High Profile Cases Calcutta HC : No Police Man can seize Driving License except when in Uniform. March 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A person is not obliged to hand over his driving licence on demand to a Police Officer who is not in his uniform, in view of Section 130 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.”, held Calcutta High Court in one of its recent judgement. The decision came out in (Suryaneel Das v. State of West Bengal & Ors) The […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya Section 130 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988.
High Profile Cases Police arrests Couple linked to ISIS for instigating Anti-CAA Protests. March 11, 2020 / March 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Sunday, the Delhi Police arrested a couple with alleged links to the Khorasan module of the Islamic State (IS) from Jamia Nagar in southeast Delhi over allegations of inciting Anti-CAA protests. The Delhi Police said that they were informed by the officers of the intelligence services to the suspicious activities of the couple from […] Read more » “Jahanjeb Sami Hina Bashir Beg instigating Anti-CAA Protests Jamia Nagar in southeast Delhi over allegations of inciting Anti-CAA protests Police arrests Couple linked to ISIS
High Profile Cases CBI takes over Munna Bajrangi Custodial Death Case. March 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Sunday the officials told that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into the 2018 custodial death case of gangster Munna Bajrangi. The CBI had taken over the case following Feb 25 order of the High Court of Allahabad on the plea filed by Bajrangi’s wife Seema Singh. Claiming that there might […] Read more » High Court of Allahabad Munna Bajrangi
High Profile Cases SC: District Consumers’ Forum has no power to extend the time for filing the response to complaint beyond the period of 15 days in addition to 30 days. March 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In answer to two questions referred to it, arising in the several civil appeals including New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd, a 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court, consisting of Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M.R.Shah and S. Ravindra Bhat , has opined that the District Consumers’ […] Read more » District Consumers’ Forum Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd Indira Banerjee Justices Arun Mishra M.R.Shah New India Assurance Co. Ltd. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd S Ravindra Bhat Vineet Saran
High Profile Cases Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor Arrested on charges of Money Laundering. March 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Sunday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Yes Bank’s former Chairman & founder Rana Kapoor cmoney laundering. The arrest, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, comes after 30 hours of intense questioning. Kapoor is accused of receiving kickbacks from various corporate entities on disbursal of loans. In one case, the ED has alleged that […] Read more » Rana Kapoor arrested in mpney laundering Rana Kapoor Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor Yes Bank Founder Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor
High Profile Cases Ex-Special Director Rakesh Asthana given a clean chit in bribery case. March 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Saturday, a CBI Court took cognizance of the CBI’s chargesheet in a bribery case in which the agency’s Ex-Special Director Rakesh Asthana was given a clean chit. “There is no sufficient ground to proceed against Rakesh Asthana & DSP Devender Kumar. We will see if anything comes in future investigation being conducted by the CBI,” […] Read more » Asthana CBI’s chargesheet in a bribery case CBI DSP Devender Kumar CBI’s chargesheet in a bribery case Ex-Special Director Rakesh Asthana given a clean chit Manoj Prasad as accused. Rakesh Asthana Prevention of Corruption Act
High Profile Cases Justice Ranjana Desai to head Commission for Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies of J&K and NE States. March 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central govt. has constituted the Delimitation Commission for the purpose of delimitation of Assembly & Parliamentary constituencies in the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir and the States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Nagaland. The primary function of a Delimitation commission is to fix the limits/ boundaries of the various assembly and Lok […] Read more » head Commission for Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies of J&K head Commission for Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies of NE states Justice Ranjana Desai
High Profile Cases SC : Adoption is not valid Unless consent of Wife is obtained and Ceremony conducted. March 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has expounded that the consent of wife of the adopter and actual ceremony of adoption is essential for a valid adoption as per the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act. In a suit for partition, plaintiff’s contention was that she was adopted by the defendants. The Trial Court dismissed the suit on the […] Read more » actual ceremony of adoption is essential for a valid adoption Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act1956 Justice Deepak Gupta Justice L Nageswara Rao valid adoption as per the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act
High Profile Cases Remarks by Supreme Court Judge Arun Mishra praising PM Narendra Modi improper : Bombay Bar Association March 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay Bar Association on Thursday passed a resolution condemning senior judge of Supreme Court justice Arun Mishra for praising PM Narendra Modi at an international judicial conference last month. The resolution by the Bombay Bar Association comes on the heels of a similar one by the Supreme Court Bar Association. The resolution said that […] Read more » Bombay Bar Association Supreme Court Bar Association Supreme Court justice Arun Mishra Supreme Court justice Arun Mishra for praising PM Narendra Modi
High Profile Cases Madras High Court Gets Its First All-Women Bench ahead of the International Women’s Day March 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For the first time in the history of 157 years of the Madras HC that an all-women Full Bench has been constituted to hear a case. Chief Justice of Madras High Court Amreshwar Pratap Sahi took this step ahead of the International Women’s Day when he established the women justices-led bench composing of Justices Pushpa […] Read more » Anita Sumanth Madras HC Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana Madras Hc Madras High Court Madras High Court Gets Its First All-Women Bench PT Asha Madras HC
High Profile Cases Delhi High Court bids Farewell to Justice G.S. Sistani. March 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi HC on Friday bid farewell to Justice G.S. Sistani, the 2nd senior most judge, whose retirement brings down the total number of judges in the court to 33 as against the sanctioned strength of 60. The HC organised a farewell for Justice Sistani, who will retire on Mar 10, on Friday owing to the […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Additional Solicitor General Maninder Acharya bar association Bar Council of Delhi Central Government Chief Justice D.N. Patel Delhi High Court Justice G.S. Sistani Madras High Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Shortcomings in trial of criminal cases to be submitted before Supreme Court. March 7, 2020 / March 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three Supreme Court-appointed Amici Curiae (friends of the court) placed before the top court on Thursday, “Draft Rules of Criminal Practice, 2020”, outlining measures aimed to address shortcomings in the trial of criminal cases and to bring about uniformity across the country in criminal probes and trials. The measures suggested in the draft rules include […] Read more » shortcomings in the trial of criminal cases
