Top Law News PM hails Indian scientists for developing vaccine against COVID-19 June 7, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded Indian scientists for developing made-in-India vaccine against Covid and boosting other measures to fight the pandemic within a year of its outbreak. Addressing a meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Society via video conferencing, he cited India’s experience in the previous century to say […] Read more »
Top Law News Delhi govt and students appeal in HC against order allowing pvt schools to charge annual fees June 4, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Several appeals, including one by the AAP government, have been moved in the Delhi High Court against its single judge’s decision allowing private unaided recognised schools to collect annual and development charges from students for the period after the lockdown ended in the national capital last year. The petitions moved on behalf of the students […] Read more » pvt schools to charge annual fees
Top Law News Gujarat : Man gets 18 months in jail for hurling sandals at HC judge June 4, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A magisterial court here sentenced a tea vendor from Gujarat’s Rajkot district to 18 months in jail for hurling his sandals at a High Court judge in 2012, out of frustration over long pendency of his case. Chief judicial magistrate V A Dhadhal of Mirzapur rural court on Thursday held Bhavanidas Bavaji guilty as charged under […] Read more » Chief judicial magistrate V A Dhadhal High Court Justice K S Jhaveri reason for throwing sandals at a High Court judge
Top Law News SC rejects plea against HC order granting anticipatory bail to journalist in rape case June 4, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting anticipatory bail to a Mumbai-based journalist in a rape case lodged against him by a 22-year-old woman. We find no reason to interfere. The special leave petition is dismissed, said a vacation bench of Justices Navin Sinha and Ajay Rastogi […] Read more » Ajay Rastogi anticipatory bail to journalist in rape case Justices Navin Sinha
Top Law News SC to hear on May 31 plea seeking cancellation of Class 12 exams amid pandemic May 29, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear on May 31 a plea seeking directions to cancel Class 12 examinations in the wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. The matter came up for hearing before a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari. At the outset, the bench […] Read more » cancellation of Class 12 exams amid pandemic Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Justices A M Khanwilkar
Top Law News HC dismisses Matrix Cellular’s plea to release oxygen concentrators seized by police May 29, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has dismissed Matrix Cellular Services’ plea for release of its seized oxygen concentrators, saying it sold “untested” equipment to desperate people at exorbitant prices by making false representations at a time when there was a surge in COVID-19 cases and severe lack of oxygen supply for patients. Justice Yogesh Khanna, while […] Read more » Matrix Cellular Services release oxygen concentrators seized by police
Top Law News HC agrees to hear plea to restrain ‘media trial’ of wrestler Sushil Kumar May 29, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea to restrain the media from ‘sensationalising’ the trial of wrestler and Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in connection with the death of a 23-year old man, and seeking rules for reporting criminal cases, was mentioned on Thursday before the Delhi High Court which agreed to hear it on May 28. The petition was mentioned […] Read more » media trial of wrestler Sushil Kumar restrain 'media trial' of wrestler Sushil Kumar
Top Law News HC allows duty free import of drug to treat black fungus till Centre decides on waiver May 29, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday allowed duty free import of Amphotericin B, used for treating black fungus patients, primarily those affected by it after recovering from COVID-19, on furnishing of a bond by the importers till the Centre takes a final decision on waiving the customs duty on it. The high court said the medicine […] Read more » Amphotericin B used for treating black fungus patients duty free import of Amphotericin B
Top Law News Take action on PIL claiming poor state of quarantine centre : HC tells Delhi govt May 29, 2021 / May 29, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi government to treat as a representation a PIL claiming that the quarantine centre at Sultanpuri here for COVID-19 patients is “unhygienic”, “uninhabitable” and lacks medical professionals to monitor them, and ordered it to take “immediate action” on the concerns raised in the plea. A bench of […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel Justice Jyoti Singh PIL claiming poor state of quarantine centre
Corporate Law News Top Law News HC summons hospital dean on Hany Babu’s plea for medical aid May 19, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi University’s associate professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday seeking medical aid for an eye infection which he developed after contracting COVID-19. Babu’s counsel senior advocate Yug Chaudhry approached a vacation bench comprising Justices S J Kathawalla and S P Tavade, seeking an […] Read more » Delhi University's associate professor Hany Babu Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case
Top Law News Treat as representation plea to exempt NGOs from prior permission to receive foreign donations: HC May 19, 2021 / May 19, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL to exempt registered NGOs from taking prior permission under FCRA to receive foreign contributions in the form of equipment for COVID-19 was heard on Tuesday by the Delhi High Court which asked the Centre to treat the plea as a representation. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel exempt NGOs from prior permission to receive foreign donations Justice Jyoti Singh
Top Law News No relief to wrestler Sushil Kumar, court denies anticipatory bail May 19, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi Court on Tuesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to absconding Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium brawl that led to the death of a wrestler. Additional Sessions Judge Jadgish Kumar denied the relief to Sushil Kumar against whom a case of murder, abduction and criminal conspiracy has been […] Read more » No relief to wrestler Sushil Kumar
