Top Law News MACT here has awarded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh March 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here has awarded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the parents of a class 3 student who was mowed down by a speeding truck in 2016. MACT member and district judge K D Vadane ordered the truck owner and the vehicle’s insurer to jointly and severally make the […] Read more » Compensation district judge K D Vadane featured MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal New India Assurance Company Limited
Top Law News Karti Chidambaram’s custodial interrogation needed in view of new revelations and facts: CBI March 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI today produced Karti Chidambaram before a Delhi court and sought extension of his custody to quiz him in the INX Media corruption case saying “new revelations” have come up and his custodial interrogation was necessary to confront him with the “new facts”. The agency, which produced Karti on expiry of his five-day police […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta custodial interrogation featured Karti Chidambaram
Top Law News INX Media case: Supreme Court to hear Karti’s fresh plea tomorrow March 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a fresh plea from Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P. Chidambaram, seeking quashing of the Enforcement Directorate’s summons against him in the INX Media case. In his fresh writ petition, Karti Chidambaram has challenged the summons on the ground that the ED has no jurisdiction to […] Read more » CBI's appeal against Karti custodial interrogation of Karti featured INX Media case Karti Chidambaram son of former Union minister P. Chidambaram
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Rajasthan to file affidavit in a matter pertaining pollution from buses. March 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Rajasthan government to file an affidavit within three weeks in a matter pertaining to pollution from buses operating to the state from Bikaner House near the India Gate here. The apex court ordered that if the state does not file an affidavit in three weeks, all the buses originating […] Read more » Bikaner House environmentalist M C Mehta featured Justice Deepak Gupta justices Madan B Lokur pollution Rajasthan Supreme Court
Top Law News UP Directorate of Prosecution to pay retired employee Rs 6.5L gratuity March 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has dismissed the plea of Directorate of Prosecution of Uttar Pradesh against a state commission order directing it to pay its physically disabled retired employee a gratuity of Rs 6.50 lakh, saying there was an inordinate delay of 700 days in filing the revision petition. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission […] Read more » featured NCDRC The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission UP Directorate of Prosecution
Top Law News ‘No more tareek pe tareek’, : Bombay High Court March 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “No more ‘tareek pe tareek’. Enough is enough,” an irked Bombay High Court said here while ruling out any more adjournments in a case, and imposed a fine of Rs 4.50 lakh on a public charitable trust for failing to file an affidavit since 2016. Justice Gautam Patel last week passed the order directing ‘Ram […] Read more » 'No more tareek pe tareek' Bombay High Court featured Justice Gautam Patel
Top Law News The Jammu and Kashmir government says Major Aditya not named as accused in Shopian case March 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday told the Supreme Court that Major Aditya Kumar was not named as an accused in the FIR of the January 27 Shopian firing incident in which three civilians were killed. Taking on record the statement of the state government, the apex court said there should be no investigation […] Read more » 10 Garhwal Rifles Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Major Aditya Kumar Shopian case
Top Law News Delhi High Court judges inspect trial courts March 3, 2018 / March 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Several Delhi High Court judges led by Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Gita Mittal today carried out surprise inspection of the six district courts here. A similar exercise was carried out in August last year, when the judges had made surprise checks at all the district courts in the national capital and found that several of […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Gita Mittal Delhi High Court featured G S Sistani Hima Kohli Justices Ravindra Bhat S Muralidhar Sanjiv Khanna surprise inspection of the six district courts Vipin Sanghi
Top Law News File action plan to treat eye infection in Himalayan blue sheep: NGT March 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today directed the Uttarakhand government to submit an action plan to address the issue of eye infection among he endangered Himalayan blue sheep, locally known as ‘bharal’. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim said the state government has failed to take proper action to prevent and control the disease which […] Read more » eye infection featured Himalayan blue sheep National Green Tribunal
Top Law News Omar Abdullah seeks divorce from Payal Abdullah to re-marry: Delhi High Court March 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought the response of Payal Abdullah, the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on his plea seeking divorce on the ground that their marriage has broken down irretrievably and he wants to get re-married. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Deepa Sharma issued notice […] Read more » Advocate Malavika Rajkotia featured Justice Siddharth Mridul Omar Abdullah Payal Abdullah
Top Law News Court to pass order shortly on Karti Chidambaram’s CBI custody March 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi Court is likely to shortly pass an order on the CBI’s plea seeking 14-day custody of Karti Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media case. Karti was produced before Special Judge Sunil Rana on the expiry of one-day police custody. Karti’s father P Chidambaram and mother Nalini Chidambaram, who are both senior advocates, were […] Read more » featured INX Media case Karti Chidambaram Senior advocate Abhishek Mani Singhvi
Top Law News Sharad Yadav may have to refund salary if he remains disqualified: Delhi High Court March 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today observed that former JD(U) president Sharad Yadav may have to refund the salary drawn by him during the pendency of his petition challenging his disqualification as a Rajya Sabha member, if he was not successful in his plea. The observation by the Justice Rajiv Shakdher came during the hearing of […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain Anti-Defection Act Delhi High Court featured Justice Rajiv Shakdher Sharad Yadav
