Court, Judiciary & Legal System Hearing pollution matters regularly so that people can get clean air: Supreme Court August 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday said it is hearing matters related to severe air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region “day in and day out” so that people, especially the children, could breath clean air. The apex court observed this while coming down heavily on the Delhi Transport Department, which has filed an affidavit […] Read more » get clean air hearinng pollution Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Urgent need to document details of local communities: NGT August 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There is an urgent need to document details of local communities as India is one of the recognised mega-diverse countries, harbouring nearly 7-8 per cent of the recorded species of the world, the National Green Tribunal has said. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said there was ‘zero’ progress with regard […] Read more » need to document details NGT
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court clears legal hurdles to Athi Varadar idol immersion August 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Saturday, the Madras High Court cleared the legal hurdles in immersing the fig wood idol of Lord Varadarajaperumal, popularly known as Athi Varadar, into the Sri Devarajaswamy Temple tank Anantasaras in Kancheepuram by dismissing two public interest litigation petitions aimed at getting the darshan extended by 48 days. Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad refused to […] Read more » Athi Varadar High Court clears idol immersion legal hurdles
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court directs Registrar of Marriages to Record Divorces as well August 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Registrar of Marriage is bound to record the Divorce in the Register maintained by him on a divorce ordered by a competent court, the Kerala High Court has held. As per now, there is no provision under the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 for recording the Divorce. In this case, the petitioner had obtained […] Read more » High Court record divorces as well registrar of marriages
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad: Article 370 had become shield for terrorists August 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Saturday, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, had become a platform to “shield” terrorists and their patrons. “The Government’s decision on Article 370 was taken in the interest of the nation as well as the common people of Jammu and Kashmir,” Prasad […] Read more » Article 370 law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad shield for terrorists
Court, Judiciary & Legal System PM scholarship scheme: Supreme Court extends admission deadline till Sept 15 for J-K students August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to thousands of Jammu and Kashmir students selected for a special scholarship scheme, the Supreme Court on Friday extended by a month the deadline for taking admission in various engineering colleges due to situations prevailing in the state after abrogation of its special status. The Jammu and Kashmir government said that counselling […] Read more » extend admmission j-k students PM scholarship scholarship scheme Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delhi court commences trial in 2017 Unnao rape case August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday commenced the trial in a case of alleged rape of a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma completed recording statement of a prosecution witness in an in-camera hearing in the case in which expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is a key accused. The court will […] Read more » Delhi court Unnao rape case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court expresses anguish over filing of defective petitions on Article 370 August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday refrained from examining the legal challenges posed to the changes made in the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir, saying that the petitions filed on the “serious issue” of abrogation of provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution suffer from defects. The apex court, which was dealing with the first […] Read more » defective petitions Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court rejects PILs seeking extension of Athi Varadar festival August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed two PILs seeking extension of the 48-day-long Lord Athi Varadar festival which is ending Saturday. A bench comprising S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad rejected the prayer of the public interest litigation petitioners who sought more time citing the huge rush of devotees thronging the Devarajaswamy temple in […] Read more » athi varadar festival High Court PILs seeking extension
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court restrains portal from using ‘Vistara’ mark for selling products August 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court citing the fact that the mark Vitara has become quite popular & has acquired a unique status, restrained an aviation studies portal from using the mark permanently. Justice Pratibha M Singh also directed M/s Pilot18 Aviation Book Store – which operates an aviation studies portal named as https://www.pilot18.com – & its owner to […] Read more » High Court restrains portal restrains portal Vistara
Court, Judiciary & Legal System This High Court’s ruling on land laws has thrown infrastructure projects in this State out of order August 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Big projects such as the second phase of Metro Rail & expansion of Airport are stuck as the Govt. agencies cannot take possession of Private Land. Land acquisition for phase-2 of Chennai metro rail has been stalled. `69,000 crore project requires 117 hectares of land spread over Chennai, Kancheepuram & Tiruvallur districts. Metro rail official has stated […] Read more » High Court infrastructure projects land laws
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court commutes rape-murder convict’s death penalty to 25 yrs in jail August 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Citing absence of criminal antecedents & also the possibility of reform, the High Court has commuted the death penalty awarded to a youth who had raped & murdered an eight-year-old girl in Aug 2012 to 25-year imprisonment. Saleem, a tailor by profession & resident of Goripalya in Bengaluru, will have to serve the jail term […] Read more » convicts death High Court penalty to 25 years rape murder
