Top Law News Allahabad High Court clears process of appointing assistant basic teachers in UP. May 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday paved the way for completing the process for appointment of 69,000 assistant basic teachers in Uttar Pradesh. It directed the state government to complete the process of appointment within the next three months. A division bench of Justices P K Jaiswal and K S Pawar […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice K S Pawar Justice P K Jaiswal recruitment of 69000 teachers of Basic Education department
Top Law News COVID-19 : death toll touches 1783 and number of cases climb to 52952. May 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The death toll due to COVID-19 in the country rose to 1,783 while the number of cases climbed to 52,952 on Thursday, registering an increase of 89 deaths and 3,561 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 35,902 while 15,266 people have recovered […] Read more » COVID-19 death toll touches 1783 number of cases climb to 52952.
Top Law News Bombay High Court : Man held for hindering COVID-19 data collection gets bail. May 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a city resident arrested for obstructing a team collecting data on COVID-19 from his residential society. The court also directed him to deposit Rs 10,000 in the chief ministers relief fund for coronavirus. Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing a bail plea filed by one Zafar Jamal Khan, […] Read more » Bombay High Court COVID-19 pandemic Disaster Management Act Section 51(B) hindering COVID-19 data collection Justice Bharati Dangre
Top Law News Supreme Court sentences 3 people for making scurrilous and scandalous allegations against judges. May 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has sentenced three people, held guilty of contempt of court for making “scurrilous and scandalous allegations” against two sitting judges of the apex court, to 3-month jail observing that it was a “concerted effort to virtually hold the judiciary to ransom”. The top court had on April 27 held advocate Vijay Kurle, […] Read more » advocate Mathews J Nedumpara advocate Vijay Kurle Nilesh Ojha Rashid Khan Pathan scandalous allegations against the judges Vijay Kurle
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad #ABAP started new Lecture Series in the name of “Prof N. R. Madhava Menon” May 7, 2020 / May 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad #ABAP after success of its ‘Dattopant Thengadi Lecture Series’ has commenced new online lecture series in the name of eminent Jurist & Prof N. R. Madhava Menon from 08.05.2020. Under this lecture series, every week an eminent Jurist, Lawyer or Professor will preside the lecture on Social Media platforms of ABAP. […] Read more » #ABAP Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad Lecture Series Prof N. R. Madhava Menon
Corporate Law News Supreme Court dismisses plea of district judge against swearing-in of Karnataka HC judge Padmaraj N Desai. May 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by a district judge challenging the appointment of a ‘junior’ judicial officer as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court and seeking a stay on his swearing-in contending that it breaches the seniority rule. The top court dismissed the plea just half an hour before the […] Read more » Karnataka HC judge Padmaraj N Desai Padmaraj N Desai swearing-in of Karnataka HC judge
Corporate Law News Plea against ‘detention’ of 1,408 people at quarantine centres. May 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has sought response from the Maharashtra government and the Nagpur Municipal Corporation on a plea alleging that the civic authorities “illegally detained” 1,408 people from two coronavirus hotspots and put them in quarantine facilities. Justice A S Kilor of the Nagpur bench on Sunday took up for urgent hearing the petition filed […] Read more » detention of 1408 people at quarantine centres ICMR Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology VNIT)
Corporate Law News India should put in large enough stimulus package to revive demand: Abhijit Banerjee. May 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India should come out with a large enough stimulus package to revive demand, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee said on Tuesday, asserting that putting cash in the hands of people would be the best way to boost the economy post lockdown. Banerjee, while talking to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi through video-conferencing, suggested giving money into the […] Read more » Abhijit Banerjee abhijit banerjee with rahul gandhi on conference stimulus package.
Top Law News COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,568 in India; cases climb to 46,433. May 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,568 and the number of cases climbed to 46,433 in the country on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active cases stood at 32,138, while 12,726 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. The total number of cases also includes 111 […] Read more » COVID-19 death toll
Top Law News Lockdown 3.0 : Prohibitory orders extended in Mumbai till May 17. May 5, 2020 / May 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prohibitory orders banning assembly of four or more people under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) have been extended in Mumbai until May 17 in view of the extension of the coronavirus- induced lockdown, a police official said on Monday. Mumbai has been declared as the red zone due to high number of […] Read more » Lockdown 3.0 in Mumbai Lockdown in Mumbai
Top Law News US President Trump nominates Indian-American woman attorney Saritha Komatireddy as federal court judge in NY. May 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American woman attorney Saritha Komatireddy as a judge to a federal court in New York. Komatireddy, a prosecutor who also teaches law at the prestigious Columbia Law School, has been nominated to the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Trump sent her nomination to the US […] Read more » Indian-American woman attorney Saritha Komatireddy judge to a federal court in New York Saritha Komatireddy Saritha Komatireddy as a judge to a federal court in New York US President Trump
Top Law News Up to Rs 1,000 fine for spitting in public places in Noida. May 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment To contain the spread of coronavirus, spitting saliva, gutka or tobacco in public places in Noida has been prohibited and violation of this can attract a penalty of Rs 500 for first time offenders and Rs 1,000 for repeat offenders, according to a new order. The order was issued by the Noida Authority on Monday, […] Read more » 1000 fine for spitting spitting gutka or tobacco in public places spread of coronavirus
