Top Law News HC issues notice to punjab local govt department, Khanna MC November 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notices to Punjab’s local government department and Khanna municipal council on a writ petition claiming a Rs-10 lakh compensation each for two dengue deaths. The bench of Justice Rajan Gupta issued notices for December 18, on a civil writ petition jointly filed by Balram Kumar Balli and […] Read more » Court featured Khanna municipal council Law Legal News Madras High Court Punjab
Top Law News R K Nagar bypoll: HC refers another plea to First Bench November 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today referred to a bench headed by the chief justice a plea by the DMK seeking to refrain the Election Commission from notifying the R K Nagar Assembly bypoll without taking action against those named in an Income Tax report over alleged bribing of voters. Justice K Ravichandra Baabu referred the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court R K Nagar bypoll
Top Law News ‘Do you have any scheme to check unemployment among engg graduates’ October 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today asked the HRD Ministry if there was any scheme available with it to deal with unemployment engineering graduates in the country. Justice N Kirubakaran was hearing a petition by S K Natarajan seeking a direction to the state government to implement the Tamil Nadu State Level Placement Programme in top […] Read more » Court engg graduates featured HRD Ministry Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News Plea in SC for gender-equal bench to hear Sabarimala matter October 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fresh plea was today moved in the Supreme Court seeking setting up of a constitution bench with half of the bench being women judges or a special jury with eminent personalities to hear the case relating to women’s entry into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. The plea, filed by S Parameswaran Nampoothiri who is […] Read more » Court featured gender-equal bench Law Legal News plea Sabarimala matter Supreme Court
Top Law News Chhattisgarh police gets transit remand of Vinod Verma October 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court today rejected the bail plea of journalist Vinod Verma, who was arrested here on charges of blackmail and extortion, and granted Chhattisgarh police his transit remand till October 30, his lawyer said. Verma was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Archna after his arrest. Supreme Court advocate and Congress leader Naseeb Ahmed Khan […] Read more » Chhattisgarh police Court featured Law Legal News Vinod Verma
Top Law News SC allows Centre to withdraw force from trouble-hit Darjeeling October 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today permitted the Centre to withdraw seven of the 15 companies of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) from strife-torn Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal for deployment in poll-bound states of Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Observing that law and order was a “state subject”, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak […] Read more » 'West Bengal Centre government Court Darjeeling featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC to decide on early hearing of Asaram’s bail pleaSC to decide on early hearing of Asaram’s bail plea October 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it will decide on self-styled preacher Asaram’s plea for early hearing of his bail application in an alleged rape case lodged in Gujarat. “I will see to it,” Chief Justice Dipak Misra, heading a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said when counsel for Asaram said […] Read more » Asaram's bail plea Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape case Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC asks govt if pension has been disbursed to aged people October 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the Delhi Government whether it has disbursed pension to the aged and disabled people who were earlier covered under the schemes of municipal corporations. Justice A K Chawla also asked the government to file a report indicating compliance of a division bench order last year, or face strict action. […] Read more » Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News State must acquire private land within fixed time period: Bombay HC October 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has observed that the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot hold on to a private plot of land without officially acquiring it within the period stipulated under the Land Acquisition Act. A bench of Justices Riyaz Chagla and Vasanti Naik observed this recently while hearing a petition filed […] Read more » BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Top Law News With electric wires all over, Chandni Chowk is a time bomb: Delhi HC October 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The mess of electric wires dangling over the entire Chandni Chowk area were akin to “time bombs”, putting at risk the lives of people, the Delhi High Court today said. The court also observed that there was a lack of access in the walled city in case of any emergency as fire tenders and ambulances […] Read more » Chandni Chowk Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Environment Law News Top Law News Registration of diesel trucks for waste disposal allowed October 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi government to allow registration of 40 new diesel vehicles to be used for waste disposal. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar granted the relief on the condition that the applicant would scrap 18 heavy diesel vehicles and 20 old loaders and give an […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured Law Legal News National Green Tribunal NGT Registration of diesel trucks for waste disposal allowed
Top Law News Madras HC expresses shock over enrolment of lawyers without formal education October 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu Bar Council and Advocate General Vijay Narayan to issue notices to 713 people, who had enrolled as advocates after getting law degrees based on MA degrees of open universities from 2009 to 2016, for cancellation of their membership. Justice N Kirubakaran also ordered lodging of a […] Read more » Court enrolment of lawyers without formal education featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil Nadu
