Court, Judiciary & Legal System Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel asssumes charge as NGT chairperson July 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel today assumed charge as chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Justice Goel, who retired as a Supreme Court judge on July 6, has been appointed for five years. He is the third chairperson in the NGT since its inception in 2010. The first chairperson was Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta, […] Read more » featured Justice Adarsh Kumar Justice Swatanter Kumar National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delhi Court sends separatist Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others to 10-day NIA custody July 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court handed over today Aasiya Andrabi and two other Kashmiri separatists to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) for 10 days’ custodial interrogation in connection with a case of allegedly waging war against the country. Amid tight security, the trio, who were brought here from Srinagar, were produced before District and Sessions Judge Poonam […] Read more » Aasiya Andrabi National Investigating Agency (NIA)
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC extends deadline till July 30 for Assam NRC final draft July 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today extended its June 30 deadline for publication of the final draft of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) by a month, after the Centre and the state coordinator agreed to publish it within the new time limit. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman considered the report […] Read more » Justice anjan Gogoi justice R F Nariman National Register of Citizens (NRC)
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC to hear crucial Assam NRC issue tomorrow July 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Crucial issues relating to the publication of final draft of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) would come up before the Supreme Court tomorrow, days after the NRC state coordinator said it would not be possible to release it as scheduled on June 30 due to floods in state. The NRC is being prepared […] Read more » Assam's National Register of Citizens Barak valley featured Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Rohinton Fali Nariman Prateek Hajela Sarbananda Sonowal Students Union assam
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Suggest measuress for speedy disposal of cases : CJI to HCs June 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has asked the high courts across the country to suggest measures for speedy disposal of cases to curb pendency and filling up of vacancies in the subordinate judiciary. In a communication to the chief justices of the high courts, the CJI has suggested that a disposal review […] Read more » Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra featured High Court Orissa High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC asks Maha govt to fill vacancies of doctors June 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to take immediate steps to fill up vacancies of doctors and expert assistant medical staff in tribal areas of Melghat and Nandurbar that are known for high rates of malnutrition. A bench of Justices Naresh Patil and GS Kulkarni also suggested that the government tie up […] Read more » Justice GS Kulkarni Justice Naresh Patil Public Interest Litigations (PILs)
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Madras HC directs govt to remove solar fences in reserve forest area June 22, 2018 / June 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: The Madras High Court directed the PWD and Forest department for allowing encroachers to put up solar fences in reserved forest and water spread area in Tamil Nadu’s Erode and Coimbatore districts and directed the forest department to take immediate steps to remove them. A division bench comprising Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice G K […] Read more » featured Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan Justice M Sathyanarayanan PWD
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Delhi HC asks for details of physiotherapy facilities in Tihar Jail June 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the director general of prisons to give details of the facilities, Observing that several inmates lodged in Tihar Jail here require physiotherapy, including the number of machines and trained physiotherapists, available at the prison. Justice Mukta Gupta issued the direction while hearing a plea of Jagtar Singh Hawara, […] Read more » featured Justice Mukta Gupta physiotherapy Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh Tihar Jail
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC refuses urgent hearing to declare Kejriwal’s sit-in as unconstitutional June 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking its direction to declare as “unconstitutional” the sit-in of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues inside the lieutenant governor’s office here. Kejriwal and his ministers have been staging a sit-in at L-G Anil Baijal’s office since June 11 evening […] Read more » AAP Arvind Kejriwal featured L-G Anil Baijal
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News Sterlite stir: HC rejects pre-arrest bail pleas of lawyers June 19, 2018 / June 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Madurai: The Madras High Court bench today dismissed the anticipatory bail pleas of two lawyers, members of an ultra-Left outfit, booked by the police on charges of instigating protests against Sterlite’s copper unit in Tuticorin last month that turned violent. Justice G R Swaminathan dismissed the petitions filed by Vanchinathan and Hariraghavan, who are members of […] Read more » featured Justice G R Swaminathan Tamil Nadu Public Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act.
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Madras HC: Relief for 18 AIADMK MLAs June 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CHENNAI: The case will now be referred to a third judge,nine months after 18 AIADMK MLAs were disqualified by the Tamil Nadu Speaker P Dhanapal, the Madras High Court delivered a split verdict Today. The first bench of the High Court led by Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar came out with differing […] Read more » AIADMK Chief Justice Indira Banerjee featured Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh Justice M Sundar Madras MLAs
Corporate Law News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Win-win for 63 moons; MCA’s plea to supersede 63 moons Board dismissed by NCLT under Sec. 397 of Companies Act, 1956 June 12, 2018 / June 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai, June 9, 2018: Surpassing the Board of 63 moons technologies limited (formerly known as FTIL) under Section 397 of the Companies Act, 1956, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chennai dismissed the plea of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). The NCLT completely cleared the present Board of 63 moons (which comprises of 4 […] Read more » featured FTIL MCA moons Mr.S Rajendran National Company Law Tribunal NSEL Section 397
