Top Law News Disputes to be shifted to HCs commercial benches October 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Thousands of high-value business disputes are set to be transferred to commercial benches in select high courts in the coming weeks after promulgation of an ordinance, which seeks to improve the ease of doing business in India. The government had last week approved an ordinance to set up commercial benches in select high courts to […] Read more » commercial benches Court Disputes to be shifted to HCs commercial benches featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Police against removal of archaic words from proceedings October 25, 2015 / October 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi Police has opposed in the high court a PIL seeking a direction to replace “archaic and difficult” Persian and Urdu words and phrases with simple Hindi or English words for day-to-day work at police stations. “The language used by the police is understood by a common man very well and to call this language […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Delhi Police featured Law Legal News Police against removal of archaic words from proceedings
Top Law News Road mishap: Nearly Rs 14 lakh for kin of victim October 25, 2015 / October 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Family members of a 47-year-old man, who died after being hit by a rashly-driven car, have been awarded compensation of nearly Rs 14 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. The tribunal directed the driver-cum-owner of the offending Maruti van, which caused the accident, to pay as compensation Rs 13,99,516 to the wife […] Read more » featured insurance Law Legal News MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Road mishap Road mishap: Nearly Rs 14 lakh for kin of victim
Top Law News Riots case:Bailable warrant against Union Minister,BJP leaders October 24, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A bailable warrant has been issued against Muzaffarnagar riot accused including Union Minister Sanjeev Baliyan, BJP MP Bhartendu Singh, party MLA Suresh Rana and Sadhvi Prachi by a local court for not appearing before it in a case of violating prohibitory orders and inciting communal tension by making speeches. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sitaram yesterday […] Read more » BJP leaders Communal tension Court featured Law Legal News Muzaffarnagar riots Sadhvi Prachi Sanjeev Baliyan Suresh Rana
Top Law News HC defers hearing on plea regarding poll-code breach October 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today adjourned the hearing on a plea alleging election code violation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Justice J B Pardiwala posted the hearing to October 27 after public prosecutor Mitesh Amin sought time. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Nishant Verma moved the high court against the verdict of a local court […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat High Court HC defers hearing on plea regarding poll-code breach Law Legal News poll-code breach
Top Law News HC orders eviction of street food vendors in Mumbai October 23, 2015 / October 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a significant order, the Bombay High Court today directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to evict the hawkers who prepare food on the streets, lanes and pavements in the city within two months. The order was passed by the division bench of justicesAbhay Oka and Revati Mohite-Dere on petitions filed by Vile Parle […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured HC orders eviction of street food vendors in Mumbai Law Legal News
Top Law News Ministers should find time to perform duties: HC October 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay high court has taken a serious view of the stand taken by a Maharashtra minister that he will not be available until January 2016 to hear an appeal filed by a cooperative society. The appeal — which had been filed before the appellate authority (minister) — had challenged the supersession of the society’s […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News ministers Ministers should find time to perform duties: HC
Top Law News Lanco Infratech to get back Rs 175 crore as IT reimbursement October 21, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has allowed the claim of infrastructure developer Lanco Infratech Ltd to get back Rs 175 crore as income-tax reimbursement for its subsidiary firm Lanco Kondapalli Power Ltd (LKPL) for the financial years 2001 to 2012. The apex court dismissed the appeals filed by Andhra Pradesh Power Coordination Committee and state discoms against […] Read more » featured Lanco Infratech Lanco Infratech to get back Rs 175 crore as IT reimbursement Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News HC stops sale of items under Royal Enfield trademarks on ebay October 21, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has restrained two persons from marketing or selling on ebay, products under the name of ‘Royal Enfield’, ‘Bullet’ or any other trademark deceptively similar to the ones coined by Eicher Motors Ltd which makes the Royal Enfield motorbikes. Justice Manmohan Singh passed the interim order saying Eicher has made out a […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court ebay featured HC stops sale of items under Royal Enfield trademarks on ebay royal enfield
Top Law News No copyright exists on the title of literary work: SC October 21, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that no copyright exists on the “title” of a literary work while quashing a criminal case against the producer of a Bollywood movie. A bench comprising justices M B Lokur and S A Bobde passed the order on an appeal filed by Krishika Lulla and others against an order of […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News No copyright exists on the title of literary work: SC Supreme Court
Top Law News HC quashes Gujarat govt’s ordinance to delay local body polls October 21, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The High Court today quashed an ordinance issued by it to pave way to delay local bodies polls, terming it as “unconstitutional”, and directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to “conduct polls before the expiry of their terms.” The court also came down heavily on the Gujarat SEC for using government ordinance to postpone local […] Read more » Ahmedabad Court featured Gujarat HC quashes Gujarat govt's ordinance to delay local body polls Law Legal News local body polls
Top Law News Centre ready to look into complaints on adoption rules, HC October 20, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Centre has informed the Bombay High Court that it was ready to look into the grievances of people about the new guidelines on child adoption issued by Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Women and Child Development. This was conveyed by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh yesterday […] Read more » Centre ready to look into complaints on adoption rules complaints on adoption rules Court featured HC Law Legal News
