Criminal Law News Top Law News SC rejects bail plea of juvenile accused in Gurgaon schoolboy killing July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today rejected a bail plea of a juvenile, accused of killing a seven-year-old boy in a private school in Gurgaon. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra rejected the plea which sought default bail on the ground that charge sheet was not filed within 60 days. The bench […] Read more » Gurgaon Justice Indu Malhotra justice R F Nariman juvenile killing
Top Law News HC directs JNU not to take coercive step against Umar Khalid till tomorrow July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today directed the Jawaharlal Nehru University not to take any coercive steps till tomorrow against its student Umar Khalid, who was rusticated and slapped with a fine of Rs 20,000 in connection with a 2016 incident of alleged anti-India slogans being raised at an event. Justice Siddharth Mridul issued notice […] Read more » Afzal Guru featured Jawaharlal Nehru University JNU Justice Siddharth Mridul Kanhaiya Kumar Umar Khalid
Corporate Law News Top Law News SC: Liquidation of Jaypee group firm would serve no purpose July 20, 2018 / July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said Liquidation of real estate firm Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL) would not “serve” the purpose of either home buyers, financial institutions or the promoters. The apex court also reserved its order on “interim reliefs” prayed by various stakeholders including the home buyers of JIL, Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) which is […] Read more » Committee of Creditors (CoC) featured Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL) Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Top Law News SC says No stopping sealing, demolition of unauthorised constructions in Delhi July 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said there would be “no stopping of sealing or demolition” of unauthorised constructions in Delhi. The apex court’s direction came after the Centre told a bench comprising Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta that it had not given any instructions to authorities in Delhi to stop their sealing drive […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2006 featured Justice Deepak Gupta justice M B Lokur
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Profile Cases Top Law News HC directs JNU not to take any coercive step against Kanhaiya till July 20 July 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today directed Jawaharlal Nehru University not to take any coercive step on a fine imposed against its former students union president Kanhaiya Kumar till July 20. A Rs 10,000 fine was imposed on Kumar by an appellate authority of the university in connection with a 2016 incident in which anti-India […] Read more » advocate Tarannum Cheema featured JNU JNU Students Union Kanhaiya Kumar Senior advocate Rebecca John
Top Law News SC says ‘Mobocracy Can’t Become New Norm’ July 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: On mob killings in the name of cow protection, the Supreme Court today said no citizen can take the law into their hands and the government must act. “It is the state’s duty to ensure order and prevent mobocracy,” the court said today. “In case of fear and anarchy, the state has to […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured mob killings mobocracy social activist Tehseen Poonawalla social activist Tushar Gandhi
Public Utilities Top Law News SC refuses to stay new amended rules on health warning for tobacco products July 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to stay the operation of new amended rules of the Union Health Ministry directing the manufacturers to have graphic warning images on packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products and helpline numbers for those who wanted to quit the habit. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC asks Parliament to consider enacting new law to deal with mob lynching July 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked Parliament to consider enacting a new law to effectively deal with incidents of mob lynching, saying “horrendous acts of mobocracy” cannot be allowed to become a new norm. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also passed a slew of directions to provide “preventive, remedial and punitive measures” […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud mobocracy
Top Law News Kerala church scandal: SC to hear tomorrow anticipatory bail plea of priest July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the anticipatory bail plea of Father Soni Abraham Varghese in connection with the sex scandal case involving four clergymen attached to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud agreed to hear […] Read more » anticipatory bail plea Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud Kerala church scandal Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala SC Soni Abraham Varghese
Top Law News Court sends separatist Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others to one-month judicial custody July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi was today sent to one-month judicial custody by a Delhi court in connection with a case of allegedly waging war against the country with support from Pakistan. Andrabi, who is chief of the banned outfit Dukhtaran-e-Milat, was produced before the court along with her two women associates, after the expiry […] Read more » Dukhtaran-e-Milat featured Judge Poonam A Bamba Kashmiri separatist Separatist Aasiya Andrabi
Top Law News 2 hours given to Justice A N Ray to decide on CJI post? July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India A N Ray was given “two hours” to decide on accepting the top judicial post in the country in 1973, that had created a controversy as his appointment had led to the supersession of three senior judges of the top court, according to a latest book. “If I didn’t […] Read more » "The Beleagured Justice Ray" featured Habeas Corpus judgment Justice A N Ray Justice H R Khanna Penguin Random House
Top Law News Delhi HC sentences man to life term for sodomy July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sodomising a three-and-a half-year-old boy, observing that the child was subjected to traumatic and brutal sexual assault. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel dismissed the man’s appeal and upheld a trial court’s order convicting him for the offences […] Read more » Delhi HC featured life term for sodomy Protection of Children from Sexual Offences S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel
