Top Law News SC issues show-cause notices to comedian Kunal Kamra and comic artist Rachita Taneja in contempt cases December 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court issued show-cause notices to comedian Kunal Kamra and comic artist Rachita Taneja on Friday for their alleged scandalous tweets against the apex court. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah sought response from the two in six weeks on the notices issued in two separate cases. […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal comedian Kunal Kamra comic artist Rachita Taneja contempt cases scandalous tweets against the apex court
Top Law News SC directs states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals December 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday directed all the states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals across the country to prevent fire incidents in medical institutions. The apex court also directed dedicated COVID-19 hospitals to take a no objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department within four weeks and said that failure […] Read more » fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals
Top Law News HC quashes Income Tax proceedings against Karti Chidambaram & Srinidhi Chidambaram December 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has quashed the Income Tax proceedings initiated against Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram,and his wife over alleged non-disclosure of cash transactions of about Rs seven crore following sale of a property near here. The Court, while ruling that the action is “not maintainable and premature”, clarified that […] Read more » Karti Chidambaram Srinidhi Chidambaram
Top Law News Can’t coerce family planning : Centre tells SC on population control December 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has told the Supreme Court that India is unequivocally against forcing family planning on its people and any coercion to have a certain number of children is counter-productive and leads to demographic distortions. In an affidavit filed in the top court, the health ministry told the apex court that the family welfare programme […] Read more » Can't coerce family planning PIL to control population
Top Law News CBI files supplementary charge sheets in 2 Vyapam scam cases December 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI has filed supplementary charge sheets in two separate cases related to pre-medical test-2009 and transport constable recruitment test-2012 conducted by Vyapam in Madhya Pradesh, officials said Tuesday. In the supplementary charge sheet filed before a Gwalior special court in the PMT-2009 case, the CBI has listed 126 accused candidates, impersonators, parents of candidates […] Read more » CBI Vyapam scam case
Top Law News Allahabad High Court quashes detention under NSA of anti-Dalit violence accused December 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court on Monday quashed a detention order under stringent National Security Act and directed forthwith release of the detenue. A bench of justices Pritinker Diwaker and P K Srivastava ordered the release of detenue Javed Siddiqui, arrested under the NSA allegedly for triggering violence against Dalits in Jaunpur district early this year. […] Read more » Allahabad High Court anti-Dalit violence accused detention under NSA detention under NSA of anti-Dalit violence accused Justice P K Srivastava Justices Pritinker Diwaker
Top Law News JK High Court first female Chief Justice Justice Gita Mittal says tried to embed spirit of equality in courts December 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After rendering over 28 months of service as the first female Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal on Tuesday said she tried to embed the abounding spirit of inclusion, equality and justice in the courts. Justice Mittal, who was sworn in on August 11, 2018, as the 36th Chief […] Read more » first female Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice Gita Mittal
Top Law News HC quashes detention under NSA of anti-Dalit violence accused December 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court on Monday quashed a detention order under stringent National Security Act and directed forthwith release of the detenue. A bench of justices Pritinker Diwaker and P K Srivastava ordered the release of detenue Javed Siddiqui, arrested under the NSA allegedly for triggering violence against Dalits in Jaunpur district early this year. […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Javed Siddiqui Justice P K Srivastava Justice Pritinker Diwaker National Security Act NSA of anti-Dalit violence accused
Top Law News Derogatory remark against Sufi saint: SC refuses to quash FIRs against TV news anchor December 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash FIRs lodged in different states against TV news anchor Amish Devgan for his alleged defamatory remark against Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti during a show on June 15. The top court, however, said Devgan will get protection from any coercive action if he continues to cooperate with […] Read more » defamatory remark against Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Derogatory remark against Sufi saint Justice AM Khanwilkar Justice Sanjiv Khanna SC refuses to quash FIRs against TV news anchor Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti TV news anchor Amish Devgan
Top Law News SC allows Centre to go ahead with foundation stone-laying ceremony for Central Vista project December 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to go ahead with the proposed foundation stone-laying ceremony for the Central Vista project after the government assured it that no construction or demolition work would commence till the apex court decides the pending pleas on the issue. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench headed by […] Read more » Central Vista project SC
Top Law News SC agrees to hear plea of Maharashtra governor against HC’s show cause notice for contempt. December 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari against issuance of a show cause notice by the Uttarakhand High Court on a petition seeking contempt proceedings against him for his alleged failure to pay rent for a government bungalow allocated to him as ex chief minister of […] Read more » Justice K M Joseph Justice Krishna Murari Justices R F Nariman Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari show cause notice for contempt Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Uttarakhand High Court
Top Law News Republic TV official and another accused get bail in TRP scam December 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here on Saturday granted bail to Republic TV’s western region distribution head Ghanshyam Singh, arrested last month in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam. Ghanshyam Singh, who is also assistant vice president at Republic Media Network, had been arrested on November 10. The sessions court also granted bail to Vishal Bhandari, a […] Read more » bail in TRP scam BARC Broadcast Audience Research Council D S Deshmukh Republic TV's western region distribution head Ghanshyam Singh Television Rating Points) rigging scam TRP rigging scam
