Criminal Law News Lodge inter-faith couple in safehouse, HC tells Authorities August 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Friday, the Punjab & Haryana High Court ordered Haryana Govt. authorities to lodge an inter-faith couple at a safehouse in Panchkula after the woman alleged that Hindu groups were threatening her & her husband. The 19-year-old woman was on Friday brought before a single bench of Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa after the court directed […] Read more » Haryana Punjab Punjab and Haryana High Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court stays NSA detention order against man accused of cow slaughter August 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Friday, the Supreme Court stayed a detention order passed under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against an Uttar Pradesh man accused of cow slaughter. A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman also issued a notice on the plea by Mehboob Ali, said his counsel Narveer Dabas. Ali said in the plea that the “stringent […] Read more » cow slaughter NSA Supreme Court
Heritage and National Importance Ayodhya case : Chances Brighten for Verdict in November August 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chances of the SC giving a final verdict in Nov. in the 70-year-old litigation for ownership of the 2.77 acre Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land in Ayodhya brightened as all Hindu parties, who were awarded 2-3rd of the disputed land by the Allahabad HC, have completed their arguments. The hearing had started on Aug 6. Giving a […] Read more » Ayodhya case ram mandir Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Law student traced, Supreme Court meets her, will stay in Delhi for 4 days August 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Directing UP police to produce the missing Shahjahanpur law student who was traced to Rajasthan Friday, a Supreme Court bench, after interacting with her in the evening instructed that she be accommodated in a short-stay home in New Delhi for four days. The woman was reported missing a week ago from Shahjahanpur, & her father had accused […] Read more » law student Supreme Court
Human Rights A Year After Supreme Court’s Sec 377 Order, LGBT+ Community Waits for Inclusive Laws August 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Reading down of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) isn’t enough to secure the rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)+ community, according to a study that has highlighted the need to repeal section 377 to prevent its misuse in cases of violence involving same sex relations. In a landmark judgment […] Read more » LGBT community Supreme Court
Human Rights Over 19 Lakh People Left Out from Final List of NRC Assam Yet Another Window Offered August 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was published on Saturday excluding over 19 lakh people. Whereas over three crore people have been found eligible for the inclusion in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), Prateek Hajela, the State Coordinator of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), said in an […] Read more » final list nrc assam
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court Collegium proposes Elevation of Justices Ravindra Bhat, Krishna Murari, Hrishikesh and Ramasubramanian Roy as Supreme Court Judges [Read Resolution] August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The SC Collegium has recommended the elevation of four Chief Justices of High Courts as Supreme Court judges. They are : 1. Justice S Ravindra Bhat, Chief Justice of High Court of Rajasthan 2. Justice V Ramasubramanian, Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal Pradesh 3. Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Chief Justice of High Court […] Read more » Supreme Court
Corporate Law News Enforcement Directorate attaches immovable, movable assets worth Rs 3.14 crore under PMLA Act August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Friday, Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached immovable & movable assets of accused Amit Kohli, Diwakar Gupta & others, worth Rs 3.14 crore under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) in a case related to the illegal export of prescription drugs & psychotropic substances. According to the probe agency, the attached asset includes immovable & movable property […] Read more » Enforcement Directorate PMLA act
Consumer Law News High Court asks Govt to Take Policy Decision on Liquor Ban August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttarakhand HC has given the state govt 6 months to formulate a policy to implement provisions of the Excise Act which provide for prohibition of alcohol in the state. A division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice (CJ) Ramesh Ranganathan & Justice Alok Kumar Verma directed the state govt on Thursday to take a […] Read more » liqour ban Uttrakhand High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Subramanian Swamy cross-examined in National Herald case August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BJP MP Subramanian Swamy was on Friday cross-examined in a Delhi court in connection with the National Herald case. Swamy, the complainant in the case, was cross-examined by the R S Cheema, the counsel of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi & Rahul Gandhi, in the Rouse Avenue Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Samar Vishal. […] Read more » delhi hgh court Subramanian Swamy
Corporate Law News Amrapali Case: List of Aggrieved Homebuyers Submitted to SC August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A list of 6,000 aggrieved homebuyers of 6 different Amrapali projects was on Friday submitted to the SC on its direction by their counsel M L Lahoty. On Aug 26, a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra asked Lahoty to furnish project-wise details of the people, who are presently residing in various apartments of the […] Read more » amrpali case Supreme Court
Environment Law News Court Makes it Mandatory for Accused to Plant 5 Saplings to Get Bail August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Banda court has said that it will grant bail to a person accused of creating nuisance on condition that they will have to plant 5 saplings. The clause is an addition to the existing punishment prescribed under the law. “People are appreciating it & following the orders. The accused are granted bail after they […] Read more » banda district distrct magistrate plant sappling
