Top Law News High Court: Bengaluru court has jurisdiction to hear Antrix-Devas dispute May 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today held that a court in Bengaluru has the jurisdiction to hear the dispute between ISRO’s Antrix Corporation and Devas Multimedia which has won an arbitral award of USD 672 million from an international tribunal. Devas had moved the high court for implementation of the arbitral award by seeking attachment of […] Read more » Antrix-Devas dispute Delhi High Court featured International Chamber of Commerce ISRO ISRO's Antrix Corporation
Top Law News Father, son get life in jail for murdering neighbour May 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today refrained from staying an order restraining web portal Cobrapost from making public a documentary alleging that various media houses have indulged in unethical practices like paid news. The bench sought the response of Dainik Bhaskar Corporation Ltd on the plea of the portal and a journalist, seeking to set aside […] Read more » advocate Pramod Kumar Dubey Dainik Bhaskar Delhi High Court father featured son get life in jail for murdering neighbour
Top Law News High Court disapproves of dumping garbage on roads as mark of protests May 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expressing disapproval over the practice of dumping garbage on roads as a mark of protest, the Delhi High Court has said it was “completely intolerable”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar was referring to the recent agitation by New Delhi Municipal Council’s (NDMC) contractual sanitation workers who dumped […] Read more » C Hari Shankar Chief Justice Gita Mittal East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC featured NDMC New Delhi Municipal Council Shastri Bhavan
Top Law News Ex-CMs Mulayam, Akhilesh move Supreme Court for time to vacate official homes May 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former UP chief ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav today moved the Supreme Court seeking “appropriate time” for vacating their official residences allotted by the Uttar Pradesh government. The top court had on May 7 held that former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh cannot retain government accommodation after demitting office and said […] Read more » Akhilesh Yadav featured Mulayam Singh Yadav NGO Lok Prahari Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh vacate
Top Law News PIL in High Court for inquiry into safety of rails supplied by Swiss firm to DMRC May 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought the DMRC’s response to a PIL seeking in-depth inquiry into the safety of rails procured through a Swiss company for metro tracks. The petition, which came up for hearing before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, alleged that the rails supplied by […] Read more » C Hari Shankar DMRC East Metal AG featured Gita Mittal Swiss
High Profile Cases Top Law News Police to court: Sunanda’s mail, messages taken as a “dying declaration” May 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “I have no desire to live…all I pray for is death,” Sunanda Pushkar wrote in an e-mail to her husband Shashi Tharoor nine days before she was found dead in a luxury hotel room here, police has told a city court. The police also told the court that Sunanda’s death was due to poisoning and […] Read more » Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal death dying declaration featured Sunanda Pushkar
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear plea on June 1 against culling of stray dogs in UP May 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Friday a plea against alleged rampant culling of stray dogs in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh following deaths of several children in the area over the past few months. The plea was mentioned for urgent hearing before a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and M M […] Read more » featured L Nageswara Rao M M Shantanagoudar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court no to urgent hearing on plea on pollution from Tuticorin plant May 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to urgently hear a plea seeking direction to Tamil Nadu government to file a status report on its efforts to control arsenic and cadmium pollution in the ground water around the Sterlite Copper’s smelting plant at Tuticorin. At least 13 persons were killed and hundreds injured in the recent police […] Read more » featured L Nageswara Rao M M Shantanagoudar N Rajaraman Sterlite Industries Tuticorin plant
Top Law News PIL in High Court for inquiry into safety of rails supplied by Swiss firm to DMRC May 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought the DMRC’s response to a PIL seeking in-depth inquiry into the safety of rails procured through a Swiss company for metro tracks. The petition, which came up for hearing before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, alleged that the rails supplied by […] Read more » C Hari Shankar Delhi High Court Dhirendra Krishna DMRC featured Gita Mittal
Top Law News MP High Court: Wife has the right to know husband’s salary details May 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman had the right to know the remuneration of her husband, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed. A High Court bench of Justices SK Seth and Nandita Dubey made the observation while hearing the petition of Sunita Jain who had sought a higher maintenance amount from her estranged husband claiming that he was […] Read more » central public information officer CIC featured KC Ghildiyal Madhya Pradesh High Court Pawan Kumar Jain SK Seth
Top Law News NGT slaps Rs 25,000 fine on Delhi govt for not filing report May 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped Rs 25,000 as costs on the Delhi government for failure to file a report on the action taken to prevent blockage of drains in the city. A bench headed by Acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim directed the AAP government to file its response within 10 days and […] Read more » AAP Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim Delhi Jal Board featured National Green Tribunal NGT Rajokari water body
High Profile Cases Top Law News Centre in High Court against CIC order on Khemka’s deputation May 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has moved the Delhi High Court against a CIC order asking it to inform whether IAS officer Ashok Khemka, known for cancelling Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra’s alleged illegal land deal in Gurgaon, was considered for the post of joint secretary in the Centre. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in its […] Read more » Ashok Khemka C K Bhatt CIC Delhi High Court DoPT's featured IAS Rahul Sharma Robert Vadra RTI Act. Vibhu Bakhru
