Top Law News Maharashtra Police ask people not to post pictures of deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajpoot. June 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maharashtra Police’s cyber department has asked people to refrain from circulating online pictures of the body of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found hanging in his apartment in Mumbai’s Bandra area. Terming it as a “disturbing trend”, it warned that circulation of such pictures could attract legal action. Rajput, 34, was found hanging in […] Read more » Maharashtra Police's cyber department not to post pictures of deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajpoot
Top Law News SAT to remain closed till June 30 amid coronavirus pandemic. June 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has said it will remain closed till June 30 in view of the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier, the tribunal was scheduled to remain closed till June 12. “In continuation of our earlier order dated June 1, extending the closure of the tribunal till June 12 on account of the lockdown declared […] Read more » coronavirus pandemic. SAT Securities Appellate Tribunal
Top Law News Fees fixed for COVID-19 tests in private labs and hospitals. June 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The cost of conducting a COVID-19 test in private lab has been fixed at Rs 2,200 and the fee for treatment of the infection in corporate hospitals Rs 4,000 per day. These charged were fixed by the Telangana government on Monday. The chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao held a review with the chief secretary and other […] Read more » Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar Fees fixed for COVID-19 tests
Top Law News Supreme Court restrains HP police from arresting journalist Vinod Dua in sedition case. June 15, 2020 / June 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to journalist Vinod Dua, the Supreme Court in a special hearing on Sunday restrained the Himachal Pradesh police from arresting him till July 6 in a sedition case lodged against him in the state over his Youtube show. The top court said that Dua will have to join the investigation and there […] Read more » journalist Vinod Dua Justices U U Lalit M M Shantanagoudar Vineet Saran
Top Law News Gauhati HC dismisses PIL on Assam gas well tragedy. June 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gauhati High Court has dismissed a PIL against PSU major Oil India, a private firm, the Centre and the state over the Baghjan gas well blowout and successive fire in Assam’s Tinsukia district. Hearing arguments from both the petitioner and respondents, the bench comprising Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Soumitra Saikia on Friday disposed […] Read more » Gauhati High Court PIL on Assam gas well tragedy
Top Law News Frontline COVID-19 workers should not be ostracised : Bombay High Court June 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has said that the frontline COVID-19 workers should be encouraged to discharge their duty without fear and should not be ostracised for travelling to work daily. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Amjad Sayed said this on Friday while dismissing a petition filed by a Palghar district resident, […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipankar Datta COVID-19 workers should not be ostracised Justice Amjad Sayed
Top Law News Pandemic showed equal opportunity remains distant dream: Bombay High Court June 13, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Concerned over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in India and the recent migrant crisis, the Bombay High Court has said that the pandemic has revealed that despite our constitutional guarantees, a society that provides equal opportunities to all remains a “distant dream”. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice A A Sayed also […] Read more » Bombay High Court
Top Law News SC asks Centre to discuss ticket price refund issue with airlines. June 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre and the airline companies to discuss modalities for full refund of tickets for domestic and international flights which were cancelled following the COVID-19 lockdown. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah asked the Centre to take a stand on the issue and […] Read more » ticket price refund issue
Top Law News No coercive action against pvt firms for non-payment of full wages during lockdown: SC June 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre and states not to take any coercive action till July end against private companies, which have failed to pay full wages to their employees during the coronavirus-induced lockdown period. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M R Shah said industries and employees need […] Read more » non-payment of full wages during lockdown
Top Law News Waiver of interest charged during moratorium: SC asks Centre and RBI to hold meet in three days. June 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India to hold a meeting within three days to decide on waiver of interest on interest for deferred payments of instalments for loans during the moratorium period announced in wake of the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The court was hearing a plea filed […] Read more » Waiver of interest charged during moratorium
Top Law News SC defers hearing on plea against LS polls at Wayanad and Ernakulam. June 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing by two weeks on a plea challenging the election of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi in 2019 from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. The top court was to hear the appeal of one Saritha S Nair against the October 31, 2019 decision of the Kerala High […] Read more » LS polls at Wayanad and Ernakulam
Top Law News The Delhi High Court declines to interfere with open book exams for final year DU students. June 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has said it would not interfere with Delhi University’s decision to hold open book online exams for final year students, but asked the varsity, UGC and the Centre to work out a solution to also enable disabled students to take the examinations. The court said it was not going to interfere […] Read more » final year DU students open book exams open book exams for final year DU students The Delhi High Court
