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
Top Law News Vizag gas leak: NGT slaps interim penalty of Rs 50 crore on LG Polymers May 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the first case of penal action against LG Polymers, after the Vizag gas leak, the National Green Tribunal has taken suo moto cognizance and directed LG Polymers to deposit Rs 50 crore with the district magistrate of Vishakhapatnam. NGT action follows a lethal Styrene gas leak, at LG Polymers’ Vizag facility, at 03.45 am on […] Read more » LG Polymers National Green Tribunal NGT slaps interim penalty of Rs 50 crore Vizag gas leak
Top Law News Hear liquor shop owners’ plea on reopening : Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government. May 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Nagpur district collector and the Maharashtra government to hear and decide expeditiously representations made by liquor shop owners seeking permission to open their establishments in the city amid the lockdown for the novel coronavirus outbreak. Justice R B Deo of HC’s Nagpur bench was hearing a petition filed […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice R B Deo liquor shop owners' plea on reopening
Top Law News RBI moratorium: SC agrees to hear plea seeking interest waiver on loans during lockdown. May 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea seeking interest waiver on outstanding loan payments for the period of the nationwide lockdown and to widen the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) March 27 circular. Consequently, the apex court has issued a notice to the central government and to RBI seeking a reply within two […] Read more » interest waiver on loans during lockdown RBI moratorium
Top Law News Allahabad High Court clears process of appointing assistant basic teachers in UP. May 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday paved the way for completing the process for appointment of 69,000 assistant basic teachers in Uttar Pradesh. It directed the state government to complete the process of appointment within the next three months. A division bench of Justices P K Jaiswal and K S Pawar […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice K S Pawar Justice P K Jaiswal recruitment of 69000 teachers of Basic Education department
Top Law News COVID-19 : death toll touches 1783 and number of cases climb to 52952. May 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The death toll due to COVID-19 in the country rose to 1,783 while the number of cases climbed to 52,952 on Thursday, registering an increase of 89 deaths and 3,561 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 35,902 while 15,266 people have recovered […] Read more » COVID-19 death toll touches 1783 number of cases climb to 52952.
Top Law News Bombay High Court : Man held for hindering COVID-19 data collection gets bail. May 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a city resident arrested for obstructing a team collecting data on COVID-19 from his residential society. The court also directed him to deposit Rs 10,000 in the chief ministers relief fund for coronavirus. Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing a bail plea filed by one Zafar Jamal Khan, […] Read more » Bombay High Court COVID-19 pandemic Disaster Management Act Section 51(B) hindering COVID-19 data collection Justice Bharati Dangre
Top Law News Supreme Court sentences 3 people for making scurrilous and scandalous allegations against judges. May 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has sentenced three people, held guilty of contempt of court for making “scurrilous and scandalous allegations” against two sitting judges of the apex court, to 3-month jail observing that it was a “concerted effort to virtually hold the judiciary to ransom”. The top court had on April 27 held advocate Vijay Kurle, […] Read more » advocate Mathews J Nedumpara advocate Vijay Kurle Nilesh Ojha Rashid Khan Pathan scandalous allegations against the judges Vijay Kurle
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad #ABAP started new Lecture Series in the name of “Prof N. R. Madhava Menon” May 7, 2020 / May 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad #ABAP after success of its ‘Dattopant Thengadi Lecture Series’ has commenced new online lecture series in the name of eminent Jurist & Prof N. R. Madhava Menon from 08.05.2020. Under this lecture series, every week an eminent Jurist, Lawyer or Professor will preside the lecture on Social Media platforms of ABAP. […] Read more » #ABAP Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad Lecture Series Prof N. R. Madhava Menon
