High Profile Cases Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Minority Status For Hindus In 9 States. February 28, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Central Government in a plea seeking minority status for Hindus living in 7 States in India. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar will next take up the matter on May 4. Filed by Ashwini Upadhyay, the plea seeks minority […] Read more » 'West Bengal Arunachal Pradesh Assam Chief Justice DN Patel Goa hindus becoming minority Hindus in Arunachal Pradesh (29%) Hindus in J&K (28.44%) Hindus in Lakshadweep (2.5%) Hindus in Manipur (31.39%) Hindus in Meghalaya (11.53%) Hindus in Mizoram (2.75%) Hindus in Nagaland (8.75%) Hindus in Punjab (38.40%). Jammu & Kashmir Justice Hari Shankar Kerala Lakshadweep Manipur Meghalaya minority status for Hindus Mizoram Nagaland Punjab Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Violence During 2015 Patidar Protests: SC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Hardik Patel. February 28, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Congress leader Hardik Patel in connection with his involvement in the 2015 Patidar Andolan agitation, pulling up the Gujarat police for the delay in the investigation. The bench headed by Justice U. U. Lalit issued notice to the state government, requiring that the court be informed […] Read more » 2015 Patidar Andolan agitation 2015 Patidar Protests Hardik patel Interim Protection From Arrest Interim Protection From Arrest To Hardik Patel Justice U U Lalit senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi Violence During 2015 Patidar Protests
High Profile Cases Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea For NIA Probe Into Funding Of Anti-CAA Protests. February 28, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court has issued notices in a plea asking for the National Investigation Agency to investigate the funding and sponsoring of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has issued notices to Union Government, Delhi Government, and Commissioner of Delhi Police. Moved by […] Read more » Chief Justice DN Patel Funding Of Anti-CAA Protests Inder lok Jafrabaad Jheel Khureje Justice Hari Shankar NIA investigate the Anti-CAA protestors Okhla Saheen Bagh Seelampur
High Profile Cases NCLAT Hauls Unitech Ltd For Defaulting Payment To Deposit Holders. February 28, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has directed Unitech Limited, once India’s second largest real estate investment company to repay the amount(s) to its deposit holders pendent lite along with future interest @ 12.5% p.a. from the date of maturity of the respective FDRs. It has also imposed cost of Rs.50,000/- to each of the […] Read more » National Company Law Appellate Tribunal NCLAT
High Profile Cases Supreme Court To Hear Plea For Implementation Of Guidelines On Police Reforms After Sabarimala Reference February 28, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Advocate Prashant Bhushan today sought urgent listing of a fresh plea seeking implementation of guidelines laid down in the Prakash Singh Judgment on police reforms. Bhushan referred to the riots which broke out in North East Delhi to highlight the pressing need for the court to issue directions for the implementation of the 2006 judgment. […] Read more » police reforms Police Reforms After Sabarimala Reference Sabarimala Reference
High Profile Cases Bombay High Court seeks to know junkyard expansion impact on flamingo haven. February 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed two expert bodies to assess any adverse effect of expansion of a dumping ground in suburban Kanjurmarg on a flamingo sanctuary located in the vicinity. A division bench asked the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to carry out an evaluation whether […] Read more » Bombay High Court expansion of a dumping ground in suburban Kanjurmarg expansion of a dumping ground in suburban Kanjurmarg on a flamingo sanctuary flamingo sanctuary junkyard expansion impact on flamingo
High Profile Cases SC asks estranged wife of industrialist Jaidev Shroff to look for house of her choice on rent in Mumbai. February 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked Poonam Jaidev Shroff, socialite estranged wife of industrialist Jaidev Shroff, to search for a house of her “choice” in Mumbai in a week’s time or it will direct the Bombay High Court registry to do the needful which will be binding on her. The top court, which had earlier asked […] Read more » Chief Justice S A Bobde Poonam Jaidev Shroff socialite Poonm Shroff
High Profile Cases Top Law News A Simdega court sentences man to 20-years in jail for raping maid. February 27, 2020 / February 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Simdega court has sentenced a man to 20-years in jail for raping a 17-year-old girl in Simdega district in 2018. Additional District Judge Madhuresh Kumar Verma on Wednesday sentenced 42-year-old Vinod Gupta after finding him guilty of raping the girl under Pocso Act and various IPC sections. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs […] Read more » 20-years in jail for raping a 17-year-old Additional District Judge Madhuresh Kumar Verma guilty of raping the girl under Pocso Act Simdega court
High Profile Cases Ranchi court convicts 11 in law student rape case. February 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Ranchi court has convicted 11 persons for raping a 25-year-old law student in November last year. The court of the Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi, Navneet Kumar, on Wednesday found all the 11 accused guilty and fixed March 2 as the date to pronounce the quantum of the sentence. The 11 convicted persons are Kuldeep Oraon, Sunil […] Read more » e Juvenile Justice Board Judicial Commissione Navneet Kumar Judicial Commissioner Ranchi Navneet Kumar law student rape case. law student rape case. in Ranchi Navneet Kumar Ranchi court
Corporate Law News Top Law News Transfer of Justice Muralidhar done on recommendation of SC collegium: Ravi Shankar Prasad. February 27, 2020 / February 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said Delhi High Court judge S Muralidhar was transferred following the recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium, asserting that a “well-settled process” was followed. The minister’s reaction came after the Congress alleged that Justice Muralidhar was transferred by the government to save BJP leaders in the Delhi […] Read more » President Ram Nath Kovind Transfer of Justice Muralidhar
Corporate Law News President Ram Nath Kovind hails judiciary for pursuing cherished goal of gender justice. February 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday hailed the efforts of the Indian judiciary in pursuing the “cherished goal of gender justice” and said that the Supreme Court has always been “pro-active and progressive”. Speaking at the International Judicial Conference 2020 – ‘Judiciary and the Changing World’, the president said the Supreme court has led “progressive […] Read more » goal of gender justice. judiciary for pursuing cherished goal of gender justice. President Ram Nath Kovind
High Profile Cases Shaheen Bagh protests : Court-appointed interlocutors file report in sealed cover in SC February 25, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Court-appointed interlocutors on Monday filed their report in a sealed cover in the Supreme Court on the ongoing protests at Shaheen Bagh here against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Advocate Sadhna Ramachandran, who was appointed an interlocutor along with senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, placed the report before a bench of justices S K Kaul and K […] Read more » CAA Court-appointed interlocutors Court-appointed interlocutors in Shaheen bagh case Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch National Population Register National Register of Citizens NPR NRC Okhla underpass Shaheen Bagh protests
