Top Law News Court grants bail to undertrial in murder case and asks to install Aarogya Setu app. May 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has granted interim bail to an undertrial prisoner arrested in a murder case, while directing him to install the ‘Aarogya Setu’ app on his phone. Additional Sessions Judge Naveen Kumar Kashyap on Saturday granted relief to accused Ravi Dhika on his plea that he had to take care of his ailing wife […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Naveen Kumar Kashyap interim bail to an undertrial prisoner to install Aarogya Setu app
Top Law News Prof. Ved Prakash Nanda will address ‘Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series’ on topic ‘India’s Leadership in Environmental Law Regimes in light of India’s Ethos’ May 18, 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), Prof. Ved Prakash Nanda, Padma Bhushan & Professor of Law, University of Denver, USA will share his thoughts on the topic ‘India’s Leadership in Environmental Law Regimes in light of India’s Ethos’. Lecture will begin by 08.00PM on 18.05.2020 […] Read more » India's Leadership in Environmental Law Regimes in light of India's Ethos Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series Prof. Ved Prakash Nanda
Corporate Law News Form medical board to decide minor’s pregnancy termination: BHC. May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the city-based J J Hospital to form a medical board and assess whether a 24-week pregnant minor victim of sexual assault can undergo medical termination of the pregnancy without any health risks. Justice S J Kathawalla passed the direction on Friday after the minor told the court that she was […] Read more » 24-week pregnant minor victim of sexual assault medical termination of the pregnancy whether a 24-week pregnant minor victim of sexual assault can undergo medical termination of the pregnancy
Top Law News Ensure essentials reach tribals amid lockdown: Bombay High Court May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government and civic authorities to ensure that food and basic necessities reach the tribal community across the state amid the COVID-19 lockdown. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Amjad Sayed was hearing a petition filed by one Vivek Pandit highlighting the plight of tribals in […] Read more » Additional government pleader B V Samant COVID-19 lockdown
Top Law News Allahabad HC grants anticipatory bail to Siddharth Varadarajan May 16, 2020 / May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to The Wire’s founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan who was booked for making remarks against Chief Minister Yogi Adityananth. Two FIRs were registered at Kotwali Ayodhya police station against Varadarajan One of the FIRs was registered under various sections of the Indian Penal […] Read more » Allahabad HC Allahabad HC grants anticipatory bail anticipatory bail to Siddharth Varadarajan Disaster Management Act and Epidemic Diseases Act Indian Penal Code IT Act Justice Chandra Dhari Singh remarks against Chief Minister Yogi Adityananth. Two FIRs were registered at Kotwali Ayodhya police station against Varadaraj Siddharth Varadarajan
Top Law News The Bar Council of India asks lawyers not to wear coat and long gowns during COVID-19. May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India asked lawyers across the country on Thursday not to wear coats and long gowns during the hearings through video conferencing before any court or tribunal as a precautionary measure to check the spread of coronavirus infection . The apex bar body’s direction came a day after the Supreme Court issued […] Read more » justice Hrishikesh Roy Justice Indu Malhotra lawyers not to wear coat and long gowns not to wear coat and long gowns during COVID-19 The Bar Council of India
Top Law News Reply to PIL on housing essential staff in Mumbai: Bombay High Court May 16, 2020 / May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to respond to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking temporary accommodation in Mumbai for essential service providers, who commute between Mumbai and Palghar district each day for their work. The plea, filed by Charan Ravindra Bhatt, a resident of adjoining Palghar district, claims that such commute to […] Read more » Bombay High Court Charan Ravindra Bhatt Chief Justice Dipankar Datta COVID-19 in Palghar district Justice A A Sayed temporary accommodation in Mumbai for essential service providers
Top Law News India could avoid 72% of COVID-19 cases after lockdown by closing red light areas. May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Academicians from Yale School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School have completed a study ‘Modelling the Effect of Continued Closure of Red-Light Areas on COVID-19 Transmission in India’. The study finds that Indians are at a much lower risk of getting COVID-19 if red light areas are kept closed after the lockdown, until an effective treatment […] Read more » 637500 sex workers as per the National Aids Control Organization closing red light areas COVID-19 pandemic Harvard Medical School India could avoid 72% of COVID-19 cases after lockdown Yale School of Medicine
Top Law News Mukul Rohatgi and Dr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy will address ‘Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series’ on ‘Journey of Supreme Court from 1950’ May 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In “Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial’ online lecture series of ABAP, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Senior Advocate and Former Attorney General of India will share his thoughts as Keynote speaker. Welcome Address will be delivered by Dr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Eminent Academician, (Vice Chancellor of NLSIU, Bengaluru) on the topic ‘Journey of Supreme Court from 1950 […] Read more » #ABAP Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad Dattopant Thengadi Lecture Series Dr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy Mr. Mukul Rohatgi online lecture series in the name of Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series Senior Advocate and Former Attorney General for India
Top Law News ‘No work-no wages’ can’t be applied in present situation: Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court May 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court has said the principle of no work-no wages cannot be applied in the present extraordinary situation prevailing in the country due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. Justice R V Ghuge on Tuesday directed Aurangabad’s Tuljabhavani Mandir Sansthan trust to ensure that all its contract labourers, who have been unable to […] Read more » Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court Aurangabad's Tuljabhavani Mandir Sansthan trust Justice R V Ghuge Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation NMMC no work-no wages no work-no wages amid corona situation Rashtriya Shramik Aghadi
Top Law News Bombay High Court asks NMMC for list of protective gear distributed to staff. May 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to file an affidavit listing details of all the protective gear procured and distributed to its staff in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Justice S J Kathawalla passed the order on Tuesday on a petition filed by sanitation and health workers of the Navi […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice S J Kathawalla Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation NMMC
Top Law News Deploy revenue staff where cops not needed: Bombay High Court tells Maha govt May 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has said the Maharashtra Police machinery is under “great stress and strain” during the lockdown, and directed the state government and local civic authorities to deploy off-duty revenue officials for duties where police personnel are not required. Justice R V Ghuge of the high court’s Aurangabad bench gave the directive on Tuesday […] Read more » Bombay High Court Deploy revenue staff where cops not needed Justice R V Ghuge
