitoring of environmental norms by dairies NGT NGT directs CPCB
Top Law News BCI to hold consultations on resumption of courtroom hearings across country May 22, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Wednesday decided to hold countrywide consultations with lawyers and litigants on resumption of regular hearings in all courts, which have only been taking up urgent matters via videoconferencing during the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The BCI observed that litigants are unable to get justice through the virtual courts. “It (BCI) […] Read more » BCI CJI S A Bobde a Justice D Y Chandrachud
Top Law News RBI cuts interest rates and extends loan moratorium to ramps up economic support. May 22, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday slashed interest rates, extended moratorium on loan repayments and allowed banks to lend more to corporates in an effort to support the economy which is likely to contract for the first time in over four decades. The benchmark repurchase (repo) rate was cut by 40 basis points […] Read more » RBI RBI cuts interest rates RBI extends loan moratorium RBI ramps up economic support. three-month moratorium on payment of monthly instalments
Top Law News Mahesh Jethmalani and Dilip Ukey will address ‘Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series’ on topic ‘Making Our Criminal Justice System Work’. May 20, 2020 / May 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In “Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial’ online lecture series of ABAP (Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad), Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr Adv, Supreme Court & Professor (Dr.)Dilip Ukey, Vice Chancellor, MNLU, Mumbai will share their thoughts on the topic ‘Making Our Criminal Justice System Work’. Lecture will begin by 5.00PM on 23.05.2020 (Saturday). In this online […] Read more » Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series
Top Law News India’s extradition request for Dawood aide Tiger Hanif refused by UK May 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s request for the extradition of Tiger Hanif, an alleged aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim wanted in India in connection with two bomb blasts in Surat in 1993, has been turned down by the UK government, official sources have confirmed. Hanif, whose full name is Mohammed Hanif Umerji Patel, was traced to a grocery […] Read more » Dawood aide Tiger Hanif
Top Law News SC refuses to transfer cases to CBI and grants protection to Arnab Goswami for 3 weeks May 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to transfer to CBI the criminal cases lodged against Republic TV Editor in-Chief Arnab Goswami for alleged defamatory news show telecast on April 21 in connection with the Palghar mob-lynching case. Observing that Journalistic freedom lies at the core of freedom of speech and expression, the top court quashed all […] Read more » Arnab Goswami grants protection to Arnab Goswami
Top Law News Collect only tuition fees : Delhi High Court May 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed two private schools here not to collect from students any amount other than the tuition fees that too as per rates prevailing prior to October 31 last year. Justice Rajiv Shakdher also directed the schools, both in south Delhi, to pay salaries of staff and teachers at rates presently […] Read more » Justice Rajiv Shakdher
Top Law News Coronavirus not a pandemic in Pakistan : Pakistan’s Supreme Court May 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the government on Monday to lift some of the remaining restrictions imposed on business to halt the spread of the coronavirus, even as the country recorded a rise in infections since beginning to emerge from lockdown. In its decision, which is binding, the court said the virus “apparently is not a […] Read more » Coronavirus not a pandemic in Pakistan
Corporate Law News Top Law News FM Nirmala Sitharaman : Decriminalise Companies Act violations involving minor defaults May 20, 2020 / May 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while announcing the fifth and the final tranche of the economic stimulus package on Sunday, said that the government will soon move an ordinance to decriminalise Companies Act violations involving minor technical and procedural defaults. The government has decided to drop seven compoundable offences while five will be dealt with under […] Read more » economic stimulus package Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ordinance to decriminalise Companies Act violations
Top Law News SC comes up with new guidelines for hearing matters from May 18 to June 19 May 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear all cases via video and audio links between May 18 and June 19, and has scaled up its ‘1881’ helpline to assist advocates and litigants in e-filing and virtual hearing, according to a standard operating procedure (SoP) released on Sunday amid the coronavirus-triggered lockdown. The fresh SoP assumed significance as […] Read more » new guidelines for hearing matters
