High Profile Cases Fodder scam: Lalu Yadav appears in CBI court June 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav appeared before a special CBI court in Ranchi in connection with the fodder scam on Friday. The court had summoned Lalu following the Supreme Court’s order reinstating conspiracy charges against him. The case is related to withdrawal of funds from Deoghar Treasury. The fodder […] Read more » CBI court featured fodder scam Lalu Yadav
High Profile Cases 95.1 pc citizens voluntarily enrolled for Aadhaar: Govt to SC June 10, 2017 / June 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that around 95.10 per cent of the entire population has voluntarily registered for Aadhaar and apprehension of “large- scale exclusion” of citizens from government benefits due to lack of unique number was “misplaced” and “unfounded”. The government, while opposing any stay on implementation of the Aadhaar scheme, said […] Read more » 95.1 pc citizens voluntarily enrolled for Aadhaar Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Nuns, priests have rights over personal property: Kerala HC June 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court has held that Christian priests and nuns cannot be denied their rights over personal property merely because they have entered into the religious order and renounced worldly pleasures. There was absolutely no statutory prohibition for a Christian priest or nun in the matter of intestate or testamentary succession of property in […] Read more » Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News Nuns and priests have rights over personal property
High Profile Cases Aadhaar mandatory for PAN cards: SC verdict tomorrow June 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgement tomorrow on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a provision in the Income Tax Act making Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns and allotment of PAN. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan had on May 4 reserved the verdict on […] Read more » Aadhaar mandatory for PAN cards Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC allows Bihar liquor manufacturers to export old stocks June 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today modified its earlier order and allowed liquor manufacturers from Bihar to export their old stocks of alcoholic beverages worth over Rs 200 crore outside the state till July 31. A vacation bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Deepak Gupta passed the order on the application in which the manufacturers had contended […] Read more » Bihar liquor manufacturers Court featured Law Legal News SC allowed liquor manufacturers from Bihar to export their old stocks Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC refuses to hear Justice Karnan’s plea to stay order June 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan, evading arrest since May 9, today failed to get relief from the Supreme Court, which refused to hear his plea seeking a stay on its order awarding him a six-month jail term for contempt of court. Justice Karnan’s counsel mentioned the matter before a vacation bench comprising Justices […] Read more » C S Karnan Calcutta High Court Contempt of court Court featured Justice Karnan's plea Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC sets aside Allahabad HC order on PG medical seats June 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today set aside the Allahabad High Court’s May 29 order which had quashed 50 per cent institutional preference in admission to PG medical seats. A vacation bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Deepak Gupta said institutes like the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the government-run medical colleges in […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News PG medical seats Supreme Court
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Muzaffarnagar riots: Case against three persons transferred to sessions court June 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has transferred to a sessions court a case against three persons who were accused of burning a house during the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jitender Kumar last evening asked the accused Monu Balmiki, Raju and Ankit to appear before the sessions court for trial on July 5. According […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar riots Sessions court
High Profile Cases Sahara Group firm to pay Rs 1.43 cr to home buyer for delay June 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Sahara Group company has been directed by the apex consumer body to refund over Rs 1.43 crore to a home buyer for its failure to give possession of a bungalow in one of its housing projects near Nagpur. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) held Sahara Prime City Ltd (SPCL) deficient in rendering […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC Sahara Group
High Profile Cases Symbol case: Court seeks police reply on bail plea of accused June 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Special court today sought a response from Delhi Police on the bail application of an alleged middleman arrested in the Election Commission bribery case involving AIADMK (Amma) faction leader T T V Dhinakaran. Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry issued a notice to Delhi Police’s Crime Branch on the plea and posted the matter for arguments […] Read more » AIADMK (Amma) bail Bribery case Court Election Commission featured Law Legal News plea Symbol case T T V Dhinakaran
High Profile Cases Allahabad HC issues show cause notice to Ghaziabad CBI court judge June 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has issued a show cause notice to a judge of the special CBI court at Ghaziabad for not setting free from jail an undertrial for more than a month, even after allowing her bail plea, under “the pretext of verification of bail bonds”. A division bench comprising Justices Tarun Agarwala and […] Read more » Allahabad High Court CBI Court featured Ghaziabad Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Ramachandra Guha resigns as BCCI administrator June 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Historian Ramachandra Guha, appointed by the Supreme Court as one of the four administrators of BCCI, today informed the court that he had resigned from the post due to personal reasons. A vacation bench of Justices M M Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta was informed by Guha’s counsel that he had tendered his resignation on May […] Read more » BCCI Court featured Law Legal News Ramachandra Guha resigns as BCCI administrator Supreme Court
