Top Law News 2002 Gujarat riots probe: SC relieves SIT chief R K Raghavan April 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today allowed R K Raghavan, who was heading the apex-court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe 2002 Gujarat riots cases, to be relieved from the duty of heading the team. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul considered the submission of […] Read more » 2002 Gujarat riots probe Court featured Law Legal News SIT chief R.K. Raghavan Supreme Court
Top Law News Madras HC refuses to stay release of ‘Baahubali 2’ April 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today refused to stay the release of multi-lingual film ‘Baahubali 2’ in Tamil Nadu. Chennai-based film distributor ACE Media had moved the court seeking a stay on the scheduled April 28 release of the film citing unpaid dues of Rs 1.18 crore to it. ACE Media submitted that M S Sharavanan […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court release of Baahubali 2
Top Law News If relief granted on exchanging scrapped notes, it will be for all: SC April 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said if it decides to grant relief for extension of the window for exchanging scrapped notes, it will be not in individual cases but for the general public. “If there has to be a window (extension for depositing demonetised notes) then all of you (petitioners and others) have to be considered,” […] Read more » Court featured If relief granted on exchanging scrapped notes Law Legal News Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News ‘Death due to grave, sudden provocation not cruel act of murder’ April 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Death due to “grave and sudden provocation” could not be termed as a “cruel act” of murder, the Supreme Court has said while reducing the life term of a man to 10-year-jail term in a homicidal case. A bench comprising justices A K Sikri and R K Agrawal granted the relief to Punjab resident Surain […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News murder case Supreme Court
Top Law News Right to know a fundamental right, cannot be curtailed: AG to SC April 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi today told the Supreme Court that the right to know is a fundamental right and it cannot be curtailed by banning information on the Internet. His response came after the apex court asked him to assist in a matter related to banning of pre-natal sex determination advertisements and contents on the […] Read more » AG Attorney general Court featured fundamental right Law Legal News Mukul Rohatgi SC Supreme Court
Top Law News No Delhi HC relief for 2 BJP candidates April 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today denied relief to two BJP candidates whose nominations for the upcoming MCD polls were rejected by the state election commission. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Anu Malhotra dismissed BJP candidate Ravinder Negi’s appeal against a single judge’s order upholding rejection of his nomination. Another bench of Justice V […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News MCD election No relief for 2 BJP candidates
Top Law News Parking woes in Nodia: Allahabad HC summons Authority CEO ? April 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has asked the CEO of Noida Authority to appear in person on April 20 and submit “some plan for multi-level parking in each sector” to ease the traffic congestion in the city. A division bench comprising Chief Justice D B Bhosle and Justice Yashwant Verma passed the order yesterday on the […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News Parking woes in Nodia summons to noida Authority CEO
Top Law News Allahabad HC order on NPX commercial project of Noida April 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court today directed Noida Authority to pull down any unauthorized construction that may have come up on the ground floor of NPX commercial project in Sector 153 of the city. The order was given to ensure that no portion of the stilt area – which is supposed to be used for parking […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News NPX commercial project of Noida
Environment Law News Top Law News ‘Developed nations responsible for climate change’ April 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today blamed developed countries including the USA for the depletion in ozone layer and held them responsible for global climate change. Thakur said there was change in climatic conditions not because developing nations such as India are emerging or it is dependent on thermal energy for its […] Read more » Court Developed nations responsible for climate change Environment Law News featured Law Legal News T S Thakur
Top Law News Centre steps in to resolve Punjab-Haryana SYL canal dispute April 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has stepped in to resolve the decades-old contentious issue of Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal between Punjab and Haryana, the Supreme Court was informed today. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told a bench headed by Justice P C Ghose that a meeting has been called on April 20 by the Centre which has invited the […] Read more » Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Punjab-Haryana SYL canal dispute
Top Law News Pellet guns: SC asks JK lawyers’ body to respond to issues raised by the Centre April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association to respond to the issues raised by the Centre which defended the use of pellet guns to quell stone-pelting mobs in Kashmir valley, stressing that the lawyers’ body cannot take sides. The apex court sought the Bar’s response after the Centre explained […] Read more » Court featured JK lawyers' body to respond to issues raised by the Centre Law Legal News pellet guns Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC denies bail to LIC agent in PMLA case involving Virbhadra April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today denied bail to LIC agent Anand Chauhan in a money laundering case involving Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others. “I have dismissed this petition (bail application),” Justice Vipin Sanghi said. Chauhan is in judicial custody since his arrest in July last year. During the hearing on his bail […] Read more » bail Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Himachal Pradesh Law Legal News money laundering case PMLA case Virbhadra Singh
