Top Law News Jobs, admissions on fake caste certificates not valid: SC July 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today held that government jobs or admissions secured under reserved category by using forged caste certificates cannot be held valid or sustained in the eyes of the law. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud did not concur with the findings of the Bombay High Court […] Read more » Court featured Jobs and admissions on fake caste certificates not valid Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC directs Centre to start filling up vacancies in ITAT July 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to initiate within three weeks the process of filling up vacancies of presidents, vice presidents and members in different benches of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunals (ITAT) across the country. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said after Solicitor General Ranjit […] Read more » Court featured Income Tax Appellate Tribunals Law Legal News Supreme Court directs Centre to start filling up vacancies in ITAT
Top Law News Court asks Pb min’s son to vacate ex-armyman’s property July 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today asked Rana Inder Partap Singh, son of Punjab Minister Rana Gurjit Singh, to vacate a house taken on rent from a retired army officer. The court of Additional Civil Judge Aashish Abrol sent a bailiff today to Inder Partap and asked him to vacate the house located in the Defence Colony […] Read more » Court ex-armyman's property featured Law Legal News Punjab Rana Gurjit Singh Rana Inder Partap Singh
Top Law News Punjab and Haryana HC sets aside appointment of four chief parl secys in Hry July 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to the Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today set aside the appointment of four BJP MLAs as chief parliamentary secretaries. The judgment of a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court came on a PIL filed by a lawyer, Jagmohan Singh Bhatti, who […] Read more » appointment of four chief parl secys in Haryana Court featured Law Legal News Punjab and Haryana High Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News “Can’t deny rape victims justice for lack of medical proof” July 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice cannot be denied to the victims of sexual offences for lack of medical evidence and a woman’s oral testimony can be relied upon, the Delhi High Court said today. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the amendments made in the rape law in 2013 after the […] Read more » Can't deny rape victims justice for lack of medical proof Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Allahabad HC dismisses petition challenging inclusion of Noida villages July 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition challenging a notification passed by the Uttar Pradesh government two years ago whereby 80 villages of Gautam Buddh Nagar district had been included in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Area. A division bench comprising Chief Justice D B Bhosle and Justice M K Gupta yesterday rejected the petition […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured inclusion of Noida villages Law Legal News
Top Law News SC to hear PIL to make law for appointments to poll panel July 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre as to why no enabling law as mandated under the Constitution has been made for the appointment of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners in the poll panel. The court, however, acknowledged that till now good persons have been appointed in the poll panel. A bench comprising […] Read more » Court election commissioners featured Law Legal News PIL Poll panel Supreme Court
Top Law News SC asks Govt to consider giving window to deposit old notes July 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rekindling hopes, the Supreme Court today asked the government and the RBI to consider granting a window to those who have not been able to exchange scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes for genuine reasons, saying people should not lose their own money for no fault of theirs. “You (Centre) cannot be allowed to […] Read more » Centre government Court featured Law Legal News old notes RBI Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Offensive posts against SC/ST on social media an offence: Delhi HC July 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Offensive statements on the social media like Facebook, whether private or public and intended to humiliate someone belonging to the scheduled caste or scheduled tribe communities, would be a punishable offence, the Delhi High Court has said. However, generalised statements against all and sundry and not against a specific individual from SC/ST community would not […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Offensive posts against SC/ST on social media an offence
Environment Law News Top Law News Graves on the rise, but no land to live: Delhi HC laments July 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The way graveyards are expanding in the national capital, there would be no place to live, the Delhi High Court observed today. Asking the authorities to find out about the burial practices prevailing elsewhere in the world, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said as the population was […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Environment Law News featured Law Legal News national capital
Top Law News State gets Bombay HC rap for failing to initiate women safety steps July 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today rebuked the Maharashtra government for its “lackadaisical attitude” on initiating permanent measures for women’s safety in the state. A division bench of justices R M Savant and Sadhana Jadhav castigated the government while examining suo moto (on its own) the issue of safety of the women in the state. “On […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government women safety
Top Law News TN crop loan waiver scheme: SC stays Madras HC order July 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed the order of Madras High Court directing the Tamil Nadu government to extend its crop loan waiver scheme to all farmers, including those having land holdings of above five acres. A bench headed by Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta issued notice to the association of agriculturists and stayed […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Supreme Court Tamil Nadu crop loan waiver scheme
