Top Law News Supreme Court questions Haryana government over remission policy. May 11, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has questioned the Haryana government over a policy of granting remission to life-term convicts aged 75 years or above, saying it appeared to be in “conflict” with a provision of law. The apex court has directed the state government to respond within two weeks on whether such a policy, which the court […] Read more » Haryana government over remission policy. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Justice U U Lalit section 433-A of the CrPC
Top Law News Delhi HC declines to entertain plea to link metro card with address proof. May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea seeking linking of a metro card or token with a commuter’s address proof was not entertained by the Delhi High Court as no representation about the issue had been made to the DMRC before moving the court. A bench of justices Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula disposed of the plea, but gave petitioners liberty […] Read more » plea to link metro card with address proof
Top Law News Delhi violence: Court dismisses bail plea of man who pointed gun at policeman. May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Right to peaceful protest and open criticism of government policies does not extend to disturbing public order, a Delhi court said on Friday, dismissing the bail plea of Shahrukh Pathan, who allegedly pointed a gun at a head constable during the northeast Delhi riots. Taking note of the viral video footage of the incident, Additional […] Read more » Shahrukh Pathan Shahrukh Pathan pointed a gun at a head constable
Top Law News Delhi violence: CPI (M) leaders move HC for early hearing in plea to make public list of arrests. May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat has approached the Delhi High Court seeking an early hearing in her plea for directions to police to make public the list of people arrested in connection with communal violence in northeast Delhi in February this year. The application for preponing the date of hearing of the petition is likely to […] Read more » communal violence in northeast Delhi CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat
Top Law News Ensure dispensation of medicines from pharmacy resumes without delay: Delhi HC to AIIMS. May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to ensure that dispensation of medicines from its pharmacy, which was functioning in limited capacity due to the coronavirus lockdown, resumes without any delay. A bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar asked AIIMS to work out the modalities and […] Read more » AIIMS dispensation of medicines from pharmacy f justices Vipin Sanghi JusticeRajnish Bhatnagar
Top Law News Democracy cannot function with judicial review not being there, it is an essential component of the constitution: – Shri KK Venugopal, Attorney General for India May 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment -Pradosh Shetty After the grand success of “Dattopant Thengadi Lecture Series”, Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad (ABAP) announced the commencement of its new online lecture series in the name of an eminent jurist and academician, Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon and the opening lecture of the series was delivered by Shri KK Venugopal (Attorney General for […] Read more » #ABAP Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad Contours of Judicial Review Dattopant Thengadi Lecture Series eminent jurist and academician eminent jurist and academician Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon online lecture series Prof N. R. Madhava Menon Shri KK Venugopal on “Contours of Judicial Review”
Top Law News Wife makes false allegations against Husband : Gauhati High Court treats them as Assault on his reputation. May 9, 2020 / May 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Division Bench of Gauhati High Court was hearing an Appeal prefered by Wife against the Judgement of Divorce passed by Family Court on a Petition filed by Husband on the ground of Desertion and Cruelty under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Husband’s Case The husband as the petitioner filed the title suit for divorce […] Read more » Divorce for Cruelty. Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Wife makes false allegations against Husband
Top Law News S.138 NI Act: “No prudent person will keep quite without issuing reply to legal notice, if he is not liable to pay” May 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Court of Sessions Judge in Bangalore was dealing with an appeal arising out of the Judgment of Conviction passed by the Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru. Facts: The complainant intended to purchase a property owned by the accused and a sum of ₹11,00,000/- was advanced by the complainant and later complainant came to know that […] Read more » S.138 NI Act
Top Law News SC rejects Mahua Moitra’s plea to put CM Relief Funds at par with PM Cares Fund. May 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra challenging the validity of the Ministry Corporate Affairs (MCA) circular excluding Chief Ministers relief fund from the purview of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The petition stated that there were disparities between PM Cares Fund and CM Relief Funds, […] Read more » CM Relief Funds Mahua Moitra Mahua Moitra's plea to put CM Relief Funds at par with PM Cares Fund PM Cares Fund
Top Law News Babri Masjid demolition case : SC fixes August 31 as new deadline for judgement. May 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday extended by three months the time for completion of trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case involving BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti and said that judgement should be delivered by August 31. The top court asked special judge S K Yadav to control the […] Read more » 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case BJP MP Vinay Katiar Champat Rai Bansal Dharam Das former Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh Mahamadleshwar Jagdish Muni Mahant Nritya Gopal Das Ram Bilas Vadanti Sadhvi Ritambara Satish Chandra Nagar Satish Pradhan special judge S K Yadav Vaikunth Lal Sharma
Top Law News NCLT cancels summer vacation to hear cases. May 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has cancelled the scheduled summer vacation for all its benches across the country this year. In a notification, issued by the registrar on May 5, NCLT said it has cancelled summer vacation for this year and all benches of NCLT will function during the said period. The Delhi-based principal bench […] Read more » National Company Law Tribunal NCLT NCLT cancels summer vacation to hear cases.
Top Law News Plea in Kerala High Court bats against mandatory use of Aarogya Setu app. May 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea in Kerala High Court seeks striking down the Centre’s guidelines directing mandatory use of the Aarogya Setu app. It has raised red flags about the misuse of the app as a potential government surveillance system and also security risks. On May 1, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued orders and directions which made […] Read more » mandatory use of Aarogya Setu app
