Top Law News MSME association moves SC against govt order that directs full salary payment to workers. April 25, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Can small private employers, faced with mounting losses and no revenue be asked to continue paying salaries of workers during the lockdown, indefinitely? This question has been raised in the Supreme Court by a Ludhiana based association of hand tools manufacturers, comprising of 41 MSMEs. On March 29, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had […] Read more » DMA full salary payment to workers MHA MSME association quash the MHA order directing payment of full salaries.
Top Law News Donald Trump says he was “sarcastic” when talking about injecting disinfectants to treat COVID-19 patients. April 25, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Trying to wriggle out of the backlash he received for his outlandish suggestions, US President Donald Trump has said that he was being “sarcastic” when he told his medical experts that they should consider using UV light, heat, or injecting disinfectants into the COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment. Trump faced intense rebuke on Thursday […] Read more » injecting disinfectants to treat COVID-19
Top Law News Delhi High Court seeks report from prison authorities on steps taken to prevent COVID-19 spread in jail. April 25, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought a report from authorities on steps taken for preventing the spread of COVID-19 in jails here. Justice Brijesh Sethi issued the direction while hearing the interim bail plea of an accused in a murder case who cited potential risk of COVID-19 infection to seek the relief. “Let a report […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Brijesh Sethi protect the prisoners from COVID-19 social distancing in jail steps taken for preventing the spread of COVID-19 in jails top law news top legal news
Top Law News SC grants 3-week protection to Arnab Goswami from any coercive action. April 24, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday granted 3-week protection from any coercive action to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami on FIRs against him for alleged defamatory statements against Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi he made in the news shows on the recent Palghar mob-lynching of three persons including two sadhus in Maharashtra. A bench comprising Justices D Y […] Read more » advocate Pragya Baghel defamatory statements against Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi Justice D Y Chandrachud Justice M R Shah Palgarh lynching incident Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami top law news top legal news
Top Law News Helicopter damage : SC sets aside order asking insurance firm Bajaj Allianz to pay compensation of Rs 64,89,205. April 24, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday set aside the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC’s) order asking an insurance company to pay over Rs 64 lakh as compensation to Madhya Pradesh government for alleged wrongful repudiation of a claim regarding damages to a helicopter, which was in transit from Canada to Bhopal in 2005. Observing that courts […] Read more » Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co Ltd\ Bajaj Allianz to pay compensation of Rs 6489205. Justice Ajay Rastogi Justice D Y Chandrachud Madhya Pradesh State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission SCDRC transit marine insurance policy
Top Law News Delhi government to ensure pregnant women face no barriers during lockdown. April 24, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and the Delhi government to work in tandem to ensure that pregnant women and their family members in coronavirus hotspots face no barriers during the lockdown. A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad, which conducted the hearing through video conferencing, directed the Delhi government to […] Read more » advocate Vrinda Grover Central government standing counsel Rajesh Gogna Justice Hima Kohli Justice Subramonium Prasad pregnant women pregnant women in corona pandemic
Top Law News Plea in SC challenges circular on meat consumption during COVID-19 April 24, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A religion-based organisation has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on a circular by the Centre, declaring consumption of non-vegetarian food amid the COVID-19 pandemic as safe. The petition filed by Vishwa Jain Sangathan sought a stay of the March 30 circular, issued by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, contending that […] Read more » consumption of non-vegetarian food amid the COVID-19 pandemic as safe COVID-19 pandemic meat consumption during COVID-19 slaughter of animals
Top Law News Centre to Delhi High Court: Medical evacuation flights permitted since Apr 20. April 24, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that medical evacuation flights have been permitted since April 20 subject to the conditions that no more than two attendants accompany the patient and the state government gives its no objection. The submission was made by the Civil Aviation Ministry before Justice V Kameswar Rao during the […] Read more » Apollo Proton Cancer Centre Civil Aviation Ministry Delhi Government Health Scheme DGHS Justice V Kameswar Rao medical evacuation flights Medical evacuation flights permitted since Apr 20.
Corporate Law News Bank loan fraud: ED attaches assets worth Rs 52 lakh. April 22, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has attached assets, worth Rs 51.86 lakh, of a company in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged bank fraud in Haryana. It said a provisional order for attachment of the properties, in the form of commercial property in Gurgaon and bank balances, has […] Read more » bank fraud in Haryana. Green Valley Plywood Limited PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Corporate Law News Donald Trump threatens to terminate trade deal with China on Corona Virus Pandemic. April 22, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment US President Donald Trump has threatened to terminate the trade deal with China if Beijing did not honour its provisions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that originated in the country. While China has reported 82,788 novel coronavirus cases, including 4,632 fatalities, the US registered over 824,600 cases and more than 45,290 deaths — […] Read more » Donald Trump threatens Donald Trump threatens to terminate trade deal with China top law news top legal news
Corporate Law News Delhi High Court refuses to interfere with School Fees during Lockdown. April 22, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with a petition seeking directions to private schools in the national capital to suspend fees charged under various heads, other than the tuition fee, for the month of April, May and June on account of COVID-19 pandemic, observing that the authorities have taken cognizance of the issue […] Read more » Delhi High Court School Fees during Lockdown.
Top Law News NHRC serves notice to Maharashtra DGP over Palghar lynching. April 22, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Maharashtra top cop over Palghar lynching case in which three people including two Hindu ascetics were killed, allegedly in the presence of police on April 16, 2020, during the national lockdown. A press release on Tuesday from the human rights body said Maharashtra DGP […] Read more » NHRC on Palghar lynching. Palghar lynching.