Top Law News Police brutality just one side of coin :Bombay High Court on COVID-19 lockdown August 17, 2020 / August 17, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Monday said “police brutality” during the lockdown is only one side of the coin, and noted that many citizens are not complying with restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. “There are black sheep everywhere,” a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai observed while hearing […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta COVID-19 lockdown Justice Anuja Prabhudessai Police brutality
Top Law News Adhivakta Parishad Supreme Court Unit will organize Virtual Interaction session on 16th Aug 2020 August 16, 2020 / August 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Adhivakta Parishad Supreme Court Unit is organizing a Virtual Interaction session with former and all Present Additional Solicitors General (Hon’ble Supreme Court of India) for sharing their experiences during COVID Times.The virtual session will be presided by Shri Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General of India Details of the session : Date : 16th August, 2020 Time : 11.00 AM […] Read more » Adhivakta Parishad Supreme Court Unit
Top Law News Two arrested in connection with Sudiksha Bhati’s death case: Police August 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a 20-year-old student here, police said on Sunday. Sudiksha Bhati, who hailed from Deri Scanar village in Gautam Buddh Nagar’s Dadri, died on August 10 in a road crash in Bulandshahr district while she was pillion riding a motorcycle with her younger cousin, a […] Read more » Sudiksha Bhati
Top Law News Former President Pranab Mukherjee continues to be on ventilator support August 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The condition of former president Pranab Mukherjee remained unchanged on Sunday and he continued to be on ventilator support, doctors attending to him said. They said his vital and clinical parameters are stable. The doctors at the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi Cantonment said the health of the former president is being closely […] Read more » Former President Pranab Mukherjee Former President Pranab Mukherjee corona positive
Top Law News Delhi sealing: Monitoring committee can’t exceed power & take action beyond authorisation says SC August 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Encroachment is a matter of concern but the monitoring committee, set up in 2006 to identify unauthorised structures and check misuse of residential properties in Delhi, “cannot exceed its power” and take any action beyond its authorisation, the Supreme Court said on Friday. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said at no point of […] Read more » Delhi sealing encroachment Justice Arun Mishra s Justice Krishna Murari justices B R Gavai
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear next week PIL challenging appointment of acting DGP in Jharkhand August 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said it would hear next week a PIL challenging the Jharkhand government’s decision to appoint M V Rao as the acting Director General of Police (DGP). Rao, an IPS officer of 1987 batch, was given the additional charge of DGP on March 16 after the then DGP Kamal Nayan Choubey was […] Read more » appointment of acting DGP in Jharkhand Justices A S Bopanna PIL challenging appointment of acting DGP in Jharkhand V Ramasubramanian
Top Law News PIL to stop inhumane animal husbandry procedures : Delhi High Court seeks Centre stand August 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday sought response of the Centre and Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) on a PIL seeking prohibition of allegedly “inhumane animal husbandry procedures” in India. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the Centre, AWBI and animal husbandry departments of all states […] Read more » auction the clothes for PETA Chief Justice D.N. Patel Justice Prateek Jalan PIL PIL to stop inhumane animal husbandry procedures stop inhumane animal husbandry procedures
Top Law News Physical hearing may begin in some courts in Supreme Court from next week August 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A committee of seven Supreme Court judges is learnt to have recommended holding physical hearings in at least two or three of the 15 benches in the apex court as early as next week with some additional safety measures. The apex court, since March 25, has been holding hearings through video conferencing due to a […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Arun Mishra Bar Council Chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra DY Chandrachud Justice N.V. Ramana Justices Ramana L N Rao Physical hearing may begin in some courts in Supreme Court Rohington Nariman Supreme Court Bar Association President Dushyant Dave U U Lalit
Top Law News Can’t allow Jain temples to open amid pandemic : Maharashtra government to Bombay High Court August 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that it could not permit Jain temples in the city to open for devotees to mark the festival of Paryushan in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state said that opening the temples from August 15 to 23 this year, as requested by the Jain community, […] Read more » Bombay High Court Maharashtra government Purnima Kantahria
Top Law News NIA Special Court dismisses Swapna Suresh’s bail plea August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NIA special court here on Monday dismissed the bail plea of Swapna Suresh, a key accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case. The court, which examined the case diary produced by the NIA in detail, dismissed the bail plea of Swapna Suresh considering the evidence produced by the investigation agency on the alleged role of […] Read more » bail plea of Swapna Suresh Kerala gold smuggling case NIA
Top Law News District Court Judge tested positive for Covid-19 August 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Additional District & Sessions Judge of the District Court, Chandigarh, has tested positive for Coronavirus. Sources in the Court Administration said the Judge, who was living at his official residence in Sector 24, was found positive for COVID-19 yesterday & was admitted to a hospital. The staff members who came in his contact in […] Read more » COVID-19
Top Law News Justice N.V. Ramana: Need to take e-Lok Adalats to the remotest corners of the country August 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the face of the unprecedented situation created by the pandemic, the Legal Services Authorities are constantly adapting to the new normal, and coming up with creative solutions. One such innovation is the introduction of e-lok adalat, which may even continue in the post-pandemic period. On the 8th of August 2020, the Delhi State Legal […] Read more » e-Lok Adalats to the remotest corners of the country Hon’ble Ms. Justice Hima Kohli Justice N.V. Ramana
