High Profile Cases Top Law News Country going through difficult times : Supreme Court January 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Thursday observed that the country is going through difficult times and there is so much violence going on as the Supreme Court refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking to declare the Citizenship Amendment Act as constitutional. A bench headed by CJI Bobde expressed surprise over the […] Read more » AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi Chief Justice of India Chief Justice of India S A Bobde CJI Bobde Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) RJD leader Manoj Jha S A Bobde Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra
High Profile Cases Top Law News US House to vote on preventing Trump from Iran war January 10, 2020 / January 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Democratic-led US House of Representatives will vote Thursday to prevent President Donald Trump from waging war with Iran after he ordered the killing of a top general, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Pelosi said that the Democrats will move forward because their concerns were not addressed in a closed-door briefing to lawmakers Wednesday by Secretary […] Read more » Democratic-led US House of Representatives Donald Trump Qasem Soleimani Trump Trump from waging war with Iran
High Profile Cases Top Law News Notice to Centre and ECI on plea against use of plastic especially banners and hoardings during polls : Supreme Court January 10, 2020 / January 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Centre and the Election Commission of India on a plea against use of plastic, especially banners and hoardings, during elections. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the poll panel while seeking their response within […] Read more » banners and hoardings during polls Justice L Nageswara Rao National Green Tribunal use of plastic use of plastic especially banners and hoardings during polls W Edwin Wilson
High Profile Cases Top Law News UAPA Tribunal upholds ban on pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice January 10, 2020 / January 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre’s ban on pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has been upheld by the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act tribunal headed by Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel. The tribunal has held that it was clear from the evidence on record that activities of the group were “unlawful”, “disruptive” and “threaten the sovereignty, […] Read more » Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice SFJ UAPA Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
High Profile Cases Madras High Court concludes hearing on Vedanta plea challenging closure of Sterlite plant January 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has reserved orders on a petition moved by mining major Vedanta Limited challenging the closure of its copper smelter unit in Thootukudi in Tamil Nadu in May 2018. Concluding the hearing of arguments after 39 days, a special bench of Justices TS Sivagnanam and V Bhavani Subbaroyan said on Wednesday it […] Read more » closure of Sterlite plant Madras High Court Vedanta plea challenging closure of Sterlite plant
High Profile Cases Execution ropes from Buxar Jail could be used to hang Nirbhaya case convicts January 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than a month before death warrants were issued in the Nirbhaya gangrape case, a jail in Bihar had been commissioned to make 10 execution ropes which are likely to be used for the four convicts scheduled to be hanged on January 22. The Buxar Jail, the only prison in the state having the required […] Read more » death warrants in the Nirbhaya gangrape case Execution ropes from Buxar Jail Nirbhaya gangrape case
High Profile Cases Top Law News Nirbhaya case: Death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma moves curative plea in SC January 9, 2020 / January 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a last ditch effort to escape the noose, Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four men sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday. A curative petition is the last legal remedy available to a convict. On Tuesday, a Delhi court […] Read more » Akshay Kumar Singh (31) Death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma Delhi High Court Mukesh (32) Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case Pawan Gupta (25) Vinay Kumar Sharma Vinay Sharma (26) Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31)
High Profile Cases Top Law News CJI headed 9-judge SC bench to hear issue of women’s entry in Sabarimala temple January 8, 2020 / January 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday formed a nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde to hear from January 13 the issue of allowing women and girls of all ages to enter Kerala’s Sabarimala temple, along with the other contentious issues of alleged discrimination against Muslim and Parsi women. The other judges on […] Read more » Chief Justice S A Bobde CJI headed 9-judge SC bench women's entry in Sabarimala temple
High Profile Cases As court orders hanging of Nirbhaya case convicts, a look at death penalties in India January 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With a Delhi court Tuesday ordering the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case for January 22, here is a look at India’s record on death penalties and their execution. The convicts have time till then to file curative petitions in the top court which may or may not be […] Read more » a look at death penalties in India As court orders hanging of Nirbhaya case convicts hanging of Nirbhaya case convicts Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) 1999 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) 1985 Prevention of Child Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) 2012 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967
High Profile Cases Ensure law & order during trade unions’ strike: Calcutta High Court to WB govt January 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to take necessary steps for ensuring law and order in the state in view of a nationwide strike called by 10 central trade unions on Wednesday. The high court was hearing a PIL moved by a practising lawyer seeking a direction to the state […] Read more » AICCTU AITUC AIUTUC Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan CITU Ensure law & order during trade unions' strike HC HMS INTUC Justice Arijit Banerjee LPF SEWA TUCC UTUC WB govt
High Profile Cases Top Law News A person is senior by virtue of seniority and deserves to be respected: Delhi High Court January 8, 2020 / January 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A person is a senior by virtue of his seniority and should be respected even if he has less academic qualification than juniors, the Delhi High Court has observed. The high court said insubordination is misconduct and refused to interfere with the orders of a special executive magistrate (SEM) and a trial court directing a […] Read more » A person is senior by virtue of seniority and deserves to be respected respected senior even if he has less academic qualification than juniors
High Profile Cases Top Law News Man gets four terms of life sentence for raping minor daughter January 8, 2020 / January 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 31-year-old man, who raped his minor daughter in the district, was handed four terms of life sentence by a courthere on Tuesday. Mahila court judge Ezhilarasi sentenced Kumar to four terms of life imprisonment which should run continuouslywith a clear order that he should not be released from the prison till hisdeath. The judge […] Read more » life sentence for raping minor daughter
