Corporate Law News COVID-19 crisis : Companies cutting salaries during lockdown will need employees’ consent April 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The nationwide lockdown has been extended and so have been the powers of the government under the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897 & Disaster Management Act 2005. Already, the government has issued advisories and notifications against companies terminating the services of their employees or cutting their wages during the lockdown. The Home Ministry’s directive to factories, […] Read more » Chief Labour Commissioner Companies cutting salaries during lockdown COVID-19 crisis Disaster Management Act 2005 Epidemic Disease Act 1897 latest legal news Law News
Corporate Law News PIL in SC seeks free telecom and DTH services ahead Coronavirus impact. April 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The list of COVID-19 related demands before the Supreme Court is growing, with a fresh Public Interest Petition (PIL) now seeking free telecom services and free access to satellite TV channels via DTH networks. The PIL has sought for SC to direct the Department of Telecom (DOT) and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to […] Read more » Bharti Airtel free telecom and DTH services ahead Coronavirus impact. latest legal news Legal News PIL for DOT AND TRAI PIL for TRAI Reliance Jio Vodafone Idea
Corporate Law News Plea in SC seeks to nationalise all health care facilities in India till COVID-19 is contained. April 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre, states and Union Territories to nationalise all healthcare facilities and related entities till COVID-19 pandemic is contained in the country. The plea, which claimed that India does not have sufficient public healthcare infrastructure to combat the pandemic, has also sought a […] Read more » nationalise all health care facilities in India till COVID-19 is contained.
Corporate Law News Letter Petition sent to CJI Bobde to impose ‘complete’ ban on Tablighi Jamaat activities. April 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A letter petition has been sent to CJI S.A. Bobde seeking directions to Central Government and Delhi Government to impose a “complete ban” on the activities of Tablighi Jamaat with immediate effect. Letter petition has sought a direction to Centre and Delhi Government to transfer the investigation to the CBI to probe into the alleged “conspiracy of […] Read more » CJI S A Bobde impose a “complete ban” on the activities of Tablighi Jamaat Petition filed by Delhi-based Ajay Gautam Tablighi Jamaat
Corporate Law News Top Law News Coronavirus: SC seeks status report from Centre on steps taken to prevent migration of workers. March 30, 2020 / March 30, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday sought a status report from the Centre by Tuesday on the measures taken in view of the large-scale migration of labourers from cities to their native villages amid the coronavirus outbreak and the consequent lockdown across the country. The top court observed that the migration of labourers out of panic […] Read more » steps taken to prevent migration of workers
Corporate Law News Koregaon-Bhima commission summons NCP chief Sharad Pawar. March 18, 2020 / March 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The commission conducting inquiry into the 2018 Koregaon Bhima violence in Maharashtra’s Pune district has summoned NCP chief Sharad Pawar as a witness on April 4, the panel’s lawyer Ashish Satpute said here on Wednesday. Pawar will have to appear in Mumbai, he said. The NCP chief had filed an affidavit before the commission, headed by […] Read more » Koregaon-Bhima case Koregaon-Bhima commission NCP chief Sharad Pawar
Consumer Law News Corporate Law News Bar Council objects to inclusion of ‘Lawyers’ under the Consumer Protection Act 2019 March 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Sunday, Bar Council of Delhi wrote a letter to the Consumers Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan showing dissent towards the contemplation of the Ministry to include the lawyers within the definition of Section 2(1)(o) of the Consumer Protection Act as “The legal Profession is an integral part of justice delivery system and is not […] Read more » Bar Council of Delhi Chairman Bar Counicl of Delhi Co-Chairman Co-Chairman Bar Council of Delhi Consumer Protection Act 2019 Consumers Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan KC Mittal KC Mittal Chairman Bar Counicl of Delhi Sanjay Rathi
Corporate Law News Supreme Court refuses to hear plea seeking proper mechanism to deal with alleged misuse of sedition law. March 9, 2020 / March 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Friday, Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking framing of a proper mechanism to deal with alleged misuse of the sedition law by the government machinery. Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar dismissed the petition which was filed by a social activist. Bench stated that it was open for the petitioner […] Read more » Justice A M Khanwilkar misuse of the sedition law by the government machinery proper mechanism to deal with alleged misuse of sedition.
Corporate Law News Suits With Basic Relief Of Challenging Decree Passed By DRT Not Maintainable: SC February 29, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has observed that the suits with the basic relief of challenging the decree passed by the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) are not maintainable. In this case, the suits were filed challenging the decree passed by the DRT. The Bank filed applications to reject the plaints in exercise of powers under Order 7 […] Read more » Debts Recovery Tribunal Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) DRT Justice Indira Banerjee Justice MR Shah Justice Uday Umesh Lalit Suits With Basic Relief Of Challenging Decree Passed By DRT Not Maintainable
Corporate Law News High Profile Cases Boycott Of Courts Can’t Be Justified As Freedom Of Speech & Expression : SC On Lawyers’ Strikes February 29, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on the advocates in the districts of Dehradun, Hardwar and Udham Singh Nagar in the State of Uttarakhand for holding strike by boycotting courts. The SC also noted that despite directions in precedents such as Ex-Capt. Harish Uppal v. Union of India, lawyers’ strikes were happening. In this […] Read more » Boycott Of Courts Can't Be Justified As Freedom Of Speech & Expression SC On Lawyers' Strikes
Corporate Law News Top Law News Transfer of Justice Muralidhar done on recommendation of SC collegium: Ravi Shankar Prasad. February 27, 2020 / February 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said Delhi High Court judge S Muralidhar was transferred following the recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium, asserting that a “well-settled process” was followed. The minister’s reaction came after the Congress alleged that Justice Muralidhar was transferred by the government to save BJP leaders in the Delhi […] Read more » President Ram Nath Kovind Transfer of Justice Muralidhar
Corporate Law News President Ram Nath Kovind hails judiciary for pursuing cherished goal of gender justice. February 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday hailed the efforts of the Indian judiciary in pursuing the “cherished goal of gender justice” and said that the Supreme Court has always been “pro-active and progressive”. Speaking at the International Judicial Conference 2020 – ‘Judiciary and the Changing World’, the president said the Supreme court has led “progressive […] Read more » goal of gender justice. judiciary for pursuing cherished goal of gender justice. President Ram Nath Kovind
