Top Law News Supreme Court agrees to hear former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar’s plea against HC order declaring his election as void July 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has agreed to hear former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s verdict holding as “void” his election to the legislative assembly in 2015 polls for furnishing false information of his educational qualification in the nomination papers. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued […] Read more » BJP leader Nand Kishore Garg Chief Justice S A Bobde Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar Justice V Ramasubramanian Justices A S Bopanna
Top Law News Rajasthan High Court likely to pronounce order on petition filed by Pilot and 18 other rebel Cong MLAs today July 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Rajasthan High Court is likely to pronounce its order on Tuesday on a writ petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident Congress MLAs, challenging the disqualification notices issued to them by the state assembly speaker. The petition was taken up by a bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Prakash Gupta […] Read more » Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty Justice Prakash Gupta Rajasthan High Court speaker Abhishek Singhvi
Top Law News Delhi High Court declines to entertain plea to demolish slum near Majlis Park metro station July 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking demolition of a slum cluster, which has allegedly encroached upon a vacant government land behind the Majlis Park metro station in north-west Delhi. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said the land did not belong to someone […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel Justice Prateek Jalan Majlis Park metro station plea to demolish slum near Majlis Park metro station
Top Law News Hearing on petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 other rebel Cong MLAs resumes in Rajasthan HC July 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The hearing on a writ petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident Congress MLAs from Rajasthan, challenging the disqualification notices issued to them by the state Assembly speaker, resumed in the high court here on Monday. The petition was taken up a by a bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Prakash […] Read more » Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Justice Prakash Gupta
Top Law News Muzaffarpur shelter home: Brajesh Thakur moves HC against jail for life for sexual assault July 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Brajesh Thakur, who was sentenced to life imprisonment till his last breath for sexually assaulting several girls in a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, has approached the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and jail term. The high court is likely to take up this week his appeal seeking to set aside trial court’s […] Read more » abetment to rape Brajesh Thakur POCSO Protection of Children from Sexual Offences sexually assaulting several girls in a shelter home in Bihar Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Top Law News Vikas Dubey encounter: SC asks UP to consider having ex-judge of top court in inquiry committee July 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to consider adding a former apex court judge and a retired police officer in the inquiry committee which is probing the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey. The top court also said it was “appalled” that the gangster got bail despite so many cases against him. A […] Read more » Chief Justice S A Bobde encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey Vikas Dubey
Top Law News Priests hit hard as income dries up amid COVID-19 crisis July 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With several weddings and religious functions being put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Hindu priests in Kolkata and its vicinity are in dire straits, some even looking for an alternative source of income to make ends meet. Sushanta Chakraborty, a priest in Agarpara on the northern outskirts of the city, is selling vegetables […] Read more » Priests hit hard as income dries up
Top Law News Ensure ban on use of petcoke and furnace oil as fuels in industries and switch to cleaner alternatives : NGT July 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal Friday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure that states and union territories (UTs) ban the use of petcoke and furnace oil as fuels in industries and switch to cleaner alternatives. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel after perusing a report filed by CPCB noted […] Read more » Central Pollution Control Board CPCB NGT use of petcoke and furnace oil as fuels in industries and switch to cleaner alternatives
Top Law News NGT junks plea seeking alternative methods of cremation to reduce air pollution July 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to install alternative methods of cremation to reduce air pollution and also to contain spread of COVID-19. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel junked the plea which sought conversion of at least one third of the number of pyres […] Read more » advocate Rahul Choudhary alternative methods of cremation to reduce air pollution Delhi resident Parmod Kumar Bhatia National Green Tribunal NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel
Top Law News Bombay High Court asks govt about compensation for kin of deceased frontline staff Ketan Tirodkar July 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Maharashtra government to state its position on a petition seeking compensation for families of frontline workers who died after contracting COVID-19 infection on duty. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai was hearing a petition filed by social worker Ketan Tirodkar. The petitioner […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Justice Anuja Prabhudessai Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package
Top Law News Consider reopening registration for CM’s advocate welfare scheme: Delhi High Court to Delhi Govt July 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday asked the AAP government to consider reopening registration for two-weeks for lawyers, who are voters in the national capital and could not sign up for the Rs 50 crore Chief Minister’s Advocates Welfare Scheme which includes medical and life insurance cover. The court asked the Delhi government to complete the […] Read more » Bar Council of Delhi reopening registration for CM's advocate welfare scheme
Top Law News HC notice to Maharashtra minister Vijay Wadettiwar on plea over hiding cases for passport July 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has issued a notice to Maharashtra minister Vijay Wadettiwar on a plea filed by a former legislator, alleging that the Congress leader had not disclosed the criminal cases pending against him while applying for passport twice in Nagpur. Apart from the minister, the Nagpur bench of the high court on Friday […] Read more » Maharashtra minister Vijay Wadettiwar Nagpur bench of the high court
