Top Law News HC to Delhi govt: Ensure proper street-lighting in city April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the civic bodies to ensure proper street-lighting in the national capital on a plea alleging that the LED lights on public roads and streets of south Delhi were not functioning. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi High Cour EESL Energy Efficiency Services Limited featured Justice C Hari Shankar LED lights SDMC South Delhi Municipal Corporation
High Profile Cases Top Law News HC notice to Karti Chidambaram’s CA on ED plea April 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Chartered Accountant of Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram on an Enforcement Directorate plea seeking cancellation of his bail in the INX media money laundering case. The court has listed the matter for hearing on August 16. The Enforcement Directorate has challenged the trial […] Read more » chartered accountant Congress leader P. Chidambaram Delhi High Court Enforcement Directorate plea featured FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion Board INX S. Bhaskaraman
Top Law News Supreme Court asks WB election commission to ensure ‘free and fair’ Panchayat polls April 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the West Bengal state election commission to “ensure fair and free” panchayat poll in the state and take appropriate steps to allay the apprehensions of BJP or other intending candidates of not being allowed to contest the elections. The top court, however, refused to interfere with the poll process, saying […] Read more » featured panchayat poll SEC State Election Commissioner Supreme Court Trinamool Congress
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks report from Centre on facilities at Rohingyas camps April 10, 2018 / April 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to file a comprehensive status report in four weeks on the civic amenities at two Rohingya camps in Delhi and Haryana after it was alleged that basic facilities like drinking water and toilets also not available there. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also raised the […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Foreigner Regional Registration Office Supreme Court The Rohingyas Western Rakhine State of Myanmar
Top Law News Supreme Court junks plea to nationalise rivers April 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today junked a plea seeking nationalisation of all the rivers and dams in the country and handing over their operation and control to the Centre. A bench of Chief Justice Diak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud dismissed the plea, saying it cannot nationalise all the rivers and […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Chief Justice Diak Misra D Y Chandrachud public interest litigation Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Centre
Top Law News Plea in High Court against CBSE decision not to hold Class 10 maths retest April 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today said it would hear a plea tomorrow challenging the CBSE’s decision not to hold a re-examination for the Class 10 mathematics paper, the contents of which were leaked recently. The plea was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar which listed it for […] Read more » CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured High Court Justice C Hari Shankar NGO Social Jurist
Top Law News HC to govt: Work out plan to improve medical facilities in Tihar April 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Noting that the inmates lodged in Tihar Jail here are being referred to outside hospitals for even basic treatments, the Delhi High Court has directed the chief secretary of the city government to convene a meeting to work out a plan for improving facilities at the central jail. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita […] Read more » Central Jail Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital Delhi High Court featured High Court Tihar Jail
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Bengal panchayat poll process April 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to extend the last date for the filing of nominations for panchayat polls in West Bengal, saying it could not interfere with the election process. The top court, however, granted liberty to all candidates to approach the West Bengal State Election Commission for appropriate relief. “We have not interfered with […] Read more » Bengal panchayat poll process BJP featured Supreme Court
Top Law News SC: Wife not a chattel, husband can’t force her to live with him April 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A wife is not a “chattel” or an “object” and she cannot be forced to reside with her husband even if the man desires to live with her, the Supreme Court has said. The supreme court observed this while hearing a matter in which a woman, who lodged a criminal case against her husband alleging […] Read more » featured IPC case Madan B Lokur SC Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court stops infringement of Patanjali trademark April 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has restrained four ayurveda firms and a trust from manufacturing, selling or advertising any goods or services bearing the mark or word Patanjali’, the registered trademark of yoga guru Ramdev’s company. The order by Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw came on a plea by Ramdev’s company Patanjali Ayurved Ltd which has contended […] Read more » Delhi High Court Diwai Gramodyog Sewa Sansthan Dr Zee Biotech Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Karamveer Ayurveda Maharishi Patanjali Vedic Foundation Patanjali Patanjali Ayurved Ltd
Top Law News Aadhaar details help mentally-ill woman reunite with family April 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Enrolment of a mentally-ill woman under the Aadhaar scheme came handy as it helped her reunite with her family after she went missing over four months ago. The 31-year-old woman was found abandoned on Delhi roads and after being rescued by police, she was sent to short-stay home ‘Nirmal Chhaya’ by a court which had […] Read more » 'Nirmal Chhaya' Aadhaar scheme abandoned woman featured Kashmere Gate Police Station Supreme Court UIDAI
High Profile Cases Top Law News Judge hearing Salman Khan’s bail plea transferred April 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A district and sessions judge, who was supposed to pronounce order on Salman Khan’s application for bail and suspension of sentence in 1998 black buck poaching case, has been transferred as part of a reshuffle. In a late night development, Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi has been transferred to Sirohi, as per an order of […] Read more » black buck poaching case featured Jodhpur Central Jail Registrar General of the High Court Salman Khan
