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
Top Law News Practical test for vehicle licence to be videographed: Delhi High Court March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The AAP government has decided to videograph the practical test for motor vehicle licences to bring more transparency in the process of issuing driving permits, the Delhi High Court was informed today. The Delhi government told a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar that the entire exercise has been […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured Justice C Hari Shankar licence practical test for motor vehicle licences vehicle licence vehicle licence to be videographed videographed
Top Law News Rajiv Gandhi assassination case : CBI seeks dismissal of A G Perarivalan’s plea March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI has told the Supreme Court that A G Perarivalan’s plea seeking recall of its May 1999 judgement upholding his conviction in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case should be dismissed as it was devoid of any merits. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the CBI’s Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA), probing the […] Read more » dismissal of A G Perarivalan featured Rajiv case Rajiv Gandhi assassination case SC to hear plea against freeing Rajiv case convicts March 6
Top Law News CBI seeks judicial custody of Karti Chidambaram in INX Media case. March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI today produced Karti Chidambaram, former Union minister P Chidambaram’s son, in a Delhi court after his three-day police custody in the INX Media corruption case expired and sought 15 days judicial custody. Karti Chidambaram was produced in the court of Special Judge Sunil Rana, before whom CBI counsel V K Sharma moved an […] Read more » custody of Karti Chidambaram featured INX Media case judicial custody of Karti Chidambaram Karti Chidambaram
Top Law News HC grants bail to AAP MLA in Anshu Prakash assault case March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today granted bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in the Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash assault case. Justice Mukta Gupta granted relief to the Okhla MLA, who was arrested on February 21, with certain conditions as imposed on AAP legislator Prakash Jarwal earlier. “The petitioner (Khan) has served an incarceration of more […] Read more » AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan Anshu Prakash assault case. Chief Secretary featured
Top Law News Delhi High Court asks DSIIDC to pay Rs 10L compensation to kin of victim manual scavengers March 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed government company DSIIDC to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation each to the families of two manual scavengers who died while cleaning a sewer in Bawana Industrial Area here. The court said Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (DSIIDC), which is responsible for developing and providing industrial infrastructure […] Read more » Delhi High Court DSIIDC featured Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act.
Top Law News Madras High Court directs Economic Offences wing to take steps in identifying properties owned by dairy firm executives March 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has directed the Economic Offences (EO) Wing of the Central Crime Branch to take steps for identifying immovable properties in the name of executives of HBN Dairies and Allied Limited, which is alleged to have cheated around 20 lakh depositors of Rs 1,137 crore. Justice M S Ramesh passed the order […] Read more » dairy firm executives EO wing featured HBN Dairies and Allied Limited identifying properties Justice M S Ramesh Madras High Court
Top Law News National clean air programme to be finalised within four weeks: Supreme Court March 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The environment ministry today told the Supreme Court that a National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to comprehensively deal with the rising air pollution levels across the country would be finalised within four weeks. NCAP is a medium term national level strategy to tackle the increasing air pollution problem in India in a comprehensive manner and […] Read more » featured National clean air programme NCAP Supreme Court
Top Law News Maharashtra government changed Mumbai DP plan for Metro car shed: HC told March 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Some city residents and activists have approached the Bombay High Court alleging the Maharashtra government has illegally modified the draft Development Plan 2034 for Mumbai to show what was previously a green zone as that reserved for a car shed for the Metro rail project. The petitioners had earlier filed a public interest litigation (PIL) […] Read more » Aarey Milk Colony featured Maharashtra government Metro car shed
