Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News HC seeks action on providing additional area for co-op courts November 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra Government to spell out the steps it proposes to take to hand over additional area required for co-operative courts in the city. The division bench of Justices V M Kanade and Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi on October 27 heard a bunch of public interest litigations highlighting the lack of infrastructure […] Read more »
Bar, Bench & Firm News Consumer Law News Top Law News Lok Adalats eased courts’ pressure, decided 8.2 cr cases:Judge November 9, 2015 / November 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The already over-burdened judiciary has been aided by the alternate dispute redressal mechanism of Lok Adalats which have decided 8.25 crore pre-litigation and pending cases in over 15.14 sittings in the last two decades, senior Supreme Court judge TS Thakur said on Monday. Justice Thakur, the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) who […] Read more » biggest litigant in the judicial system featured Legal News lok adalats Lok Adalats eased courts' pressure Supreme Court judge TS Thakur
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Effective legal system needed for equal access to justice: CJI November 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Effective legal system needed for equal access to justice: CJI A robust, effective and democratised legal system is necessary to ensure every citizen an equal access to justice, Chief Justice of India Justice HL Dattu has said. “A robust and effective legal system, that fearlessly upholds the rule of law, is one of the foundational pillars of a democracy. “However, it is of equal importance […] Read more » access to justice Chief Justice of India Justice HL Dattu CJI Effective legal system needed featured HL Dattu Patron-in-Chief of National Legal Services Authority top legal news
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Only CNG Cabs Will Ply on Delhi Roads: High Court October 14, 2015 / October 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday made it clear that only those cabs which run on compressed natural gas (CNG) can ply on the national capital’s roads. Justice Manmohan said that since he has already passed an order against ANI Technologies, the company that owns Ola, prohibiting it from running diesel cabs, then same would […] Read more » CNG Cabs CNG Cabs Will Ply on Delhi Roads Delhi High Court featured Justice Manmohan plea filed by Association of Radio Taxis senior advocate Rajiv Nayar
Bar, Bench & Firm News No copyright protection over Yoga poses: US court October 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment From Yoshita Singh New York, Oct 9 (PTI) Indian-American yoga guru Bikram Choudhury is not entitled to copyright protection over yoga poses and breathing exercises he uses in hot rooms developed by him, a US appeals court has ruled. In an order by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California yesterday, a […] Read more » copyright protection copyright protection over Yoga featured
Bar, Bench & Firm News Environment Law News Top Law News NGT Notice to Centre on Petition to Ban Slaughter of Cattle September 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the government on a lawyer’s plea seeking nationwide ban on slaughter of indigenous breeds of cattle. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi issued notice to Ministry of Agriculture while seeking its reply by October 30. The directions came while hearing a petition filed by advocate […] Read more » advocate and environmentalist Ashwini Kumar Ban Slaughter of Cattle featured Justice U D Salvi NGT Notice to Centre Petition to Ban Slaughter Slaughter of Cattle
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News HC upholds conviction of man under POCSO Act for abusing minor September 27, 2015 / September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction of a man under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences?(POCSO) Actfor sexually assaulting a minor girl. The judgement was delivered recently by Justice Abhay Thipsay who dismissed the appeal filed by Yogesh A. M., challenging the 3-year sentence and Rs 2,000 fine awarded to him by a […] Read more » featured POCSO Act
Bar, Bench & Firm News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News India should aspire to be hub of neutral arbitration: SC Judge A K Sikri September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India should aspire to become a hub of neutral arbitration, a Supreme Court judge today said while claiming that most people in the country have immense faith in this alternative form of dispute resolution. Speaking at a conference on international arbitration, SC judge Justice A K Sikri referred to a survey that indicated that 80 […] Read more » featured India should aspire to be hub of neutral arbitration neutral arbitration SC Judge A K Sikri
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News How can e-commerce sites be retailers for tax and not for FDI?: Delhi HC September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has observed that if the central and state governments were not treating e-commerce sites like Flipkart and Amazon as retailers for foreign direct investment (FDI), they cannot be treated as retailers for taxation purposes. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw was of the “prima facie” view that if governments were treating transactions by […] Read more » e-commerce sites e-commerce sites be retailers for tax e-commerce sites be retailers not for FDI featured
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Have preventive attitude to check diseases like dengue: HC September 27, 2015 / September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court has asked the civic agencies in the national capital to have a “preventive” attitude, and not curative, in order to contain spread of vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria.”Attitude should be preventive and not curative,” a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said, adding that proper cleaning of drains […] Read more » Delhi High Court dengue featured justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed preventive attitude to check diseases like dengue
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News ‘Except for police, public order & land, LG a figurehead’ September 27, 2015 / September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lieutenant Governor (LG) is merely a “figurehead” except for matters related to public order, police and land, the AAP government has told Delhi High Court. The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath by senior advocate Dayan Krishnan during the hearing of a bunch of petitions […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini featured Justice Jayant Nath LG a figurehead'
Bar, Bench & Firm News High Profile Cases Two judges held in corruption case September 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Two judges held in corruption case Two judges of the lower judiciary in Gujarat, who were suspended last month on charges of taking money to settle cases during their posting in Vapi court in 2014, have been arrested by the vigilance cell of the Gujarat High Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Both the judges of the rank of Judicial […] Read more » featured HC Vigilance Cell Judicial Magistrate First Class--A D Acharya P D Inamdar passing of forged documents Prevention of Corruption Act Two judges of the lower judiciary in Gujarat
