Court, Judiciary & Legal System This High Court stays Govt order banning Taxies in State August 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Providing interim relief on an appeal moved by Rapido, a bike taxi service provider, a division bench of Justice Vineeth Kothari & Justice C V Karthikeyan also stayed the operation of a communication of Tamil Nadu police addressed to Google LIC, Apple India & Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CRET-In) directing them to remove the ‘Rapido Bike’ […] Read more » banning Taxies in State High Court Justice C V Karthikeyan Justice Vineeth Kothari
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court orders statu quo for 2 weeks on Jaypee Group plea against NCLAT order August 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday ordered status quo for two weeks on Jaypee Group’s plea against NCLAT order which allowed fresh bidding for debt-laden Jaypee Infratech. A bench of justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari ordered status quo after the apex court was informed that Parliament had passed the proposed amendments in the Insolvency […] Read more » NCLAT order statu quo for 2 weeks Supreme Court orders
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Man awarded death penalty, wife gets life term in murder case August 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Rajasthan’s Kota has awarded death sentence to a man and life imprisonment to his wife in a five-year-old robbery and murder case here. An additional district judge [ADJ] on Wednesday pronounced the verdict, holding the man guilty of looting and murdering a couple at their home in the city and his wife […] Read more » death penalty murder case wife gets life term
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Judicial magistrates can direct accused to give voice samples to probe agencies: Supreme Court August 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday held that judicial magistrates are empowered to direct accused in criminal cases to give voice samples to agencies during investigation. In a major judgment, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) does not have provisions that allow judicial magistrates to direct the […] Read more » judicial magistrate probe agencies Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Order limiting cash transactions at Rs 10K will be contrary to tax law: High Court August 2, 2019 / August 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday said it cannot issue any direction to the Centre to cap cash transactions at Rs 10,000 as it will lead to a contradiction with the income tax law, which has set a limit of Rs two lakh. The observation by a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and […] Read more » at Rs 10K will be contrary cash transactions High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Unnao rape: SC directs transfer of cases to Delhi; orders Rs 25L compensation to survivor August 2, 2019 / August 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday directed the transfer of all five cases registered in connection with the Unnao rape incident from a court in Uttar Pradesh to a court in the national capital. The apex court also directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide Rs 25 lakh to the rape survivor as an interim compensation. Besides, […] Read more » cases to Delhi compensation to survivor orders Rs 25L Supreme Court Unnao rape unnao rape victim
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Bombay High Court summons P Chidambaram, 2 IAS officers in Rs 10,000 crore damage suit by 63 moons August 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has summoned former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and top serving bureaucrats, K.P. Krishnan and Ramesh Abhishek, in connection with Rs 10,000 crore damage suits filed by 63 moons technologies, formerly known as Financial Technologies Ltd (FTIL), and their role in engineering the NSEL payment default crisis. The Bombay High Court […] Read more » 000 crore 2 IAS officers in Rs 10 Bombay High Court damage suit by 63 moons P Chidambaram
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court Notice To P Chidambaram Over 10,000 Crores Damages Suit July 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has issued notices to former finance minister P Chidambaram & two serving bureaucrats in connection with a suit demanding Rs. 10,000 crore in damages filed by 63 moons technologies, formerly known as Financial Technologies Ltd. The high court asked them to remain present in person or through their lawyers on October […] Read more » 000 Crores Damages Suit High Court Notice Over 10 To P Chidambaram
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court seeks report from its secretary general on Unnao rape victim’s letter July 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a report from its secretary general as to why a letter written by the Unnao rape victim to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, apprehending threat to her life, was not placed before him. “Unfortunately, the letter is yet to see the light of the day and yet the […] Read more » Supreme Court unnao rape victim
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court asks Centre to take steps to regulate taxi aggregators July 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to take appropriate steps to regulate app-based taxi services like Ola and Uber in the country. A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde was hearing a matter related to safety and security of women. The bench also comprising justices R Subhash Reddy and B R Gavai […] Read more » Centre to take steps regulate taxi aggregators Supreme Court asks
Court, Judiciary & Legal System 2G case: High Court refuses early hearing on CBI’s appeal July 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant early hearing on the CBI’s appeal challenging the acquittal of former Union telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. The court was hearing the CBI’s plea seeking to prepone the date of hearing from October 24 in its appeal against […] Read more » 2G case CBI's appeal early hearing on High Court refuses
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court grants pre-arrest bail to Maha cop accused of raping colleague July 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has granted a pre-arrest bail to a policeman accused of raping a woman colleague, noting it was a consensual act. A division bench of justices Indrajit Mahanty and A M Badar last week granted anticipatory bail to Navi Mumbai police’s crime branch Sub-Inspector Amit Shelar. Shelar had approached the HC in […] Read more » High Court grants Maha cop accused of pre-arrest bail to Maha raping colleague
