Top Law News NGT declares 100m from edge of Ganga as “no-development zone” July 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today passed a slew of directions to rejuvenate River Ganga, declaring as ‘No-Development Zone’ an area of 100 metres from the edge of the river between Haridwar and Unnao and prohibiting dumping of waste within 500 metres from the river. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also declared […] Read more » environmet law news featured Haridwar Legal News National Green Tribunal NGT River Ganga
Top Law News Delhi HC asks govt about vacancies of doctors in its hospitals July 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Which was the last year when the government recruited doctors for its hospitals here, the Delhi High Court asked today. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar asked the Centre to inform it since when the posts of doctors have been lying vacant. The court raised the questions after […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News vacancies of doctors in centre hospitals
Top Law News Court allows Malegaon blast accused to use laptops in jail July 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a rare order, a Mumbai court hearing the 2008 Malegaon blast case today allowed some of the accused to use laptops inside the prison for work related to the case. They won’t be able to access the Internet, though. “The court allowed an application moved by four accused after we said we had no […] Read more » Arthur road jail Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Malegaon blast Mumbai court
Top Law News Madras HC quashes defamation case against eight Tamil actors July 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today quashed a defamation case against eight popular Tamil film actors, pending in Udhagamandalam court in Nilgiris district. Justice M V Muralidharan scrapped the defamation case against the actiors on a petition by them seeking quashing of the case filed on a complaint by a journalist accusing them of making defamatory […] Read more » Court defamation case against eight Tamil actors featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Nilgiris Udhagamandalam court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Madras HC stays money laundering case against folk artiste July 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today stayed a money laundering case lodged by Enforcement Directorate against folk artiste Mohanambal and others following recovery of some money and valuables from her house in 2014. Justice M S Ramesh gave the interim relief to the folk dancer from Vellore district on her plea for quashing of the case, […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court money laundering case against folk artiste
Top Law News SC to give urgent hearing to disqualified MP min’s plea July 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a plea of senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Narottam Mishra who was recently disqualified by the Election Commission. The poll panel had on June 23 disqualified Mishra for three years over paid news charges, holding him guilty of filing wrong accounts […] Read more » BJP Court featured Law Legal News Madhya Pradesh Narottam Mishra Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Top Law News Surat club to pay 18L for not providing first aid to man July 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has upheld a state panel’s order asking a recreational club in Surat to pay Rs 18 lakh as compensation to the kin of a man who collapsed at the club and subsequently died due to inadequate help from the staff. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) asked the Surat City […] Read more » apex consumer commission Compensation Consumer Law news Court featured Law Legal News Surat club to pay 18L for not providing first aid to man
Top Law News Don’t just install VC facility, maintain it too: Bombay HC to govt July 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to not only install video conferencing facilities between courts and prisons but also maintain them for use in case of need. A bench of justices R M Savant and Sadhana Jadhav gave the direction while hearing a plea by an Aurangabad arms haul case accused Shaikh […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court failure to complete the process of installing video conference facility in all courts featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT imposes complete ban on nylon and synthetic manja July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today imposed a complete ban on ‘manja’, the string used to fly kites, made of nylon or any synthetic material which is non-biodegradable, saying it posed a threat to the lives of birds, animals and humans. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed all state governments to prohibit […] Read more » Environment Law News featured Legal News NGT imposes complete ban on nylon and synthetic manja
Criminal Law News Top Law News Judges vulnerable, says court, awards 10-yr term to attackers July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judges are “vulnerable” to murderous assaults for their verdicts which always go against one of the parties in a case, a Delhi court has said while awarding 10-year jail term to three convicts for assaulting three trial court judges in a road rage case here in 2012. The incident has “shaken the conscience” of the […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News road rage case trial court
Top Law News SC relief for Anurag Thakur, appeal of HP dismissed July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal filed by the Himachal Pradesh government challenging the high court order quashing a criminal case against BJP MP Anurag Thakur and others. A bench comprising Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit declined to interfere with the Shimla High Court’s May 30 last year order on the […] Read more » anurag thakur Court featured Himachal Pradesh Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Central selection in lower judiciary won’t affect state rules: SC July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought to dispel the apprehension that a proposal for a centralised selection mechanism for appointment of judicial officers in subordinate judiciary would affect the rules and regulations formulated by the states. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said the proposal has come forward so that vacancies could […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Court featured Law Legal News Lower judiciary Supreme Court
