High Profile Cases Shaheen Bagh protests : Police has power to control traffic in such area. January 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday said the police has the power to control traffic wherever protests are going on and directed it to look into a plea against restrictions on Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch which has been closed for a month due to agitations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. A bench of Chief Justice D […] Read more » Shaheen Bagh protests
High Profile Cases Nirbhaya case : SC dismisses curative petitions filed by two of four death row convicts January 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the curative petitions filed by two of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. A 5-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana rejected the curative petitions filed by Vinay Sharma (26) and Mukesh Kumar (32). The proceedings were conducted in-chamber. A curative petition […] Read more » Ashok Bhushan Justice N.V. Ramana Justices Arun Mishra Nirbhaya case R Banumathi R F Nariman
High Profile Cases Shaheen Bagh protests : Police has power to control traffic in such areas. January 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday said the police has the power to control traffic wherever protests are going on and directed it to look into a plea against restrictions on Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch which has been closed for a month due to agitations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. A bench of Chief Justice D […] Read more » CAA Delhi High Court Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch National Register of Citizen NRC Okhla underpass Shaheen Bagh protests
High Profile Cases Delhi HC dismisses ED plea to set aside bail granted to Ratul Puri January 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea to set aside the bail granted to businessman and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s nephew Ratul Puri in a money laundering case connected to the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam. Justice Suresh Kait said bail once granted ought not to be cancelled in […] Read more » ratul puri
Corporate Law News Muzaffarpur case: Court seeks CBI response on Brajesh Thakur’s plea claiming witnesses not reliable. January 14, 2020 / January 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Tuesday sought response of the CBI on a plea filed by Brajesh Thakur, prime accused in a case of alleged sexual and physical assault of several girls in a Muzaffarpur shelter home, claiming that testimonies of witnesses in the case were not reliable. Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha directed the CBI […] Read more » alleged sexual assault of about 30 minor girls in Muzaffarpur's shelter home criminal intimidation drugging of minors Muzaffarpur shelter home offences of rape sexual and physical assault of several girls sexual and physical assault of several girls in a Muzaffarpur shelter home Sexual assault sexual harassment
Corporate Law News Delhi HC directs police to look into traffic restrictions on Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch. January 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the city police to look into traffic restrictions on Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch, which has been closed for nearly a month due to protests against the amended Citizenship Act, while keeping in mind the larger public interest. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel Delhi High Court Justice C Hari Shankar Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh traffic restrictions on Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch
High Profile Cases Anti-CAA protests: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad moves Delhi court seeking bail. January 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad sought bail in a local court here on Monday in connection with violence during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest in Daryaganj area, claiming that police invoked “boilerplate” charges against him and arrested him “mechanically” without following the due process of law. The court has put up the matter for further hearing […] Read more » bail to Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad Chandrashekhar Azad violence during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act
High Profile Cases Nusli Wadia withdraws defamation cases including 3,000 cr damage suit against Ratan Tata and others. January 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia on Monday withdrew all defamation cases including the Rs 3,000 crore suit for damages against Tata group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata and others. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde allowed Wadia to withdraw the petition in the apex court after the court recorded that Tata and others […] Read more » Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia Chief Justice S A Bobde justices B R Gavai Nusli Wadia senior advocate C A Sundaram Surya Kant Tata group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata
High Profile Cases Delhi High Court declines to stay AAP govt’s minimum wage notification. January 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has declined to stay the AAP government’s decision taken in October last year to enhance the minimum wages to be paid to workers in the city. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said there was no need for the Delhi government to presume any […] Read more » AAP govt's minimum wage notification Chief Justice D.N. Patel Delhi High Court Justice C Hari Shankar minimum wage notification
High Profile Cases Supreme Court asks senior lawyers to deicide for deliberation issues related to discrimination against women. January 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked four senior lawyers to convene a meeting on January 17 to decide on the issues to be deliberated by it in the matter relating to discrimination against women in various religions and at religious places including Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple. The top court however made it clear at the outset that […] Read more » A M Singhvi Chief Justice S A Bobde deliberation issues related to discrimination against women. Kerala's Sabarimala Temple Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Supreme Court
High Profile Cases NGT prohibits construction of housing complex in north Delhi. January 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has ordered status quo on construction of a housing complex adjacent to the Delhi University campus. Applying the “Precautionary Principle” of environmental law, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said evaluation of relevant data is required by a joint Committee comprising representatives of the Central Pollution Control […] Read more » construction of housing complex in north Delhi housing complex housing complex in north Delhi National Green Tribunal NGT NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel north Delhi
High Profile Cases Man seeks Rs 1.5 cr from mother for abandoning him 38 yrs ago January 13, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 40-year-old man has moved the Bombay High Court against his biological mother and sought a compensation of Rs 1.5 crore from her for abandoning him in Mumbai when he was two years’ old and later refusing to accept him as her son. The petitioner, Srikant Sabnis, a make-up artist, has said he underwent a […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice A K Menon mother for abandoning Srikant Sabnis Uday Mhaskar
