Top Law News Promotions of SCs, STs be done cadre-wise: Gauhati HC January 18, 2016 / January 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a landmark judgment, the Gauhati High Court has ruled that people representing SCs and STs would no longer be promoted in the Assam government services just because they belong to the backward classes as promotions should be done cadre-wise maintaining overall efficiency in the administration. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, giving the verdict in a writ […] Read more » Court featured Gauhati High Court Law Legal News Promotions of SCs STs be done cadre-wise: Gauhati HC
Top Law News Charge sheet filed against Hardik in 2nd sedition case January 18, 2016 / January 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Ahmedabad crime branch has filed a charge sheet against Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and three of his aides claiming that they deliberately indulged in activities which are subject to be charged under sedition and conspiracy to wage war against government. The charge sheet, running into around 2,700 pages, was filed in the metropolitan […] Read more » Charge sheet filed against Hardik in 2nd sedition case Court featured legal news.law Sedition case
Top Law News Bombay HC order on women’s entry in Mumbai Durgah after SC verdict on January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said it would wait for Supreme Court’s ruling on entry of women in Sabarimala temple of Kerala before deciding on a similar plea in case of Haji Ali Durgah here. A bench of Justices V M Kanade and Reveti Mohite-Dere was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the decision […] Read more » Bombay HC order on women's entry in Mumbai Durgah after SC verdict on Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Set house in order: HC to Delhi govt on govt schools January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today told the AAP government to “set its house in order” by administering its schools and improving them instead of trying to “take over” admission process of private unaided schools. “One major reason for all this is the poor state of public schools. No one is addressing that issue. Those people […] Read more » Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Set house in order Set house in order: HC to Delhi govt on govt schools
Top Law News Coal scam: Ex-MoS Dilip Ray, 5 others summoned January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Dilip Ray, who was Union Minister of State for Coal during the erstwhile NDA government in 1999, has been summoned as an accused along with five others in connection with a coal block allocation case by a Special Court here. Ray is the first minister of the NDA government who has been summoned as an […] Read more » 5 others summoned coal scam Coal scam: Ex-MoS Dilip Ray Court dilip ray featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Karunanidhi appears before TN court in a defamation case January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Amid high drama, wheelchair-bound DMK supremo M Karunanidhi today appeared before a city court in connection with a defamation case filed against him by arch rival and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Principal Sessions Court Judge N Audinathan took about a minute to record the appearance of 92-year-old Karunanidhi, a former chief minister, who came […] Read more » AIDMK Court defamation case DMK featured Karunanidhi appears before TN court in a defamation case Law Legal News
Top Law News Kolkata hit-and-run case: Youth sent to 2-day transit remand January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Monday sent a youth, arrested in connection with the hit-and-run case in which an IAF corporal was killed during Republic Day rehearsal in Kolkata, to two days transit remand. 24-year-old Shahnawaz Khan, resident of West Bengal, was arrested here this morning and produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Pooran Chand who […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Kolkata hit-and-run case Kolkata hit-and-run case: Youth sent to 2-day transit remand Law Legal News
Top Law News Row over audit: SC seeks discoms’ reply on plea agnst HC order January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from three private power distribution companies on petitions filed by various bodies including Delhi government challenging High Court order that these discoms cannot be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. A bench headed by Justice J Chelamswar asked the three discoms —— Tata Power […] Read more » CAG Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Row over audit: SC seeks discoms' reply on plea agnst HC order Supreme Court
Top Law News Hit-and-run case: Sambia booked for murder January 17, 2016 / January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Sambia Sohrab, the prime accused in the hit-and-run case in which a young air force officer was killed in Kolkata, was today charged with murder even as a city court rejected his bail plea. Sohrab, the younger son of former RJD MLA Mohammad Sohrab, was remanded in police custody for 14 days, a day after […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Hit-and-run case Hit-and-run case: Sambia booked for murder Law Legal News Sambia
Top Law News ‘Can rules for dispute settlement with AIBA be made’ January 17, 2016 / January 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to decide within three months whether there should be a specific provision for dispute settlement with international sports bodies like Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA). A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath asked the sports department to decide the issue after a plea […] Read more » 'Can rules for dispute settlement with AIBA be made' AIBA Court Delhi High Court featured Legal News
Top Law News HC seeks Maha govt, BMC reply on odd-even plea January 15, 2016 / January 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Friday issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, seeking their responses to a public interest litigation for introduction of the odd-even rule for private cars in Mumbai on lines of the pattern adopted in Delhi. Apart from the state government and BMC, a division Bench of […] Read more » BMC reply on odd-even plea Court featured HC seeks Maha govt Law Legal News maharashtra high court
Top Law News Kin of CRPF man killed in road mishap to get over Rs 68 lakh January 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Family members of a 35-year-old CRPF employee, who died in a road accident after being hit by a DTC bus, have been awarded a compensation of over Rs 68 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. MACT Presiding Officer Naveen Arora directed United India Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the offending DTC bus, […] Read more » Court featured insurance Kin of CRPF man killed in road mishap to get over Rs 68 lakh Law Legal News MACT