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
Top Law News Ensure dispensation of medicines from pharmacy resumes without delay: Delhi HC to AIIMS. May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to ensure that dispensation of medicines from its pharmacy, which was functioning in limited capacity due to the coronavirus lockdown, resumes without any delay. A bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar asked AIIMS to work out the modalities and […] Read more » AIIMS dispensation of medicines from pharmacy f justices Vipin Sanghi JusticeRajnish Bhatnagar
Corporate Law News Tamil Nadu moves SC against HC order for closure of liquor outlets. May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Madras High Court order for closure of state-run liquor outlets on grounds of violations of COVID-19 guidelines, arguing that it would lead to “grave losses” in revenue and complete halt in commercial activities. The Madras High Court had on Friday ordered closure of […] Read more » closure of liquor outlets
Top Law News Democracy cannot function with judicial review not being there, it is an essential component of the constitution: – Shri KK Venugopal, Attorney General for India May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment -Pradosh Shetty After the grand success of “Dattopant Thengadi Lecture Series”, Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad (ABAP) announced the commencement of its new online lecture series in the name of an eminent jurist and academician, Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon and the opening lecture of the series was delivered by Shri KK Venugopal (Attorney General for […] Read more » #ABAP Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad Contours of Judicial Review Dattopant Thengadi Lecture Series eminent jurist and academician eminent jurist and academician Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon online lecture series Prof N. R. Madhava Menon Shri KK Venugopal on “Contours of Judicial Review”
Top Law News Wife makes false allegations against Husband : Gauhati High Court treats them as Assault on his reputation. May 9, 2020 / May 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Division Bench of Gauhati High Court was hearing an Appeal prefered by Wife against the Judgement of Divorce passed by Family Court on a Petition filed by Husband on the ground of Desertion and Cruelty under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Husband’s Case The husband as the petitioner filed the title suit for divorce […] Read more » Divorce for Cruelty. Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Wife makes false allegations against Husband
