Top Law News Ayodhya: Supreme Court notices to 2 for threatening senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan September 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from two persons for allegedly threatening senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan for taking up the case on behalf of the Sunni Waqf Board and other Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute matter. “Notice,” said the five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi at the […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute matter senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan
Top Law News Make India a hub for world class legal practice and legal education : Harvard professor Professor David B Wilkins September 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India has the potential to be one of the premier countries for legal practice and legal education, said Professor David B Wilkins of Harvard Law School. The Indian bar, therefore, should not be afraid of competing with lawyers from around the world, both here in India and abroad, he said. Wilkins, Vice Dean, Harvard Law […] Read more » India a hub for world class legal practice Professor David B Wilkins Professor David B Wilkins of Harvard Law School
Top Law News PIL in Supreme Court for community kitchens in all states to combat hunger September 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to all states and union territories (UTs) to formulate a scheme for community kitchens to combat hunger and malnutrition. The plea, which is listed for hearing on Monday before a bench headed by Justice N V Ramana, alleged that many children under the age […] Read more » PIL in Supreme Court
Top Law News Kapil Mishra claims in HC he was disqualified as he was whistleblower and highlighted Delhi govt corruption September 2, 2019 / September 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Disqualified AAP MLA Kapil Mishra, who recently joined the BJP, has claimed before the Delhi High Court that the action was taken against him as he had highlighted alleged corruption of the chief minister, ministers and functionaries of the city government and the Speaker had “prejudiced and oblique motive”. In an additional affidavit, Mishra, who […] Read more » Disqualified AAP MLA Kapil Mishra Kapil mishra
Family Law News Full of controlled anger’ man sues cheating wife after finding out 8-year-old son is not his A man in London has sued his cheating wife after finding out their 8-year-old son is not his September 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The man has sued his wife for ‘every penny’ he ever spent on their son along with mental distress caused by the wife. On the orders of High Court Judge Jonathan Cohen QC, all parties affected by the incident are not to be named in any media platform. The judge has also asked the wife […] Read more » husband wife
Corporate Law News Raja Bahadur property: Supreme Court directs matter to CJI for reference to larger bench August 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With two judges arriving at different conclusions, the Supreme Court has directed that the issue of acquisition of properties of the late Raja Bahadur Sardar Singh of Khetri, a member of the Constituent Assembly, by the Rajasthan government be placed before the Chief Justice of India for reference to a larger bench. While Justice R […] Read more » Raja Bahadur property Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Why not Give Part of Jayalalithaa’s Properties to Public, asks High court August 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Why not a portion of former CM. J Jayalalithaa’s properties be allotted for welfare of the public as she was a leader who always said she was made by the people & worked for them, the Madras HC asked on Friday. A division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran & Justice Abdul Quddhose made the oral observation while hearing a plea […] Read more » jayalalitha Properties Madras High Court
Family Law News Wife alleges Triple Talaq , FIR against Lawyer August 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Thursday afternoon, an FIR has been registered against a 31-year-old lawyer after his 26-year-old wife alleged that he gave her triple talaq, outside Parliament Street police station. A case under Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act has been registered. Additional DCP (New Delhi) Deepak Yadav said, “An FIR was filed […] Read more » FIR triple talaq
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
