Environment Law News Top Law News ‘Hapur plant stopped discharging waste in pond’ February 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Beverages major Coca Cola has told the National Green Tribunal that its Hapur plant in Uttar Pradesh has stopped discharge of waste in a nearby pond and has made provision of releasing the effluents directly into a drain. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim reserved it judgement in the matter after it was informed […] Read more » Coca Cola Court Environment Law News featured Hapur Law Legal News National Green Tribunal NGT Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Can’t ban rallies in democracy: HC to Maha govt February 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Stating that public rallies and morchas cannot be banned as they are an inherent part of democracy, the Bombay High Court today ordered the Maharashtra government to bring a policy to regulate them so that they do not cause any hindrance to common people. A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and P R […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT transfers pleas on oil spill off Tamil Nadu coast February 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today transferred to its Southern Bench two pleas seeking compensation to people affected by the recent oil spill off the coast of Tamil Nadu and seizure of the vessels involved. The Principal Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Swatanter Kumar transferred the petitions filed here to its Southern Bench in Chennai while […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured Law Legal News NGT oil spill off Tamil Nadu coast plea
Top Law News It’s a race against time: Delhi HC on nursery admission February 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “It is a race against time,” was how the Delhi High Court today observed while referring to the “tight schedule” before which it has to decide on the pleas challenging the Delhi government’s notifications on neighbourhood criteria for nursery admission. At the outset of the hearing, Justice Manhoman said, “It is a race against time. […] Read more » Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Nursery admission
Top Law News Sardarji jokes: Courts can’t lay down moral guidelines, says SC February 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today expressed its inability to issue directions to regulate jokes about the Sikh community, observing courts cannot “lay down moral guidelines” for citizens and doubting their enforceability if they were to do so. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi said courts cannot pass any regulations asking people to behave […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Sardarji jokes Supreme Court
Top Law News Plea in HC alleges collusion by cops in rape case February 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today sought response of the city police on a woman’s plea alleging that cops colluded with the man who allegedly raped her by getting her married to the accused when she went to lodge the FIR. While issuing notice to Delhi Police and asking it to file a status report, Justice Vipin […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Delhi Police featured Law Legal News plea rape case
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT asks panel to file report on ‘illegal’ tree felling February 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today directed a committee formed by it to file a comprehensive report regarding alleged unauthorised felling of large number of trees in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar asked the panel to file report by March 22, the next date of hearing after […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured illegal tree felling Law Legal News NGT
Top Law News Poll reforms under consideration: Centre to HC? February 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has told the Delhi High Court it is considering electoral reforms recommended by Law Commission and “some action” is certain after a plea sought removal of a provision restricting the period of disqualification from contesting polls for a candidate to six years on being sentenced to two years or more. The submission was […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Poll reforms
Top Law News Enemy property must go to the State: SC February 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Enemy property must go to the State if at all it is an enemy property, the Supreme Court today said. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice N V Ramana said that it is a sensitive matter and it is for Parliament to debate on it and not the court. “Enemy property […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Court Enemy property featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News PIL in SC to stall swearing-in of Sasikala as TN CM February 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL was today moved in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain AIADMK leader V K Sasikala from being sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister tomorrow on the ground that the apex court was likely to pronounce within a week the judgement in a corruption case in which she and late CM J Jayalalithaa […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News PIL Sasikala Supreme Court Tamilnadu
Top Law News DDCA row: Delhi HC imposes costs on Kejriwal, Azad February 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has slapped a costs of Rs 10,000 and Rs 30,000 on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and cricketer-turned-MP Kirti Azad respectively for delayed response to the defamation suit filed by DDCA seeking Rs two-and-half crore each as damages from them. The high court said that their written statements to the suit […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Court DDCA row defamation case Delhi High Court featured kirti azad Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court grants time to CBI to file final report in proper format February 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court today granted two weeks time to CBI for filing in a proper format the final report in a coal block allocation scam case against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, ex-Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao and others. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar allowed the investigating officers (IO) plea seeking […] Read more » CBI coal block allocation scam case Court featured Law Legal News Special court
