High Profile Cases SC : Can transport minister come to explain govt proposal for introducing EVs. February 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed desire to interact with the Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on the proposal for gradual conversion of all public transport and government vehicles into electric vehicles (EVs) to curb air pollution. The apex court, however, did not seek presence of the minister after Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni raised […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni Chief Justice S A Bobde government vehicles into electric vehicles (EVs) to curb air pollution. govt proposal for introducing EVs. Mr Prashant Bhushan sc on govt proposal for introducing EVs. Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on the proposal for gradual conversion of all public transport and government vehicles into electric vehicles
High Profile Cases Top Law News UP: Chided for relationship with youth woman ends life. February 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An 18-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide here by jumping in front of a train after being rebuked by a youth’s family for being in a relationship with him, police said. The body of Nasrin was recovered along the tracks near Sindhawli village under Mansurpur police station in the district on Wednesday, they said. A case […] Read more » Chided for relationship
High Profile Cases Man held for ‘offensive’ FB post on UP CM Yogi Adityanath February 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A trader has been arrested in Greater Noida for allegedly sharing a Facebook post deemed “offensive” against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, officials said on Thursday. The accused, identified as Chand Quraishi, is a resident of Jewar town and was arrested on Wednesday evening, they said. When contacted, Quraishi said he shared the post […] Read more » Chand Quraishi is a resident of Jewar town offensive' FB post offensive' FB post on UP CM Yogi Adityanath UP CM Yogi Adityanath
High Profile Cases Top Law News Uphaar tragedy: SC dismisses curative plea by victims; no further jail term for Ansal brothers. February 20, 2020 / February 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the curative petition filed by an association of the victims of the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case, sparing the Ansal brothers further jail term. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde, and justices N V Ramana and Arun Mishra considered the curative plea by the Association […] Read more » and justices N V Ramana Association for Victims of Uphaar Tragedy AVUT Chief Justice S A Bobde Justice Arun Mishra Neelam Krishnamoorthy no further jail term for Ansal brothers no further jail term for Ansal brothers in uphaar tragedy Uphaar tragedySC dismisses curative plea by victims;
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court directs CBI to hand over certain documents from charge sheet in INX Media case. February 19, 2020 / February 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Tuesday directed the CBI to hand over to P Chidambaram and his son Karti certain documents filed along with the charge sheet in the INX Media corruption case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar issued the direction to CBI during the hearing […] Read more » Chidambaram INX Media corruption case money laundering case
High Profile Cases Affidavit case: SC reserves verdict on plea of Devendra Fadnavis to review order asking him to face trial. February 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ plea seeking review of its 2019 judgement asking the BJP leader to face trial for allegedly failing to furnish details of pending criminal cases against him in his 2014 poll affidavit. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing Fadnavis, told a bench […] Read more » affidavit case Bombay High Court order which gave a clean chit to Fadnavis former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis Justice Aniruddha Bose Justice Deepak Gupta Representation of Peoples Act RPA
High Profile Cases Delhi court sends Sharjeel Imam to judicial custody till Mar 3 in New Friends Colony anti-CAA violence case. February 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday sent Sharjeel Imam, named as an “instigator” by Delhi Police in its charge sheet on violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at New Friends Colony here last year, to judicial custody till March 3. Imam was arrested on sedition charges last month in a separate case. The police has […] Read more » Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at New Friends Colony Sharjeel Imam
High Profile Cases Not right to deprive child’s access to grandparents : Bombay High Court February 19, 2020 / February 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that it is not right to deprive access of a child to his/her grandparents, the Bombay High Court directed a Mumbai-based woman to let her 10-year- old son meet her former in-laws once a week. A division bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and B P Colabawalla earlier this week rejected a petition filed by […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice B P Colabawalla Justice S J Kathawalla not right to deprive access of a child to his/her grandparents
Corporate Law News Defamation case: Delhi court imposes Rs 5000 cost on Tharoor for not appearing before it February 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Saturday imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for not appearing in hearing on a criminal defamation complaint filed against him for his alleged “scorpion” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja imposed the cost on the Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram […] Read more » cost of Rs 5000 on Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Defamation case of pm modi
High Profile Cases Madras High Court quashes .defamation cases against two leading Tamil dailies. February 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has quashed the criminal defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government against a leading English Daily and a Tamil newspaper for publishing an interview of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on late J Jayalalithaa, in 2014. Justice M Dhandapani had recently quashed the government orders issued in 2014, for prosecuting the publisher […] Read more » criminal defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government against a leading English Daily criminal defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government against a leading Tamil Newspaper Justice M Dhandapani Madras High Court publishing an interview of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on late J Jayalalithaa
High Profile Cases Supreme Court directs Centre to grant permanent commission to women officers in Army within 3 months. February 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to all women officers in the Army within three months and said there will not be any absolute bar on giving them command postings. A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud rejected the Centre’s argument of physiological limitations and social norms for […] Read more » permanent commission to women officers in Army
High Profile Cases Maha: Court rejects bail plea of man held in cheating case. February 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here in Maharashtra has rejected the bail application of a 35-year-old man arrested for cheating a businessman to the tune of Rs 26 lakh. Additional Sessions Judge R V Tamhanekar on Saturday said the accused, Jayakumar Gopal Immanuel, took the money from the businessman while promising to sell him flood-damaged cars, but he neither […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge R V Tamhanekar Court rejects bail plea
