Top Law News Priyadarshini Mattoo case: High Court asks convict to give his edu details May 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked Santosh Kumar Singh, who is serving life term for rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo in 1996, to file complete details of his education. The court noted that Singh has been pursuing the two-year LLM programme since 2012 and asked how long would he take to complete […] Read more » antosh Kumar Singh featured LLM programme Priyadarshini Mattoo case
Top Law News High Court raps police for seeking remand of people even for petty offences May 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has slammed police for invoking powers vested with them during “pre-independence era” and seeking remand of people even for petty offences. Justice M S Ramesh said the Supreme Court has time and again reiterated the cardinal principles, namely, “bail is the rule and jail is an exception and that persons accused […] Read more » featured High Court M S Ramesh Madras High Court police remand
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to stay Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in : Karnataka tussle May 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to stay BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in as Karnataka Chief Minister after a rare pre-dawn hearing which saw the Congress-JD (S) combine making a last-ditch attempt to stall the saffron party’s surge in the southern state. The apex court, which commenced the hearing at 2.11 AM and ended at […] Read more » A.K. Sikri Ashok Bhushan B.S. Yeddyurappa featured H D Kumaraswamy Karnataka chief minister Mukul Rohatgi S A Bobde Yeddyurappa
Top Law News Supreme Court Collegium defers decision on Justice Joseph’s elevation to supreme court May 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Collegium today again deferred its decision on the issue of recommending Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph for elevation to the top court after it was returned by the Centre. An supreme court official said that no decision has been taken as to when the recommendation will be sent to the Centre. […] Read more » elevation featured K M Joseph Ramchandra Singh Jhala Uttarakhand Chief Justice Uttarakhand High Court
Top Law News High Court says, Scope of habeas corpus pleas limited May 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has made it clear that the scope of habeas corpus petitions is limited and said the extraordinary jurisdiction of the constitutional courts cannot be invoked for dealing with such missing cases, where there is no “strong suspicion” of illegal detention. A habeas corpus plea is a petition which is filed to […] Read more » featured habeas corpus Madras High Court S M Subramaniam S Ramathilagam Scope of habeas corpus pleas
Top Law News Supreme Court on Karnataka tussle: Trend of past judgments not to restrain Guv May 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Karnataka power tussle turning into a midnight courtroom battle, the Supreme Court said the general trend of its past judgments was not to restrain the governor, as it heard a plea by the Congress-JD(S) combine against the governor’s decision to invite BJP’s B S Yeddyurappa to form the government. The apex court also […] Read more » A.K. Sikri ASG Maninder Singh Ashok Bhushan Attorney General K K Venugopal B.S. Yeddyurappa CJI CJI Misra featured Karnataka tussle MLA S A Bobde
Top Law News Supreme Court: Auction process of Sahara’s Aamby Valley property to continue May 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The auction process for the Sahara group’s prime Aamby Valley properties would continue as it has failed to deposit Rs 750 crore in the SEBI-Sahara refund account, the Supreme Court held today. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Ranjan Gogoi and A K Sikri was informed by the counsel representing the official […] Read more » Ashok Roy Choudhary Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Ravi Shankar Dubey Sahara's Aamby Valley
Top Law News Court sends contractor to police custody for a day May 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today sent a contractor, arrested in connection with an alleged scam in the Public Works Department (PWD), to police custody for a day. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Khanagwal sent Vinay Bansal to custody after the counsel for Delhi Police’s Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) said he was required for custodial interrogation. Vinay, who […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal featured Judge Sanjay Khanagwal police custody Public Works Department RACO Roads Anti-Corruption Organisation Surender Bansal Vinay Bansal
Top Law News High Court orders action against illegal water cooling plants in Delhi May 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the local municipal bodies to take action against water cooling plants which are illegally operating in the national capital in violation of the master plan. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the three MCDs and the Delhi Development Authority […] Read more » Chief Justice Gita Mittal EDMC featured illegal water Kamlesh Kumar Mishra MHO Sanjay Baniwal
Top Law News Supreme Court asks JAL to deposit Rs 1,000 crore by June 15 May 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked realty firm Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) to deposit an additional Rs 1,000 crore with its Registry by June 15 to provide refunds to the hassled home buyers. On submission of this amount, the liquidation proceedings against Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL), a subsidiary of holding company JAL, shall remain stayed, a […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Chief Justice Dipak Misra Chitra Sharma featured Jaypee Infratech Limited Jaypee Infratech Ltd
Top Law News High Court asks: Is IAF protecting its land on Yamuna banks from sand mining May 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre whether the Indian Air Force (IAF) was protecting its land on the banks of the Yamuna, where the Tilpat station of Western Air Command is located, from illegal sand mining. The query was posed by a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari […] Read more » Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi High Court featured land Prime Minister Narendra Modi Yamuna banks
Top Law News Supreme Court rejects K’taka’s plea to stall finalisation of draft Cauvery scheme May 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today rejected Karnataka’s plea that finalisation of the draft Cauvery management scheme should be put on hold as the process of formation of a new government in the state is underway. The supreme court also asked the Centre to modify a provision in the draft Cauvery management scheme that authorises the Union […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Cauvery management Cauvery scheme Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured K'taka's plea
