Public Utilities Top Law News Sabarimala temple case: Kerala govt to SC ‘ban on women unconstitutional’ August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Kerala government today told the Supreme Court that the custom of barring entry of women between the age group of 10 to 50 years into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala is not permissible under the Constitution. It said that celibate status of deity cannot be a ground for barring entry of women as […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Justice Indu Malhotra justice R F Nariman Shri Ramakrishna Paramhans
Corporate Law News Top Law News SC asks for attachment of bank accounts, movable properties of Amrapali Group firms August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure on Amrapali Group of companies for playing “fraud” and “dirty games” with the court and ordered attachment of all bank accounts and movable properties of 40 firms of the real estate major. The apex court also directed Amrapali Group of companies, which are yet to hand over possession […] Read more » Amrapali Group featured Justice Arun Mishra Justice U U Lalit National Buildings Construction Corporation (India) Ltd
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court allows Shashi Tharoor to travel abroad in Sunanda Pushkar case August 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court today grands permission to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, accused in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death in a luxury hotel, to travel abroad. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal allowed Tharoor’s application seeking permission for eight visits to five countries, including the US, Canada and Germany, till December. […] Read more » canada Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal featured Germany Shashi Tharoor Sunanda Pushkar US
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Public Utilities Top Law News HC to AAP: Don’t insist on documents like Aadhaar to give benefits of maternity schemes August 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today said there was no legal basis for the AAP government to insist on documents like Aadhaar and bank passbooks, to provide maternity scheme benefits to pregnant and lactating women in the city. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar asked the Delhi government […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal advocate Sija Nair Pal featured Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) Justice C Hari Shankar
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC: No coercive action against anyone on basis of draft NRC of Assam August 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said there will be no coercive action by authorities against over 40 lakh people, whose names do not figure in Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC), observing that it was merely a draft. The top court asked the Centre to formulate modalities and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including timelines […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal featured justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman National Register of Citizens (NRC) NRC Assam coordinator Prateek Hajela Registrar General of India
Top Law News Legality of female genital mutilation to be decided by Supreme Court July 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said its decision on legality of the religious custom of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be applicable not only to Bohra Muslims but also all communities with such practices as it clearly indicated its disapproval of the rite. Hearing a bunch of petitions led by Sunita Tiwari, a bench of […] Read more » female genital mutilation (FGM) Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Remove term: Justices A M Khanwilkar Justices A M Khanwilkar Supreme Court
Top Law News Court grants 2 months to CBI for obtaining sanction to prosecute accused in Aircel-Maxis case July 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court today granted two months time to the CBI for obtaining sanction from authorities concerned to prosecute certain accused in a case against former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti for alleged irregularities and criminal conspiracy in the Aircel-Maxis deal case. The agency had on July 19 filed charge […] Read more » Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) CBI FIPB Global Communication Services Holdings Ltd P. Chidambaram Union Minister
High Profile Cases Top Law News IRCTC scam case: Lalu Prasad, wife, son and others summoned as accused July 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court today summoned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav and others as accused in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam. Special Judge Arvind Kumar directed them to appear before the court on August 31 in a case related to alleged irregularities in […] Read more » Bhubaneswar featured IRCTC P K Goyal Patna Rabri Devi Railway Board B K Agarwal Ranchi Special Judge Arvind Kumar Tejashwi Yadav
Criminal Law News Top Law News 29-yr-old road rage case; Charges filed against UP minister July 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lucknow: Charges framed today against Mohsin Raza alias Arshad, a minister in the BJP-led government by a court in Uttar Pradesh, in connection with a 29-year-old road rage case. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nirbhay Prakash also framed charges against co-accused Akbar and fixed August 4 for the recording of evidence of the prosecution witnesses. The accused […] Read more » chargesheet Chief Judicial Magistrate Nirbhay Prakash featured IPC Mohsin Raza alias Arshad
education law Top Law News Medical admissions; HC upholds Maha state eligibility rules July 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today upheld the Maharashtra government’s state quota eligibility rules-2018 for admissions to medical colleges under the state quota. The rules were mentioned in an information brochure by the state’s admission cell for 2018 medical admissions. A bench of Justices SC Dharamadhikari and Bharati Dangre refused to interfere with the state’s rules […] Read more » Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni Directorate of Medical Education and Research featured Justice Bharati Dangre Justice SC Dharamadhikari medical admissions medical colleges
High Profile Cases Top Law News TN govt produces video of Jayalalithaa in HC to refute woman’s claim July 25, 2018 / July 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government produced in the Madras High Court a video clip of Jayalalithaa from an event in July 1980 which it said disproved a woman’s claim of being late chief minister’s biological daughter. State Advocate General Vijay Narayan submitted a copy of the video before Justice S Vaidyanathan. He said though the petitioner […] Read more » FilmFare Jayalalitha Jayaram Justice S.Vaidyanathan Sailaja State Advocate General Vijay Narayan
Top Law News Aircel-Maxis case: Delhi court grants anticipatory bail to Chidambaram July 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A court here today granted protection from arrest till August 7 to former Union minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case filed by the CBI. Special CBI Judge O P Saini granted the relief to the Congress leader after a plea was moved by him in the morning, seeking anticipatory bail in the case. Chidambaram […] Read more » Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Enforcement Directorate (ED) featured Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) former Union minister P Chidambaram Karti Chidambaram
