High Profile Cases Top Law News Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand move Bombay HC for pre-arrest bail April 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Social activist Teesta Setalvad and her associate Javed Anand today moved the Bombay High Court, seeking `transit anticipatory bail’ in a case of alleged misappropriation of Central government’s funds by them. After a brief hearing on the plea, a bench of Revati Mohite-Dere said she would pass appropriate order on the plea tomorrow. The case […] Read more » Ahmedabad Crime Branch Bombay High Court Javed Anand Justice Mohite-Dere Mahesh Jethmalani NGO Sabrang Trust Teesta Setalvad
Top Law News SC dismisses five petitions challenging CBSE’s retest decision April 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed five petitions challenging the CBSE’s decision to conduct a re-examination of the Class 12 economics paper after an alleged leak. The top court said it is the discretion of the Central Board of Secondary Education to conduct the re-examination and can’t be challenged in the court. A bench of Justices […] Read more » CBSE L Nageswara Rao S A Bobde Supreme Court
Top Law News RBI did not do proper auditing: CVC on PNB fraud April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary today said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had apparently not conducted an audit during the period of time when a Rs 13,000-crore scam hit the Punjab National Bank. Chowdary stressed the need to put into place a more robust auditing system. “They did not do this (an audit),” […] Read more » Arun Jaitley Central Vigilance Commissioner PTI Punjab National Bank Reserve Bank of India Union Finance Minister
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court dismisses sedition case against SP leader Azam Khan April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here has dismissed a sedition case lodged against Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan for allegedly making controversial remarks on Kashmir. Chief Judicial Magistrate Amarjeet Singh dismissed the case yesterday and rejected the final report filed by the police in the matter. The case was registered against Khan by Bajrang Dal leader […] Read more » Bajrang Dal BJP Samajwadi Party Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan
Top Law News SC: Article 370 not a temporary provision April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said that Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir is not a temporary provision. The Supreme court said that in its earlier verdict of 2017 in the SARFESI case, it has been already held that Article 370 was “not a temporary provision”. “The issue concerned […] Read more » Article 370 Constituent Assembly of J&K Constitution featured Kumari Vijayalakshmi Jha SARFESI case Supreme Court
Top Law News DND flyway toll issue would be hear in July: SC April 4, 2018 / April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would hear in July the matter related to the Allahabad High Court ruling which stated that no toll should be collected from the commuters using the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said that report filed in the matter by the […] Read more » Allahabad High Court CAG Deepak Gupta Delhi-Noida Direct featured Madan B Lokur NTBCL Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News AAP MLA discharged by Delhi court in six cases of extortion April 4, 2018 / April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today discharged Delhi AAP MLA Manoj Kumar in six related cases of extortion filed against him in August 2015. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal absolved the MLA from the charges citing lack of evidence against him. The court, however, framed the charges against his personal assistant and co-accused Deepak Sharma in […] Read more » AAP AAP MLA Manoj Kumar Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sharma Delhi Police featured Samar Vishal
Top Law News Aadhaar law is just, fair & reasonable: Centre to SC April 4, 2018 / April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today justified the Aadhaar Act in the Supreme Court, saying it was a “fair and reasonable law” which complied with the tests prescribed by the historic verdict on the right to privacy. A nine-judge constitution bench, on August 24 last year, had declared the right to privacy as a fundamental right and termed […] Read more » Aadhaar Ac Ajay Bhushan Pandey Attorney general Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud UIDAI
Top Law News Govt legalising illegalities, traders holding Delhi to ransom: SC April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today lambasted the government for legalising the illegalities perpetuated so far by protecting illegal construction and now letting the traders hold the capital to ransom by their agitation against the sealing drive. The supreme court took strong exception to the protests and ‘dharnas’ by the traders and pulled up the Centre for […] Read more » ASG Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court declines to stay its 20 March verdict on SC/ST verdict April 3, 2018 / April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to keep in abeyance its 20 March order on the SC/ST Act but said it will consider in detail the Centre’s review petition. A bench of Justices A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit, while referring to the large-scale nationwide violence during the protest against the verdict, said that people who […] Read more » A K Goel featured Maharashtra government SC/ST Act Supreme Court U U Lalit
High Profile Cases Top Law News HC closes defamation suit on kejriwal after he apologised to Arun Jaitley April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today closed the Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Union minister Arun Jaitley after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised to him. Jaitley had filed this second defamation suit after Kejriwal’s former lawyer Ram Jethmalani allegedly “abused” him in open court during the proceedings of the original defamation suit against […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Arun Jaitley Arvind Kejriwal DDCA Delhi and District Cricket Association featured Ram Jethmalani
Top Law News Lord Jagannath Temple’s treasury will be open for inspection tomorrow April 3, 2018 / April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The treasury of the 12th century Lord Jagannath Temple will be opened for inspection tomorrow after a gap of 34 years, a top temple official said. A 10-member team will inspect the physical condition of the floor, roof and wall of the ‘Ratna Bhandar’ (treasury) on April 4, Chief Administrator P K Jena of the […] Read more » ASI's core committee Chief Administrator P K Jena Gajapati Maharaj Dibyasingha Deb Lord Jagannath Temple Pattajoshi Mohapatra
