Top Law News FSSAI moves SC against lifting ban on Maggi noodles November 16, 2015 / November 17, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a fresh trouble for Nestle India Ltd, food regulator FSSAI on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order lifting the ban on Maggi noodles in the country. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) approached the apex court, terming the High Court’s August 13 order as erroneous and questioned […] Read more » featured FSSAI FSSAI moves SC against lifting ban on Maggi noodles Law Legal News Maggi noodles Supreme Court
Top Law News Madras HC notice to TN govt fill posts of welfare officer November 16, 2015 / November 17, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered notice to Tamil Nadu government on a PIL, seeking to fill existing vacancies for the posts of welfare officer and social worker in Special Prisons, central Prisons and Borstal Schools in the state. Justices V Ramasubramanian and N Kirubakaran, hearing a PIL by an advocate L M Vijayaboominathan, ordered […] Read more » featured Law Legal News Madras HC notice to TN govt fill posts of welfare officer Madras High Court tamilnadu government welfare officer
Top Law News SC not to change “a word of our order” on levy of ECC November 16, 2015 / November 17, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today warned that contempt notice would be issued if its order on levy of Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) ranging from Rs 700 to Rs 1300 on commercial vehicles entering Delhi is not obeyed. “We are not going to change a word of our order. If the contractor does not obey our order, […] Read more » ECC featured Law Legal News SC not to change "a word of our order" on levy of ECC Supreme Court
Top Law News Dumping waste in Yamuna near Taj Mahal sad state of affairs November 16, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today expressed disgust at the dumping of solid wastes in river Yamuna near the Taj Mahal, saying it demonstrated a sad state of affairs and directed UP government and its authorities to get it all cleaned immediately. “Go to Agra and get things cleaned. This is a limit. This is shocking. […] Read more » Agara Dumping waste in Yamuna near Taj Mahal sad state of affairs featured Legal News NGT Taj Mahal
Top Law News Minor girls missing from orphanage:HC seeks reply November 16, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment With three minor girls going missing from an orphanage here, Delhi High Court today asked the city government and police as to what steps they had taken to trace them. The matter was taken up after Supreme Court judge Justice T S Thakur forwarded it to the high court for appropriate action following media reports. […] Read more » Court Delhi featured Law Legal News Minor girls missing from orphanage:HC seeks reply
Top Law News No derogatory remarks made by MoS V K Singh: Police to court November 16, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh did not make any “specific derogatory and humilating” statement warranting his prosecution on a criminal complaint for his alleged “dog” remark, Delhi Police told a court here today. In its action taken report (ATR) filed in the court, the police said no cognizable offence was made […] Read more » Court Delhi featured Law Legal News No derogatory remarks made by MoS V K Singh: Police to court V K Singh
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Some countries still use terror as instrument of state policy: Modi November 16, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for united action against terrorism, including its use as an instrument of state policy by some countries, against the backdrop of world leaders expressing concern at the international movement of foreign terrorist fighters. “Old structures of terrorism remain. There are countries that still use it as an instrument of […] Read more » 10yr old vehicles ban : NGT refuses to modify order current refugee crisis featured
Consumer Law News Top Law News Govt to come out with definition of e-commerce: Nirmala November 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is working on the definition of ‘e-commerce’ to clear the air over key issues such as taxation and foreign investment in the burgeoning sector. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said her ministry has received inputs from almost all the states on the issues related with FDI in e-commerce segment. When asked whether […] Read more » definition of e-commerce e-commerce FDI featured Foreign Direct Investment Govt to come out with definition of e-commerce taxation and foreign investment in the burgeoning sector.
Consumer Law News Top Law News Swachh Bharat cess: PAN card gets costlier by Re 1 November 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the imposition of the Swachh Bharat cess on all services from today, getting a new Permanent Account Number (PAN) card for income tax purposes has become costlier by a rupee to Rs 107. The new cess was announced last week by the government and it will levy a surcharge of 0.5% on all taxable […] Read more » featured PAN card gets costlier by Re 1 Swachh Bharat cess
Criminal Law News Top Law News Man gets 10 years jail for possessing 1.5 kg heroin November 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court for possessing 1.5 kg of banned heroin. The court said Om Prakash, a resident of Uttam Nagar in west Delhi, has failed to prove his innocence and it has been established that contraband was recovered from him. The court held the […] Read more » 1.5 kg heroin featured Man gets 10 years jail Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act NDPS judge Rakesh Kumar possessing 1.5 kg heroin
Top Law News Allow Women to Join Territorial Army: PIL in Delhi HC November 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking recruitment of gainfully employed women in the Territorial Army, an organisation of volunteers who receive military training in order to be mobilised for the country’s defence in case of an emergency. The petition said that at present only gainfully employed men are recruited into […] Read more » Allow Women to Join Territorial Army Delhi High Court featured Women to Join Territorial Army
Criminal Law News Top Law News Rape cases in India more than doubled in 2001-14 November 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thiruvananthapuram: India has witnessed a surge in rape cases since 2001, when the crime more than doubled, an International Conference on Gender Equality was told. Besides, cruelty against married women has risen nearly 2.5 times, the report on ‘Status of Women in India’, released at the International Conference on Gender Equality at Kovalam said. While […] Read more » featured rape cases rape cases in India Rape cases in India more than doubled
