Environment Law News Top Law News Delhi’s post-Diwali air quality ‘severe’ October 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi’s air quality took a sharp plunge and entered the ‘severe’ zone today, following night-long Diwali revelry when people set off millions of firecrackers and reduced a Supreme Court ban on their sale into a ‘heap of ash’. The pollution indicator of state-run System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) turned a deep shade […] Read more » air quality 'severe' Delhi's post-Diwali air quality 'severe' featured
Top Law News HC seeks report on probe into bitumen purchase irregularities October 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to file within four weeks a status report on probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of bitumen in Tamil Nadu. A Division Bench comprising Justices M M Sundaresh and M Sundar directed the DVAC to file the status report on a […] Read more » bitumen purchase bitumen purchase irregularities directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption DVAC featured HC irregularities Justice M M Sundaresh Justice M Sundar Madras High Court report on probe into bitumen purchase
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Ranjit Kumar resigns as solicitor general October 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country’s second highest law officer, resigned today for “personal reasons”. The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received his resignation letter today. While Kumar confirmed to PTI that he had resigned, sources close to him said it was for “personal reasons”. He was appointed solicitor general in June 2014 […] Read more » Attorney general featured Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Mukul Rohatgi Ranjit Kumar Senior lawyer K K Venugopal
Top Law News Bank under obligation to protect consumers interests: Forum October 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Mumbai Consumer Redressal Forum has directed the Punjab National Bank not to close the account of a lawyer over alleged rude behaviour. It also asked the lawyer, a senior citizen, to maintain cordial relations with the bank. “The opponent bank is not entitled to close account of complainant,” the forum ruled after Harish Bhatia […] Read more » Bank under obligation to protect consumers interests Court featured Forum Law Legal News Mumbai Consumer Redressal Forum PNB Punjab National Bank
Top Law News NGT dismisses plea against ban on sale of firecrackers October 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today rejected a plea against the ban on sale of firecrackers in the capital, saying the Supreme Court’s order banning the sale till October 31 was the “law of the land”. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar rejected the plea to reopen firecracker shops and release the licences […] Read more » ban on sale of firecrackers Court featured Law Legal News NGT Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC raps Delhi govt over non-payment of MCD workers’ dues October 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “There must be somebody with whom you are not at war,” the Delhi High Court told the Delhi government while pulling it up over the pending salaries of sanitation employees of the city’s municipal bodies. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also directed the striking sanitation employees not […] Read more » Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News non-payment of MCD workers' dues
Top Law News Delhi HC dismisses Jagdish Tytler’s plea in corruption case October 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today dismissed the pleas of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and controversial businessman Abhishek Verma challenging framing of charges against them in a corruption case. Tytler and Verma were put on trial by a city court in the case for allegedly using a forged letter addressed to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh […] Read more » corruption case Court Delhi High Court featured Jagdish Tytler Law Legal News plea
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT junks plea against ESZ around Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary October 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has junked a plea challenging the declaration of one km eco- sensitive zone (ESZ) around Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary (KWLS) in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar dismissed the plea filed by an NGO on the ground that objections and suggestions were […] Read more » Environment Law News featured Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary Legal News NGT plea against ESZ
Top Law News Delhi HC asks authorities to roll out plan to prevent defacement October 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the government, civic bodies and students who won the DUSU polls to roll out an action plan to prevent defacing of public buildings during the election campaigns. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar asked the Dean of Students’ Welfare of Delhi University, […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Delhi University Students Union DUSU polls featured Law Legal News
Top Law News 1989 Bhagalpur riots: SC to hear plea on acquittal of accused October 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has agreed to examine an appeal of the Bihar government against the acquittal of Kameshwar Prasad Yadav in the 1989 Bhagalpur communal riots in which over 1,000 people had lost their lives. Yadav was acquitted by the Patna High Court in June this year in a case related to the killing of […] Read more » 1989 Bhagalpur riots Court featured Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Bombay HC discharges cable businessman from Sunil Lahoria murder case October 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has discharged a Navi Mumbai-based businessman from the murder case of builder Sunil Kumar Lahoria, observing that there were no sufficient grounds for the case to proceed against him. Justice A M Badar last week discharged Bhupesh Gupta, who runs a cable business, after holding that the chargesheet filed by the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Sunil Lahoria murder case
Top Law News CBI faces HC flak in missing JNU student case October 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI today faced flak from the Delhi High Court for its “complete lack of interest” and not showing any result in its probe into the disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, five months after being handed over the investigation. Najeeb (27), a student of M.Sc Biotechnology, had gone missing from the Mahi-Mandvi hostel of the […] Read more » CBI Court Delhi High Court featured JNU Law Legal News Najeeb Ahmed
