Top Law News Delhi HC refuses to stop further circulation of film purportedly based on Sushant Rajput’s life July 7, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to pass any direction to restrain further circulation of film ‘Nyay: The Justice’ which is purportedly based on the life of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput and has been released on a website. We will have it on 14th (July). I am not inclined at this stage, […] Read more » Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput circulation of film purportedly based on Sushant Rajput's life film 'Nyay: The Justice justices Rajiv Shakdher Talwant Singh
Top Law News HC takes cognisance after advocate makes repeated calls to woman judicial officer July 6, 2021 / July 6, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttarakhand High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the matter in which Laksar Bar Association secretary Navneet Tomar allegedly made repeated calls and sent messages to a woman judicial officer. The court has filed a criminal contempt petition against Tomar, and has fixed July 28 for the next hearing of the case. […] Read more » Chief Justice R S Chauhan Justice Justice Alok Kumar Verma Uttarakhand Bar Council Uttarakhand High Court
Top Law News Shocking that people still booked under scrapped section 66A of IT Act : SC July 6, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said it is amazing and shocking that people are still being booked under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act that was scrapped by the apex court verdict in 2015. Under the scrapped section a person posting offensive messages could be imprisoned for up to three years as also fined. […] Read more » scrapped section 66A of IT Act
Top Law News Woman’s rights over deceased husband’s property cease if remarriage proven: Chhattisgarh HC July 6, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that rights of a woman over the property of her deceased husband would cease if her remarriage is “strictly proven” as per the law. A bench of Justice Sanjay K Agrawal made the observation in a recent order, while dismissing an appeal related to a property suit filed against […] Read more » Chhattisgarh High Court rights over deceased husband's property cease if remarriage proven Woman's rights over deceased husband's property cease
Top Law News WB Post-poll violence: SC seeks Centre’s response for imposing President Rule in state July 6, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Centre to impose President’s Rule in West Bengal in view of deteriorating law and order situation due to the post-poll violence which started on May 2, the day of assembly election results. The plea also sought direction to the Centre to […] Read more » Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain Justice Dinesh Maheshwari justices vineet saran SIT Special Investigation Team WB Post-poll violence
Top Law News Bombay HC expresses shock on death of Stan Swamy in custody awaiting medical bail July 6, 2021 / July 6, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, died on Monday while waiting for an interim bail on medical grounds. Dr Ian D’souza, director of the Mumbai-based Holy Family Hospital, the private facility where Swamy was undergoing treatment, and the tribal rights activist’s lawyer Mihir Desai informed a bench of the […] Read more » death of Stan Swamy in custody awaiting medical bail Justice N J Jamadar Justices S S Shinde The Elgar Parishad case
Top Law News SC refuses to stay HC order allowing pvt schools to levy development and annual fees June 29, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday refused to stay the Delhi High Court order permitting unaided private schools in the national capital to levy annual fee and development charges from students. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar did not agree with the submission of the Directorate of Education (DoE) of the Delhi government that the […] Read more » directorate of education (DOE) Justice A M Khanwilkar pvt schools to levy development and annual fees
Top Law News SC pays tribute to 77 lawyers of SCBA who died due to Covid June 29, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday paid tribute to 77 advocates of the apex court lawyers’ body, who lost their lives due to COVID-19. At the start of the day’s proceedings, a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana expressed condolence on behalf of the Supreme Court judges. We are informed by the Secretary of […] Read more » Chief Justice N.V. Ramana Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranaryanan
Top Law News SC rejects plea seeking SIT probe into alleged forceful conversion in Nuh District June 29, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking setting up of a special investigating team (SIT) to probe the alleged forceful conversion of Hindus in Haryana’s Nuh district. Sorry, the plea is dismissed, a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana told senior advocate Vikas Singh, who was appearing for the […] Read more » Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain forceful conversion of Hindus in Haryana Justice A.S. Bopanna justice Hrishikesh Roy life imprisonment for Nikita Tomar's murder Nikita Tomar
Top Law News SC closes plea on trial in sexual assault case against Tejpal, says court rendered verdict June 29, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday closed the case related to extension of time after noting that a trial court in Goa has completed the trial by rendering acquittal verdict in the sexual assault case against Tehelka magazine founder Tarun Tejpal. On May 21, a trial court of Mapusa town of Goa acquitted Tejpal, the former […] Read more » SC closes plea on trial in sexual assault case against Tejpal sexual assault case against Tejpal
Top Law News Dawood’s brother Iqbal Kaskar gets one-day NCB custody in drugs case June 26, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra’s Thane district has remanded Iqbal Kaskar, brother of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, in the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) custody for one day in a drugs case. Magistrate M M Mali on Friday remanded Kaskar in the anti-drugs agency’s custody. Kaskar’s alleged involvement in the case surfaced following the […] Read more » Iqbal Kaskar MCOCA
Top Law News Make strategic reserve of Oxygen for 2-3 weeks like petroleum: NTF to SC June 26, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court-appointed National Task Force (NTF) of top medical experts, set up to formulate a methodology for allocation of oxygen to states and union territories, has recommended that the country should have strategic reserves of the gas for 2-3 weeks of consumption on the lines of the arrangements made for petroleum products. The 12-member NTF […] Read more » National Task Force
