Top Law News SC orders setting up of panel headed by MHA secy to consider pleas seeking 4G in J-K. May 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday ordered setting up of a high-powered committee headed by MHA Secretary to consider pleas seeking restoration of 4G internet services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Justices R Subhash Reddy and B R Gavai said the committee would also include the Chief […] Read more » 4G in J-K.
Top Law News SC declines interim bail to Sajjan Kumar serving life ter.m in anti-Sikh riot case May 13, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to grant interim bail on medical grounds to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar who is serving life imprisonment in an 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices Indu Malhotra and Hrishikesh Roy perused his medical report and said that he did not need […] Read more » interim bail to Sajjan Kumar
Top Law News COVID-19 death toll rises to 2,206 and cases climb to 67,152. May 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,206 and the number of cases climbed to 67,152 in the country on Monday, registering an increase of 97 deaths and a record jump of 4,213 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 44,029. […] Read more » COVID-19
Top Law News Supreme Court orders setting up of panel headed by MHA Secretary to consider pleas seeking 4G in J-K. May 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday ordered setting up of a high-powered committee headed by MHA Secretary to consider pleas seeking restoration of 4G internet services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Justices R Subhash Reddy and B R Gavai said the committee would also include the Chief […] Read more » 4G in J-K. Justice B R Gavai Justices N V Ramana Justices R Subhash Reddy
Top Law News Sharjeel Imam moves HC against order giving time to police to complete probe under UAPA May 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former JNU student Sharjeel Imam moved the Delhi High Court Monday challenging trial court’s order granting more time to the police to conclude investigation in the case related to alleged inflammatory speeches during the protests against CAA and NRC. The plea was mentioned before the high court and is likely to be listed on May […] Read more » Delhi High Court inflammatory speeches during the protests against CAA and NRC Sharjeel Imam
Top Law News Bombay High Court : Will Maharashtra government procure food grains for migrants and poor? May 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to take a decision on whether it would procure additional food grains from the Food Corporation of India for supplying to migrant workers and other needy persons who do not have ration cards. Justice S C Gupte gave the directive last Friday while hearing a petition filed […] Read more » Bombay High Court procure food grains for migrants and poor
Top Law News Supreme Court nudges RBI to examine if moratorium circular is being implemented in ‘letter and spirit’. May 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court has requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to check and verify if the March 27 circular, directing for a moratorium on loan installments, was being implemented in “letter and spirit”. On March 27, the central bank, as a part of a slew of measures to combat the financial implications of the lockdown, […] Read more » letter and spirit moratorium circular is being implemented in 'letter and spirit'. moratorium on loan installments
Top Law News Nirav Modi’s extradition trial in PNB fraud case to begin in UK. May 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, fighting extradition to India on charges over the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, is set to be produced before a UK court for his trial on Monday, to take place in a part-remote setting due to the coronavirus lockdown. The 49-year-old jeweller, […] Read more » 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case Coronavirus Lockdown District Judge Samuel Goozee extradition Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi Nirav Modi Punjab National Bank (PNB) Wandsworth Prison Westminster Magistrates' Court
Top Law News Supreme Court questions Haryana government over remission policy. May 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has questioned the Haryana government over a policy of granting remission to life-term convicts aged 75 years or above, saying it appeared to be in “conflict” with a provision of law. The apex court has directed the state government to respond within two weeks on whether such a policy, which the court […] Read more » Haryana government over remission policy. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Justice U U Lalit section 433-A of the CrPC
Top Law News Delhi HC declines to entertain plea to link metro card with address proof. May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea seeking linking of a metro card or token with a commuter’s address proof was not entertained by the Delhi High Court as no representation about the issue had been made to the DMRC before moving the court. A bench of justices Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula disposed of the plea, but gave petitioners liberty […] Read more » plea to link metro card with address proof
Top Law News Delhi violence: Court dismisses bail plea of man who pointed gun at policeman. May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Right to peaceful protest and open criticism of government policies does not extend to disturbing public order, a Delhi court said on Friday, dismissing the bail plea of Shahrukh Pathan, who allegedly pointed a gun at a head constable during the northeast Delhi riots. Taking note of the viral video footage of the incident, Additional […] Read more » Shahrukh Pathan Shahrukh Pathan pointed a gun at a head constable
Top Law News Delhi violence: CPI (M) leaders move HC for early hearing in plea to make public list of arrests. May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat has approached the Delhi High Court seeking an early hearing in her plea for directions to police to make public the list of people arrested in connection with communal violence in northeast Delhi in February this year. The application for preponing the date of hearing of the petition is likely to […] Read more » communal violence in northeast Delhi CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat