Court, Judiciary & Legal System Madras High Court reserves judgment in challenge to constitutionality of GSTAT June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court on Friday reserved its judgment in the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) under the prevailing GST regime. Arguments in the matter concluded yesterday before the Bench of Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad. The High Court had initially issued notice to the Central Government in August […] Read more » GSTAT Judgement Madras High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Kotdwar Bar Association to withdraw its ban on representing accused in Sushil Raghuvanshi murder case June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttarakhand High Court has been informed that the Kotdwar Bar Association would be withdrawing its controversial notice barring advocates from appearing on behalf of the accused in the Sushil Raghuvanshi murder case. Earlier this month, the Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Alok Kumar Verma had castigated the Bar Association’s move to pass […] Read more » accused kotdwar bar association murder case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Arbitration in the hands of those who “care scant for ethics”, Gujarat High Court June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Aghast at the allegations of bias and delay levelled against retired Supreme Court Judges who were part of an arbitration proceeding, the Gujarat High Court has observed that in the recent times, the litigating parties have developed a “rank commercial mindset” to pursue their commercial interests in a self-serving manner. While expressing its disappointment at […] Read more » care scant for ethics Gujrat High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Dabholkar case: Punalekar sent in judicial custody till July 6 June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Pune court on Sunday sent lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar, an accused in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, in judicial custody till July 6. Additional Sessions Judge (special judge) R M Pande last Thursday granted Punalekar’s custody to the CBI till June 23, after the agency said it recovered some “incriminating documents” from the lawyer’s […] Read more » Dabholkar case judicial custody
Court, Judiciary & Legal System CJI writes to Prime Minister, seeks increase in number of Supreme Court judges June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. Gogoi has also urged the prime minister to make tenure appointments of retired apex court judges and high court judges under Articles 128 […] Read more » (CJI) Ranjan Gogo CJI court judges Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Terror module in Amroha, Delhi: NIA files charge sheet against 10 June 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Investigation Agency Friday filed a charge sheet before a Delhi court against 10 suspects in a case involving a terror module in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha. The charge sheet was filed before Additional Session Judge Ajay Kumar under various provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against accused including the alleged leader Mufti […] Read more » in amroha NIA files charge terror module
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court to hear plea seeking formation of team for treatment of kids affected by encephalitis in Bihar June 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to urgently constitute a team of medical experts for the treatment of the children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, who are suffering from suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), which has claimed more than 100 lives. A vacation bench of justices Deepak […] Read more » affected by encephalitis BIHAR kids treatment
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court: Inter-Caste marriages should be promoted to uproot caste system and eradicate social bias June 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The order passed by Justice N Anand Venkatesh observed that “In fact, many thinkers believe that intercaste marriage is the only panacea to root out the evil of caste system.” “These are days where the younger generation is slowly moving out of ill-effects of the caste system and that is the reason for a lot […] Read more » high court promote inter caste marriages inter-caste inter-caste marriage
Court, Judiciary & Legal System CBI Registers FIR Against Lawyers Collective For Alleged FCRA Violations; NGO Terms It An Attempt To Silence Them June 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI has registered a criminal case against the NGO Lawyers Collective for alleged violations of Foreign Contributions Registration Act, reports the PTI. The FIR has named Senior Advocate Anand Grover, a trustee and founder-director of the NGO, as an accused. As per the PTI report, unknown officer-bearers and functionaries of the NGO and unknown […] Read more » CBI FCRA VIOLATIONS LAWYERS COLLECTIVE
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Gift Deed Is Not Invalid Merely Because It Was Registered after Donor’s Death: Calcutta High Court June 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court has held that a deed of gift cannot be said to be invalid only because it was registered after the death of donor. In this case, the authenticity of a deed of gift was questioned on the ground that it was registered after the death of the donor. Justice Bibek Chaudhury […] Read more » high court of calcutta on organs donor
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court seeks ICMR stand on use of human embryonic stem cells for treatment June 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought the stand of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on whether human embryonic stem cells were permitted to be used for treating various degenerative diseases. A vacation bench of justices Anu Malhotra and Talwant Singh called upon the ICMR to assist the court after noting that according to […] Read more » cells for treatment High Court seeks human embryonic stem ICMR
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court to hear Wednesday Congress plea against EC’s decision to hold separate bypolls for 2 Rajya Sabha seats June 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear on June 19 a plea of Gujarat Congress challenging the decision of the Election Commission to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in the state. The Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant following the election of BJP chief Amit Shah and party leader Smriti Irani to Lok […] Read more » congress plea Election Commission separate bypolls Supreme Court
