Consumer Law News Top Law News Domestic crude export not economically justified May 8, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment (PTI) With nearly 85 per cent of India’s crude oil requirement being met by imports, it would not be “economically justified” to permit export of the country’s domestic crude production, the Centre has told the Delhi High Court. The submission was made by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Ministry of Petroleum […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta counsel Anurag Ahluwalia crude export Domestic crude export economically justified featured Justice Manmohan
Top Law News Umar Khalid granted permission to visit Kolkata May 8, 2016 / May 8, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment (PTI) JNU student Umar Khalid, facing sedition charge for allegedly raising anti-India slogans at the university campus here in February, was today granted permission by a Delhi court to travel to Kolkata to attend a panel discussion. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh allowed Khalid to travel to the city from May 20 to 23 to […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh anti-India slogans featured JNU Umar Khalid
Top Law News Himachal HC dismisses petitions challenging appointment of Palampur VC May 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Himachal High Court today dismissed twin petitions, challenging the appointment of Vice Chancellor of CSK Agriculture University, Palampur, terming these as “frivolous” and imposed a cost of Rs 50,000. Dismissing the petitions filed by J S Chauhan and Ashok Mahan Narula, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Meer and Justice Tarlok Singh […] Read more » Court featured Himachal High Court Law Legal News Palampur VC petitions
Top Law News SC says state of medical colleges rotten May 6, 2016 / May 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Terming the state of medical colleges in the country as “rotten”, the Supreme Court today imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crore on an Odisha-based private medical college for raising the number of seats from 100 to 150 in an academic year and “playing with the future of students”. “Costs of Rs 5 crores are […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News medical colleges Odisha Supreme Court
Top Law News Subrata Roy gets 4 weeks parole for mother”s last rites May 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed release of jailed Sahara chief Subrata Roy on parole for four weeks to attend rituals following the death of his mother early this morning. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur, Justices A R Dave and A K Sikri allowed the plea of Roy seeking permission to attend cremation […] Read more » featured Law Legal News mother''s last rites Subrata Roy gets 4 weeks parole Supreme Court
Top Law News Bombay HC decriminalises possession of beef with a caveat May 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Upholding the ban on slaughter of bulls and bullocks imposed by BJP-led Government in Maharashtra, Bombay High Court today decriminalised possession of beef where animals are slaughtered outside the state. It struck down as “unconstitutional” provisions which held mere posession of beef as crime, saying only “conscious possession” of the meat of animals slaughtered in […] Read more » beef case Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News SC to hear Subrata Roy’s parole plea at 2pm May 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday agreed to hear the plea of Sahara Chief Subrata Roy seeking parole to perform cremation rites of his mother who passed away in the wee hours this morning. Roy has been in Tihar jail since March 4, 2014 on the orders of the apex court in relation with a long running […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Subrata Roy's parole plea Supreme Court
Top Law News Ban on diesel-run taxis to affect BPOs, Centre tells SC May 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Central Government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court for relaxation on ban on diesel taxis in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR). The Centre told the apex court that the current ban on diesel cabs is affecting BPOs as they use large number of taxis, including the diesel ones to ferry their employees. It further […] Read more » Ban on diesel-run taxis BPOs Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Petition against acquisition of house by Metro firm May 4, 2016 / May 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today issued notices to the Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad Company Ltd (MEGA) and the city civic body over a petition against land acquisition in Vastral area here for the Metro project. The petitioner Rajubhai Patel, resident of Vastral, alleges that MEGA (which is constructing the Metro) is acquring houses […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat High Court Law Legal News Metro firm petition
Top Law News Speculation rife over transfer of Uttarakhand HC CJ May 4, 2016 / May 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Speculation was rife today that Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph, who was recently in the news following the quashing of the President’s rule in the state, was being shifted to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Law Ministry sources declined to comment on the issue while sources in the two high courts […] Read more » Chief Justice K M Joseph Court featured Law Legal News Speculation rife Uttarakhand High Court
Top Law News High %age of acquittals reveal shoddy probe: Delhi HC May 4, 2016 / May 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Taking note of the high percentage of acquittals in criminal cases, including crimes against women, children and senior citizens, Delhi High Court today said it either reveals “shoddy or botched-up investigation” or that the wrong person was accused of committing the offence. Referring to the “revealing statistics”, a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News shoddy or botched-up investigation
Top Law News Law student rape: Police baton-charge protesting LDYF activists May 4, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Left Democratic Youth Federation (LDYF) activists were baton-charged by the police outside the Kerala Secretariat on Wednesday during their protest over the brutal rape and murder of a Dalit law student in Ernakulam district. “Every Malayalee feels that they are living under humiliating conditions under the Oommen Chandy Government. So many untoward incidents have […] Read more » Ernakulam featured Law student rape LDYF activists police Police baton-charge
