High Profile Cases Top Law News Supreme Court, brings up top NRC officials, for speaking to media August 7, 2018 / August 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Two senior civil servants pulled up by The Supreme Court, speaking to the media about Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) without informing the court. The apex court said, that you do not forget that you are a court employee, it is your duty to obey orders. So how did you go directly to the […] Read more » featured nrc assam Prateek Hajela Sailesh senior civil servants Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Profile Cases Top Law News Justices KM Joseph to take charge in Supreme Court August 7, 2018 / August 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Justice K.M. Joseph, the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, has taken oath as a judge of the Supreme Court on Tuesday. It came out with a notification last Friday on the appointment of three judges to the apex court by putting at third position the seniority of Justice K M Joseph. The Centre […] Read more » featured Justices Indira Banerjee justices km joseph
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Raj Info Commission asks courts to reduce RTI application fee August 6, 2018 / August 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jaipur: Supreme Court orders the Rajasthan Information Commission to ask all courts in the state, including the High Court to reduce RTI application fee. Disposing of an appeal of Anndaram Chaudhary, a resident of Merta City, the Commission in its order given last week, the copy of which was made available today, has expected from the […] Read more » Anndaram Chaudhary featured Right To Information (RTI) Rs 100 judicial stamp
Top Law News SC shows displeasure as states not appointments the board of visitors for jails by states August 6, 2018 / August 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed its disappointment that several states have not yet appointed the board of visitors who regularly inspect prisons to ensure that they are being run in accordance with rules. While terming the appointment of board of visitors “an absolute necessity”, a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta […] Read more » Deepak Gupta featured justices Madan B Lokur
Criminal Law News Top Law News Salman needs permission every time he travels abroad, says Court August 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jodhpur: It was made clear today by the judge hearing a plea against the Salman Khan’s conviction in the blackbuck poaching case,that the actor will have to continue taking permission from the court every time he travels abroad. The actor’s counsel had moved an application before the District and Sessions Judge Chandra Kumar Songara here on Friday, […] Read more » blackbuck poaching case Judge Chandra Kumar Songara lawyer Mahesh Bora Public prosecutor Pokar Ram Bishnoi Salman Khaan
Criminal Law News Top Law News Ishrat case: Decision on two former-cops’ discharge pleas likely on Aug 7 August 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ahmedabad: A special CBI court, hearing the discharge applications of former police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin in Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case, is likely to pass its order on August 7. Special CBI court Judge J K Pandya said the order, which was listed for today, will be passed on Tuesday. […] Read more » Amjadali Akbarali Rana Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) D G Vanzara Former Gujarat DIG Vanzara Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai N.K. Amin Sohrabuddin Sheikh Zeeshan Johar
Top Law News HC disappointed by officials’ apathy towards upkeep of Gandhi memorial August 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Pained by the “apathy” of officials towards the upkeep of Rajghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi. “It is painful to see such apathy on the part of the officials tasked to deal with the issue of maintaining Rajghat, a memorial to the Father of the Nation,” a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal […] Read more » Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured Justice C Hari Shankar Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) t Rajghat samadhi
Media & Entertainment News Top Law News Kamal Haasan and his production to file reply by Monday August 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday ordered actor Kamal Haasan and his production house Rajkamal Films International to file a reply by Monday in connection with a suit seeking to stall the release of his “Vishwaroopam 2” on August 10. When the civil suit moved by Pyramid Saimira Productions International against Haasan for recovery of […] Read more » Aascar Films actor Kamal Haasan Justice C V Karthikeyan production house Rajkamal Films International
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC: JKHCBA Jammu to file an impleadment application on 35-A August 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA), Jammu tonight passed a resolution to file an impleadment application before the Supreme Court in connection with petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A of the Constitution. A statement issued by the JKHCBA, Jammu said it was unanimously resolved that the bar association would file […] Read more » Article 35-A featured Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) JKHCBA president B S Slathia lawyer A V Gupta Maharaja Hari Singh senior lawyer Permod Kohli
Criminal Law News Top Law News Kathua gangrape case: Court asks to share names of witnesses who do not face threat August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pathankot: In hearing the gruesome rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl, today district and sessions court asked the prosecution to share, a day in advance with defending lawyers, names of those witnesses who do not have any security threat, a lawyer said. Pathankot District and Sessions Judge Tejwinder Singh, while hearing a petition of […] Read more » Defence counsel A K Swahaney kathua gangrape murder rape Special Public Prosecutor J K Chopra
Public Utilities Top Law News SC to check whether there should be total ban on firecrackers August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said it would examine whether there should be a total ban on use of firecrackers as it noted that air pollution reached hazardous proportions during Diwali. It said around 20-25 per cent of children in the city suffer from respiratory problems due to abnormally high levels of pollution during the […] Read more » featured Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Ashok Bhushan
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC terms use of spikes, fireballs to drive away elephants as barbaric August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today termed the use of spikes and fireballs to drive away elephants as “barbaric”and said that states should be desisted from using any such methods. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed that states have to stop such practice after the apex court was told that these […] Read more » 'West Bengal Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur Odisha
