High Profile Cases PM calls for Janta Curfew and urges people to stay indoors. March 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made a fervent appeal to all Indians to stay indoors as much as possible to avoid getting infected by coronavirus, saying the world has never seen a danger as grave as this. He called for ‘Janta curfew’ on March 22 from 7 am-9 pm, saying no citizen, barring those […] Read more » PM calls for Janta Curfew
High Profile Cases Nirbhaya: 4 convicts executed in Tihar Jail. March 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a Delhi woman on December 16, 2012 were hanged in the darkness of pre-dawn on Friday, ending a horrific chapter in India’s long history of sexual assault that had seared the nation’s soul. Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay […] Read more » 4 convicts executed in Tihar Jail. 4 convicts of nirbhaya executed in Tihar Jail.
High Profile Cases Top Law News Janata Curfew: CP to be closed on Sunday. March 20, 2020 / March 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Connaught Place in Delhi will be closed on Sunday due to the ‘Janata Curfew’ in the country over the novel coronavirus pandemic. “As it has been requested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday to observe a Janata Curfew, Connaught Place shall remain closed on March 22,” New Delhi Trader’s Association president Atul Bhargava said. “As […] Read more » corona virus Janata Curfew in connaught place Janata Curfew:
High Profile Cases Top Law News MP political crisis: SC suggests Speaker interact with rebel MLAs via video link. March 20, 2020 / March 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker N P Prajapati should interact with the rebel Congress MLAs through video link or the court can appoint an observer to allay the fear that the legislators are in captivity. However, the Speaker refused to accept the top court’s proposal. A bench comprising Justices […] Read more » Chief Minister Kamal Nath Governor Lalji Tandon Justice Hemant Gupta justices D Y Chandrachud Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker N P Prajapati MP political crisis Senior advocate A M Singhvi
High Profile Cases Bombay High Court asks Immigration Bureau to grant visa to woman stuck in Dubai. March 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has come to the aid of a 19-year-old woman stranded in Dubai in view of the Centre’s coronavirus travel advisory by directing the Indian Immigration Bureau to grant her visa to travel to Mumbai. The woman got stuck in Dubai after she was prevented from boarding her connecting flight to Mumbai […] Read more » Immigration Bureau to grant visa
High Profile Cases Nirbhaya case: SC declines to entertain Mukesh’s plea claiming he wasn’t in Delhi at time of crime March 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain the plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, challenging the Delhi High Court order which rejected his claim that he was not in the city when at the time of crime on December 16, 2012. A bench […] Read more » Justice A.S. Bopanna Justice Ashok Bhushan Justices R Banumathi Mukesh's plea claiming he wasn't in Delhi at time of crime
Corporate Law News Koregaon-Bhima commission summons NCP chief Sharad Pawar. March 18, 2020 / March 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The commission conducting inquiry into the 2018 Koregaon Bhima violence in Maharashtra’s Pune district has summoned NCP chief Sharad Pawar as a witness on April 4, the panel’s lawyer Ashish Satpute said here on Wednesday. Pawar will have to appear in Mumbai, he said. The NCP chief had filed an affidavit before the commission, headed by […] Read more » Koregaon-Bhima case Koregaon-Bhima commission NCP chief Sharad Pawar
High Profile Cases Nirbhaya Case: Plea of convict Mukesh Singh seeking restoration of legal remedies rejected by SC. March 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday rejected the plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, seeking restoration of all his legal remedies alleging that his earlier lawyers misled him. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah held Singh’s plea as not maintainable saying […] Read more » 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case Justice Arun Mishra Justice M R Shah Mukesh singh plea rejec ted by SC Nirbhaya case Plea of convict Mukesh Singh seeking restoration of legal remedies rejected
High Profile Cases Top Law News The Congress-ruled Rajasthan government moves SC challenging validity of CAA. March 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Congress-ruled Rajasthan government on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, saying the law was violative of fundamental rights such as right to equality and life under the constitution. Rajasthan became the second state after Kerala to move the top court invoking Article 131 of the Constitution under […] Read more » The Congress-ruled Rajasthan government The Congress-ruled Rajasthan government moves SC The Congress-ruled Rajasthan government on CAA
High Profile Cases COVID-19 pandemic: SC takes suo moto cognisance of overcrowding of prisons. March 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday took suo moto cognisance of overcrowding and infrastructure of prisons across the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and L N Rao issued a notice to the Director General, Prison, and chief secretary of all states and union territories seeking […] Read more » Chief Justice S A Bobde COVID-19 pandemic Justice L N Rao SC on COVID-19 pandemic suo moto cognisance of overcrowding and infrastructure of prisons
High Profile Cases Coronavirus : BHC seeks Mumbai university’s response on exam plea of graduate and post graduate. March 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Monday sought the Mumbai University’s response on graduate and post graduate examinations scheduled to be held amid the novel coronavirus breakout. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B P Dharmadhikari and Justice N R Borkar was informed by an advocate, Siddarth Ingle, that the state government had, on March 14, […] Read more » BHC on exam plea of graduate and post graduate BHC seeks Mumbai university's response on exam plea Bombay High Court on coronavirus Coronavirus exam plea of graduate and post graduate
High Profile Cases Top Law News Bishop Mulakkal’s discharge plea dismissed by trial court in alleged rape case. March 18, 2020 / March 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A trial court here on Monday dismissed a discharge petition filed by Bishop Franco Mulakkal, in connection with the case of alleged rape of a nun in which he is the prime accused. In his plea filed before the Additional District and Sessions Court I, Mulakkal had claimed that prima facie there was no case to […] Read more » Bishop Franco Mulakkal Bishop Mulakkal Bishop Mulakkal in rape case of nun Bishop Mulakkal's discharge plea
