Top Law News Will appoint Lokayukta within three months: Nagaland tells SC November 1, 2018 / November 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi:The Nagaland government on Wednesday gave an undertaking before the Supreme Court that it would appoint the state Lokayukta within three months. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which was hearing a PIL seeking appointment of an anti-graft ombudsman in every state, took note of the affidavit of the Nagaland chief secretary […] Read more » Lokayukta Nagaland SC U U Lalit and K M Joseph
Top Law News Rafale deal: SC seeks pricing details of 36 fighter jets from Center in sealed cover November 1, 2018 / November 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Center to place before it in a sealed cover within 10 days the pricing details of 36 Rafale fighter jets India is buying from France. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also said that details, including the steps in the decision making process for the […] Read more » 36 fighter jets Attorney General K K Venugopal Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Indian Air Force equipment. Rafale deal
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Justice Debasish Kar Gupta was sworn in as the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court October 31, 2018 / October 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Debasish Kar Gupta was sworn in as the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court here on Tuesday. Justice Gupta was functioning as the acting chief justice of the high court after Chief Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya retired in September. Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi administered him the oath of office at the high court. Gupta […] Read more » Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi
Top Law News Six Tata Trusts withdraw pleas against I-T dept notices October 31, 2018 / October 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Six Tata Trusts have withdrawn their petitions filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the show cause notices issued against them by the Income Tax department as to why their registrations should not be cancelled. The Income Tax commissioner (Exemptions) had issued notices to these six trusts on March 8 this year for alleged non-compliance […] Read more » Bombay High Court non-compliance of rules governing the trust funds. Tata Trusts Tata Trusts have withdrawn their petitions
Top Law News Malegaon blast case: Purohit, Sadhvi and 5 others charged under UAPA October 31, 2018 / October 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Tuesday framed charges in the 2008 Malegaon blast case against Lt Col Prasad Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five others for terror activities, criminal conspiracy and murder, among others. Judge Vinod Padalkar, presiding over the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, framed charges against all the seven accused under sections […] Read more » 2008 Malegaon blast case Lt Col Prasad Purohit National Investigation Agency (NIA) court Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)
Top Law News Delhi HC sentences 16 ex-policemen to life imprisonment in 1987 Hashimpura massacre case October 31, 2018 / October 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sentenced 16 former policemen to life imprisonment for killing 42 people of a minority community in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel reversed a trial court’s verdict which had acquitted the accused. The high court convicted […] Read more » 1987 Hashimpura massacre case Delhi High Court Hashimpura massacre case Justice S. Muralidhar Justice Vinod Goel
Top Law News Firecrackers other than green crackers will not be sold in Delhi-NCR: Supreme Court October 31, 2018 / October 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court clarified on Wednesday that firecrackers other than green crackers will not be sold in the Delhi-NCR region this festival season. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said firecrackers already produced can be sold in this festival season only in other parts of the country. In Tamil Nadu, Puducherry […] Read more » A.K. Sikri Justice A.K Sikri Ashok Bhushan
Top Law News HC directs CBI to maintain status quo on proceedings against spl director Rakesh Asthana till Nov 1 October 30, 2018 / October 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday ordered the CBI to maintain status quo till November 1 on proceedings against its Special Director Rakesh Asthana, who was sent on leave by the government. A bench of Justice Najmi Waziri questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for not filing reply to pleas of Asthana and another […] Read more » Delhi High Court FIR against Asthana and Kumar Justice Najmi Waziri Rakesh Asthana
Top Law News Complaint filed in Sitamarhi court against Amit Shah October 30, 2018 / October 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sitamarhi: A complaint was filed on Monday in a court here against BJP president Amit Shah seeking registration of a case against him for sedition and other charges over his remarks in connection with the Supreme Court order on the Sabarimala issue. The complaint was filed by social activist Thakur Chandan Singh in the court of […] Read more » Amit Shah Chief Judicial Magistrate Saroj Kumari Sabarimala issue Sitamarhi court against Amit Shah
Top Law News SC to fix schedule of hearing of Ayodhya land dispute cases in January next year October 30, 2018 / October 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday fixed the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute cases for the first week of January next year before an appropriate bench, which will decide the schedule of hearing. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said the appropriate bench will decide the future course of hearing in January […] Read more » Ayodhya land dispute case Chief Justice Dipak Misra Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute Sunni Waqf board
Top Law News SC directs Hyderabad Police to provide adequate security to complainant against Rakesh Asthana October 30, 2018 / October 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi:The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Hyderabad Police to provide adequate security to businessman Satish Sana, complainant in the alleged bribery case against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices U U Lalit and K M Joseph refused to stay CBI summons against Sana and also rejected […] Read more » A K Patnaik CBI special director Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices U U Lalit and K M Joseph Hyderabad police Rakesh Asthana
Top Law News Court takes cognizance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai October 29, 2018 / October 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a money laundering case. Additional Sessions judge Rakesh Syal, who is likely to pronounce the order on Rai’s bail plea on November 1, said there was enough evidence to proceed on […] Read more » Additional Sessions judge Rakesh Syal ED charge sheet Enforcement Directorate Upendra Rai
