Top Law News NGT plans to hear cases using video-conferencing July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Crippled by the delay in appointment of experts and judicial members, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is planning to conduct hearings through video-conferencing to decide the environmental cases pending in its regional benches. The NGT’s functioning has been hit by vacancies. The apex environment watchdog is functioning with less than one-third of its […] Read more » Bhopal Chennai and Kolkata featured National Green Tribunal Rahul Choudhary Regional benches in Pune
Environment Law News Top Law News HC notice to TN Govt, NHAI on PIL against cattle menace on highways July 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on a PIL against cattle menace on highways. A division bench comprising justices T S Sivagnanam and Bhavani Subbaroyan issued notice on a PIL from Abinand Sreedhar. “In our view the prayer as couched is […] Read more » featured Justice Bhavani Subbaroyan Justice T S Sivagnanam National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Top Law News SC asks AG to assist on poor facilities in jails July 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today took note of lack of facilities in jails, leading to delayed trials and prolonged incarceration of under-trial prisoners, in the country and sought assistance of the Attorney General in issuing directions to deal with the situation. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, on its own, initiated the judicial […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC: Cops fail to inform rape victims about option of abortion July 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today once again said that police must inform the victims in such cases that they have the option of undergoing abortion, allowing a 16-year-old rape survivor to terminate her pregnancy. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni granted permission to the girl to undergo an abortion, after […] Read more » abortion featured justice G S Kulkarni Justice Naresh Patil Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act rape
Top Law News SC: No outside players in TN Premier League cricket tournament July 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said players registered with other cricket associations will not be allowed to take part in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) cricket tournament organised by the state cricket association. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, however, said TNPL matches will be held in accordance with the schedule as […] Read more » Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Chief Justice Dipak Misra Committee of Administrators (CoA) featured Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL)
Top Law News HC dismisses PIL seeking deregistration of CPI(M) July 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: .The Delhi High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking deregistration of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), after it was told that the petitioner had suppressed his political affiliation. “You (petitioner) are guilty of suppression of material facts. You failed to disclose your political affiliation. You should have disclosed it and said that […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal Communist Party of India CPI(M) featured Justice C Hari Shankar
Top Law News HC told Backfill work underway as per IIT suggestions in Wadala case July 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court was told today that an expert team from IIT-Bombay had inspected the site of a wall collapse in Wadala and backfill work was underway as per its suggestions. A division bench of justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla had last week asked the director of the IIT to set up […] Read more » Dosti Blossom Society featured IIT IIT-Bombay justice A S Oka Justice Riyaz Chagla Wadala and backfill work
Criminal Law News Top Law News Separatist Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others to 10-day NIA custody July 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Aasiya Andrabi and two other Kashmiri separatists were today handed over by a Delhi court to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) for 10 days’ custodial interrogation in connection with a case of allegedly waging war against the country. Amid tight security, the trio, who were brought here from Srinagar, were produced before District and […] Read more » Aasiya Andrabi featured Judge Poonam Bamba National Investigating Agency (NIA) NIA
Top Law News Congratulations, you’ve won! The reality behind online frauds July 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ghaziabad: It’s amazing how often we get a message or a phone call telling us we have won something or the other. These glad tidings share plenty of similarities: the winner is notified that he has won a handsome sum of money or a commodity in a certain bill and must contact the concerned official […] Read more » fraud Ghaziabad Indirapuram online fraud tricks
Top Law News SC: The contentious Lodha committee reform stands vindicated July 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s observations, dismissing the need for a cooling off period for BCCI office-bearers, came as a ray of hope today for the embattled body, which said its position against the contentious Lodha committee reform stands vindicated. “The Honourable judges heard our plea and made observations which has filled us with positivity. I […] Read more » BCCI BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
High Profile Cases Top Law News HC refuses to grand relief to actor Mithun Chakraborty’s wife, son July 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today refused to grant any interim relief from arrest to actor Mithun Chakraborty’s wife and son in a complaint of rape and cheating filed by a woman in Delhi. A court in Delhi had earlier this week said that prima facie there are sufficient grounds for registration of an FIR against […] Read more » featured Justice Ajey Gadkari Mahaakshay Mithun Chakraborty Yogita Bali
Human Rights Top Law News SC to examine plea seeking reservation for orphans on par with SC, ST, OBC July 6, 2018 / July 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to examine a plea seeking reservation in educational institutions and government jobs for orphans, who have no linkage in society, on par with those belonging to the SC/ST and OBC category. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi issued notice to the Centre seeking its response to […] Read more » featured Justice R. Banumathi Justice Ranjan Gogoi Mandal Commission OBC Poulomi Pavini Shukla SC ST
