Top Law News Look into suggestions on wetland to halt deluge: Madras HC September 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to look into suggestions made in a PIL against mindless conversion of wetland areas so as to avert flooding in the city like last year. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan gave the directive while disposing of the petition which […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil Nadu government
Top Law News PIL against Pokemon Go for ”hurting” religious sentiments September 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment PIL has been filed in the Gujarat High Court against developers of the location-based augmented reality game Pokemon Go, alleging it hurts religious sentiments of certain communities by showing eggs in places of worship. Filed by Alay Anil Dave, the PIL is likely to be heard tomorrow by a division bench of Chief Justice R […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat High Court Law Legal News PIL Pokemon Go for ''hurting'' religious sentiments
Top Law News Don’t take action till panel formulates policy on cabs : Delhi HC September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today directed the AAP government not to take any action against app-based cab providers like Uber and Ola till a special panel, formulating a uniform policy to regulate such companies, comes out with its report. “Please stay out … till the matter is pending. Trust them. They (cab players) are following your […] Read more » AAP government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News policy on cabs
Top Law News Cruelty to animals: Court refuses to return cattle to man September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has refused to return a man his cattle, caught loaded in a truck, while observing that the animals were being transported for being slaughtered in “a very cruel and inhumane manner”. The court, while dismissing Rajasthan native Jagdish Banjara’s plea for release of 25 buffaloes and calves of which eight had died, […] Read more » cattle Court Cruelty to animals Delhi court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News SC asks K’tk to release 15k cusecs of Cauvery water September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In an interim order which may ameliorate the plight of Tamil Nadu farmers to some extent, Supreme Court today asked Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily for the next 10 days to its neighbouring state. The apex court also directed Tamil Nadu to approach the Supervisory Committee, set up to implement award […] Read more » Cauvery water Court featured Karnatka Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refuses to hear fresh plea on police reforms September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre, state governments and the Law Commission for implementation of police reforms and the Model Police Act. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice D Y Chandrachud asked lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who filed the PIL, to take […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News plea police reforms Supreme Court
Top Law News CJI recuses from hearing PIL seeking norms for raids September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today recused himself from hearing a PIL seeking framing of guidelines for safeguarding rights of public against alleged misuse of powers by probe agencies during search and seizure. As the plea contained details of recent searches conducted at the houses of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice of India CJI Court featured Law Legal News PIL seeking norms for raids T S Thakur
Top Law News Two bail pleas of Asaram to be heard together: SC September 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The bail plea of self-styled sect chief Asaram Bapu in a rape case lodged against him by a Surat -based woman in 2013 would be now heard along with a similar petition filed by him in another case lodged in Jodhpur, the Supreme Court said today. “List along with SLP(Criminal)…,” a bench of Justices A […] Read more » Asaram Bapu Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Two bail pleas of Asaram to be heard together
Top Law News SC takes cognisance of suicide of Amity Law School student September 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today took suo motu cognisance of a letter written by a friend of Amity law student Sushant Rohilla, who committed suicide, saying it would examine whether there was an “element of suspicion” that the incident took place due to “harassment”. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice D Y […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News suicide of Amity Law School student Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘MCDs plan awaited on seismic zone-IV buildings’ September 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The AAP government has informed the Delhi High Court that an “action plan” on making buildings here compliant with the Building Code, 2005 for seismic zone-IV was still awaited from the three municipal corporations. In its affidavit filed before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar, the Delhi government said despite its […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News MCD seismic zone-IV buildings
Top Law News Ex-school headmistress jailed for 2 years September 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Thane court has sentenced a former school headmistress to two years of rigorous imprisonment for misappropriation of government grants. Chief Judicial Magistrate RM Kulkarni sentenced Omlata Shukla (62) to two years of rigorous imprisonment last week and slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 after she was found guilty of misappropriation of grants of Rs 1.84 […] Read more » Court Criminal news Ex-school headmistress jailed featured Law Legal News misappropriation of government grants
Top Law News 10% quota for poor: SC advances hearing on Guj plea September 3, 2016 by Legal India News | 2 Comments on 102 quota for poor: SC advances hearing on Guj plea The Supreme Court today agreed to advance the date of hearing on Gujarat’s plea challenging quashing of its ordinance to provide 10 per cent quota to economically backward among unreserved category on the ground that counseling for MBBS admission would end soon. Gujarat government mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice T […] Read more » 10% quota for poor Court featured gujrat Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
