Top Law News Aircel-Maxis case: SC extends deadline by 3 months, Probe Agency Told September 20, 2018 / September 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the deadline for CBI and ED by three months to complete the investigation in the Aircel-Maxis deal case. Former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram have been questioned by the agencies during the ongoing probe. A bench of Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan directed the investigation should […] Read more » featured justices ak sikri justices Ashok Bhushan
Top Law News Acting Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh, Will Continue As Top Cop: Supreme Court September 20, 2018 / September 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that Dilbag Singh will continue as the acting chief of the Jammu and Kashmir police till the Union Public Service Commission decides on the state’s proposal. However, the top court asked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to send a panel of police officers to Jammu and Kashmir in five weeks […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Dilbag Singh featured
Top Law News Muzaffarpur shelter home case: SC lifts ban on reporting September 20, 2018 / September 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court with an instruction for the media to exercise restraint and not to misreport or sensationalise such news, lifts the ban on reporting in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse case. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta vacated the August 23 order of the Patna High Court. The Patna […] Read more » featured Justices deepak gupta justices Madan B Lokur Muzaffarpur shelter home case
Top Law News Arrest of activists: Democratic institutions should be robust enough to accommodate opposition says, SC September 20, 2018 / September 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme court was hearing submissions in connection with the arrest of five activists in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case when the bench emphasised upon a need to have a distinction between dissenting views and subverting law and order. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y.Chandrachud said: “our institutions […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud
Top Law News Ensure Pothole-Free Bengaluru by Thursday, Karnataka HC to Government September 20, 2018 / September 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court, in a strongly worded message to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), taking cognisance of poor conditions of roadsin Bangalore. In its order the court said, “Bengaluru has to be restored to its glory as a garden city.” The BBMP officials then swung into action. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari featured Justice S.G. Pandit
Top Law News Remove Tiles Bearing PM Modi, Shivraj Chouhan’s pictures from PMAY houses: Orders Madhya Pradesh HC September 20, 2018 / September 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered the state government for the removal of tiles bearing pictures of the prime minister and chief minister inside houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justices Sanjay Yadav and Vivek Agrawal directed the government to file a compliance report […] Read more » featured Justices Sanjay Yadav Narendra Modi
Top Law News Islamabad High Court suspends Jail Sentences of Nawaz Sharif, DaughterMaryam Nawaz September 20, 2018 / September 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday ordered the release former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son in law Mohammad Safdar in the Avenfield corruption reference case. Sharif’s supporters cheered as the Islamabad High Court suspended the 10-year jail term of the three-time premier. A two-judge bench comprising of justices Athar Minallah and Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb gave the […] Read more » featured Nawaz Sharif
Top Law News Contempt notice to BJP leader Manoj Tiwari, for breaking lock of sealed house September 19, 2018 / September 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the presence of Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari before it on September 25 for allegedly breaking the lock of a house sealed by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) in Gokulpur. Terming the action of Tiwari “unfortunate”, a bench of Justice Madan B Lokur, Justice Abdul […] Read more » featured Justice Abdul S Nazeer Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur Manoj Tiwari
Top Law News Cabinet passes triple talaq ordinance, Instant triple talaq to be a crime now September 19, 2018 / September 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet has passed an ordinance which criminalises making instant triple talaq a punishable offence with a three-year jail term and the woman will be entitled to maintenance. Giving details about the provisions of the ordinance, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the core component is that an offence will be cognizable only when […] Read more » featured Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad triple talaq
Top Law News Sheena Bora Case: Indrani, Peter Mukerjea file for divorce in Mumbai court September 19, 2018 / September 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment MUMBAI: Indrani Mukerjea and her husband Peter Mukerjea, the two accused in Sheena Bora murder case have filed for divorce in the family court, Bandra. they were arrested for their involvement in the murder of Sheena Bora in 2012. The two have been married for 16 years. According to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Sheena Bora was Indrani’s biological daughter […] Read more » featured Sheena Bora case
Top Law News AgustaWestland scam: Christian Michel, middleman to be extradited, orders UAE court September 19, 2018 / September 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A court in United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered the extradition of Christian Michel the middleman alleged in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case. Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the alleged kickbacks paid to swing the deal to buy 12 VVIP choppers in favour of AgustaWestland. Michel, a British national, is wanted in India for allegedly organising bribes […] Read more » AgustaWestland scam featured
Top Law News SC adjourns hearing on Rafale fighter jet deal September 19, 2018 / September 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing seeking probe into the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets from French company Dassault. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and K M Joseph put the plea for consideration on October 10. Petitioner M L Sharma told the apex court bench that he wants to file some […] Read more » featured justices km joseph Justices Naveen Sinha justices Ranjan Gogoi Rafale fighter jet deal
