High Profile Cases Time is ripe for legislation containing compulsory ‘pre-litigation mediation’: CJI S A Bobde February 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Saturday said the time is ripe to devise a comprehensive legislation which contains “compulsory pre-litigation mediation” that would ensure efficiency and reduce the time of pendency for parties as well as courts. Speaking at the 3rd edition of of an international conference on ‘Arbitration in the Era […] Read more » AI Artificial Intelligence CJI S A Bobde compulsory 'pre-litigation mediation' IA international arbitration
High Profile Cases Over 2.6 lakh cases up for disposal in Lok Adalats: Rajasthan HC judge February 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than 2.6 lakh cases have been identified in the state to be taken up for disposal in Lok Adalats, a Rajasthan High Court judge has said. Lok Adalats will be organised in courts across the state on Saturday based on the instructions of the National Legal Services Authority. A total of 789 benches have […] Read more » 2.6 lakh cases up for disposal in Lok Adalats D C Somani G R Moolchandani High Court Justices Govardhan Bardar Inderjeet Singh N S Dhadha National Legal Services Authority Pankaj Bhandari Rajasthan High Court judge Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority Justice Sangeet Lodha
High Profile Cases SP leader Muzaffar Rana’s murder case: Court orders salary of SI to be stopped for non-appearance February 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court in Meerut has ordered police to stop disbursing the salary of a sub-inspector for not appearing in court in connection with Samajwadi Party leader Muzaffar Rana’s murder case. Sub-inspector Deepak Malik is the investigating officer in the case and has not appeared in court to record his statement till now despite repeated […] Read more » former Bahujan Samaj Party MP Kadir Rana Muzaffar Rana's murder case public prosecutor Sirajuddin Alvi Samajwadi Party leader Muzaffar Rana's murder case. SP leader murder case
High Profile Cases M J Akbar on #MeToo: Priya Ramani’s allegations of sexual misconduct figment of her imagination. February 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Union Minister M J Akbar told a Delhi court Friday that scribe Priya Ramani’s accusations of sexual misconduct against him in the wake of #MeToo movement in 2018 were “figment of her imagination” and caused him “great humiliation” and “irreparably damaged his reputation”. Akbar made the allegations before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja […] Read more » allegations of sexual misconduct M J Akbar M J Akbar on #MeToo Priya Ramani Priya Ramani's allegations of sexual misconduct
High Profile Cases Top Law News Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan’s judicial custody extended February 9, 2020 / February 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here extended the judicial custody of Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan, arrested in a cheating case, till February 24. According to the prosecution, the fast-track court extended Hasan’s custody after a hearing via video-conference on Friday. Hasan, who represents Kairana in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, was arrested on January 24 in a cheating […] Read more » Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan
High Profile Cases Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP MLA Vikram Saini appear in court in violence case February 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BJP MLA Vikram Saini and others have appeared in a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district on Thursday in connection with violence during the Muzaffarnagar riots. Special court judge Ram Singh has fixed March 13 for recording statement of the witnesses from the prosecution side. Khatauli MLA Saini and 27 others are facing an attempt-to-murder […] Read more » BJP MLA Vikram Saini
High Profile Cases Sheena Bora murder case: HC grants bail to Peter Mukerjea. February 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in the Sheena Bora killing case, observing that prima facie there was no evidence of his involvement in the crime. Justice Nitin Sambre granted bail to Peter Mukerjea on a surety of Rs two lakh and directed that he should […] Read more » bail to former media baron Peter Mukerjea Sheena Bora killing case
Corporate Law News Supreme Court on legal sanction to Passive Euthanasia and the Governments Stand February 7, 2020 / February 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Common Cause Vs Union of India & Others, has “laid down the principles relating to the procedure for execution of Advance Directive and provided the guidelines to give effect to passive euthanasia in both circumstances A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, headed by then Chief Justice of India Sh. Dipak Misra, in its […] Read more » passive euthanasia
Corporate Law News Family Law News Rights of Second Wife – With reference to Bigamous Marriage in India February 6, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Written by: Varun Shivhare, II Year, National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal Second marriage, during the subsistence of the first marriage, is illegal in India and the relationship arising from the same does not have any validity. Even though the law is very clear on this point, ‘second marriage’ is a common practice in Indian […] Read more » Bigamous Marriage in India Grant of Injunction Hindu Marriage Act1955 Proof of Second Marriage Rights of Second Wife
High Profile Cases DefExpo 2020: PM Modi stresses on ‘Make in India’ February 6, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow; PM says, ‘Make in India’ will make India more secure and add more jobs in the defence sector; PM calls upon companies to make in India, for India and for the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the DefExpo, India’s biennial military exhibition that […] Read more » Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow Digital Transformation of Defence Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Top Law News Nirbhaya case: Centre and Delhi govt move SC challenging HC verdict on hanging of convicts. February 6, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre and the Delhi government moved the Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the rejection of their plea by the Delhi High Court against the trial court order staying the execution of four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Hours after the high court’s verdict, the Centre and the Delhi government filed […] Read more » Mukesh Kumar Singh (32) Nirbhaya case Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case Pawan Gupta (25) Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31
High Profile Cases SC begins hearing to decide if it can refer question of law to larger bench in review jurisdiction. February 6, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court Thursday began deliberations on the legal issue of whether the top court can refer questions of law to a larger bench while exercising its review jurisdiction. This question arose during the hearing in the Sabarimala case which relates to religious discrimination against women at religious places. A […] Read more » Ashok Bhushan B R Gavai Chief Justice S A Bobde Fali S Nariman kapil sibal L Nageswara Rao larger bench in review jurisdiction M M Shantanagoudar questions of law to a larger bench R Banumathi R Subhash Reddy Rajeev Dhavan Rakesh Dwivedi S A Nazeer Shyam Divan Surya Kant
