High Profile Cases Khalida Begum, Muslim woman donates her savings for Hajj to RSS-affiliate. March 30, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Muslim woman from Jammu and Kashmir has donated her savings of Rs 5 lakh, meant for the Hajj pilgrimage, to the RSS-affiliated ‘Sewa Bharati’ after apparently being “impressed with the welfare work” done by the outfit amid the lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Khalida Begum, 87, who saved Rs 5 lakh for […] Read more » Hajj pilgrimage Khalida Begum Muslim woman donates her savings RSS-affiliate RSS-affiliated 'Sewa Bharati'
High Profile Cases No plan to extend 21-day lockdown: Government. March 30, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government on Monday said there was no plan to extend the 21-day lockdown which came intro force on Tuesday midnight. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting tweeted, saying Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has denied media reports claiming that the government will extend the lockdown. “There are rumours & […] Read more » No plan to extend 21-day lockdown
High Profile Cases Top Law News EMIs put on hold : big-bang interest rate cut as RBI joins fight against coronavirus. March 29, 2020 / March 29, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The RBI on Friday put on hold EMI payments on all term loans for three months and cut interest rate by steepest in more than 11 years as it joined the government effort to rescue a slowing economy that has now got caught in coronavirus whirlwind. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut repo to […] Read more » EMIs put on hold Monetary Policy Committee Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
High Profile Cases Top Law News PM seeks nation’s forgiveness for tough decisions and says India will surely defeat coronavirus. March 29, 2020 / March 29, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sought the nation’s forgiveness for imposing a monumental lockdown on the country, but said “we have to win … and we will definitely win the battle” against the unprecedented menace of coronavirus that has claimed 25 lives in India so far. In his monthly Mann ki Baat radio address […] Read more » PM seeks nation's forgiveness for tough decisions
High Profile Cases Top Law News SCBA mulls BCI plea to help financially-troubled lawyers in wake of COVID-19. March 26, 2020 / March 26, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after the Bar Council of India urged the Prime Minister and states to help the financially stressed lawyers in wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Ashok Arora has sought views of the members of the Association on extending financial help for such lawyers. The contributions thus […] Read more » SCBA
High Profile Cases Police takes responsibility of delivering food at every doorstep in West Bengal. March 26, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that there is a need to ensure that there is no scarcity of food in the wake of coronavirus lockdown. On Monday, Banerjee had said that her administration is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that citizens are safe from coronavirus. “The West Bengal Government is […] Read more » West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
High Profile Cases Coronavirus: HC directs MEA to ensure safety of 300 Indian students stranded in Kazakhstan. March 26, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to ensure welfare and safety of around 300 Indian students stranded at Almaty Airport in Kazakhstan for the past 2-3 days without food and medical aid due to coronavirus pandemic. A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh, which conducted the hearing […] Read more » 300 Indian students stranded in Kazakhstan
High Profile Cases Top Law News Delhi High Court Lawyers Chambers to be closed till 31st March after Supreme Court. March 23, 2020 / March 23, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After Supreme Court decided to seal its lawyers chamber, the Delhi High Court has also decided to close the lawyers chamber blocks from 6 PM today i.e 23rd March till 31st March. After which the conditions will be reassessed. The Delhi HC Bar Association has sought utmost cooperation of the lawyers as steps are being taken in the […] Read more » Delhi HC Bar Association
High Profile Cases Coronavirus : Will grant special parole and furlough to convicts to decongest prisons. March 23, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city govt told the Delhi HC on Monday that it has decided to decongest capital’s prisons by providing convicts with the options of special parole & furlough to contain the spread of coronavirus. A Bench of Justices Hima Kohli & Subramonium Prasad, taking note of the submission, directed the Delhi govt to take the […] Read more » convicts with the options of special parole & furlough decongest capital’s prisons decongest capital’s prisons by providing convicts with the options of special parole & furlough Justice Hima Kohli Justice Subramonium Prasad
High Profile Cases Punjab & Haryana High Court admonishes Judge and orders examination of his conduct. March 23, 2020 / March 23, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “God have mercy on the litigants that appear in his court,” the Punjab & Haryana HC asserted while admonishing a judge belonging to subordinate judiciary. The High Court also directed its Registrar-General to get his conduct examined on the administrative side & never to post him in a “Family Court” again as he appeared to […] Read more » Hindu Marriage Act Punjab & Haryana High Court Punjab & Haryana High Court admonishes Judge
High Profile Cases Top Law News 230 lawyers cleared the Examination of AoR. March 23, 2020 / March 23, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The results of the Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record (AoR) Examination conducted in June 2019 have been declared. As per the list published, 230 advocates have cleared the examination, whereas 92 advocates have been listed as eligible to re-appear. AOR_Exam___June_2019___Result Click to see the result list Read more » AoR Examination Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record (AoR) Examination Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record (AoR) Examination result
High Profile Cases Number of COVID-19 cases rises to 415 in India: Health Ministry March 23, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country surged to 415, a spike from the 360 figure the night before, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The figure includes 41 foreign nationals and seven deaths. Gujarat, Bihar and Maharashtra reported a death each on Sunday. Four fatalities were reported earlier from Karnataka, Delhi, Maharashtra […] Read more » 415 corona virus cases in India Number of COVID-19 cases rises to 415 in India
