Top Law News Delhi High Court refuses to ground entire fleet of IndiGo’s A320neo March 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today refused to ground the entire fleet of IndiGo’s A320neo aircraft, which allegedly have defective engines. Advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy’s said in his plea that IndiGo’s A320neo fleet should be grounded until the manufacturers give in writing that the existing defects have been rectified and the DGCA is satisfied. “Your (petitioner) first […] Read more » Delhi High Court Directorate General of Civil Aviation featured fleet of IndiGo's A320neo IndiGo's A320neo
Top Law News Ram Sethu will not be damaged for shipping channel project : Supreme Court March 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today informed the Supreme Court that in the “interest of the nation”, it will not damage the mythological Ram Sethu for its Sethusamudram Ship Channel project. The Union Ministry of Shipping, in its affidavit, told a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that the PIL filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against the Sethusamudram project can now be disposed […] Read more » featured Ram Sethu Sethusamudram Ship Channel project.
Top Law News ‘Panama Papers’ law firm shuts down operations March 15, 2018 / March 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The law firm at the heart of the “Panama Papers” global tax evasion scandal that brought down two world leaders announced today it would shut down operations, citing negative press and what it called unwarranted action by authorities. “Reputational deterioration, the media campaign, the financial consequences and irregular actions by some Panamanian authorities have caused […] Read more » featured Panama papers
Top Law News What is the policy for e-waste disposal: Delhi High Court March 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked municipal bodies and the Delhi government whether there was any policy to deal with the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste), dubbing it a “critical area” which has so far escaped attention. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to Sunita Narain, […] Read more » e-waste disposal featured Justice C Hari Shankar ting Chief Justice Gita Mittal
Top Law News Disproportionate Assets case: Court allows Abhay Chautala to travel to Pakistan March 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today allowed former Haryana chief minister O P Chautala’s son Abhay Chautala, accused in a disproportionate assets case, to travel to Lahore in Pakistan. Special Judge Arvind Kumar gave his nod to Abhay to travel from today till March 19 to Lahore for a wedding on furnishing a security of Rs 2 […] Read more » Abhay Chautala CBI Special Public Prosecutor Ajay Gupta disproportionate assets case featured O P Chautala ormer Haryana chief minister ormer Haryana chief minister O P Chautala's son
Top Law News Railway Claims Tribunal awards compensation to victims in Elphinstone Road stampede March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Railway Claims Tribunal in Mumbai has granted compensation to 36 victims of the stampede at the Elphinstone Road station here in September last year. Relatives of the 17 deceased have been granted a compensation of Rs 8 lakh each while the 19 injured have been compensated as per their disability, an official said today. […] Read more » Elphinstone Road stampede featured Railway Claims Tribunal
Top Law News Did not block access to admin block : JNU Students Union to Delhi High Court March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The office bearers of the JNU Students Union (JNUSU) have told the Delhi High Court that they have not violated its order on holding protests in the varsity as they did not block access to the administrative block. They also submitted before the high court that its August last year direction to not hold protests […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured JNU Students Union JNUSU Justice V.K. Rao
Top Law News Delhi court grants bail to accused in EC bribery case involving AIADMK March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today granted bail to a senior advocate, who is an accused in the Election Commission bribery case involving AIADMK (Amma) faction leader T T V Dhinakaran. Special judge Arvind Kumar granted bail to Chennai-based B Kumar and asked him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two sureties of the […] Read more » AIADMK EC bribery case Election Commission bribery case featured Special Judge Arvind Kumar T T V Dhinakaran
Top Law News National Green Tribunal directs CPCB to submit report on Anpara thermal power plant March 14, 2018 / March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to submit report on the emission standards of the Anpara thermal power plant located at Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim reteirated its earlier direction and asked the apex pollution monitoring body to file the report by […] Read more » Anpara thermal power plant CPCB featured Justice Jawad Rahim National Green Tribunal NBT
Top Law News The State Bank of India reduces charges on non-maintenance of minimum balance March 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The State Bank of India today reduced its charges on non-maintenance of an average monthly balance (AMB) in savings account by up to 75 per cent, effective April 1. The charges for non-maintenance of AMB for customers in metro and urban centres have been reduced from a maximum of Rs 50 per month plus goods […] Read more » The State Bank of India
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks data from HCs on pending sexual assault cases against minors March 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the Registrar Generals of the High Courts across the country to collect and collate data regarding the pendency of cases of sexual offences against children lodged under the stringent POCSO Act. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud gave the direction […] Read more » featured POCSO Act sexual assault cases
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear pleas against Karnataka High Court order on warnings on tobacco products March 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would hear all 45 petitions together including the one filed by the Centre against a Karnataka High Court order quashing the 2014 government regulation that packets of tobacco products must carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of the packaging space. The bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Supreme Court t Karnataka High Court tobacco products
