Top Law News Doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in India reduced with imposition of lockdown: Health Ministry. April 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union Health Ministry said on Friday the rate at which the number of coronavirus cases in the country was becoming double in the last one week was 6.2 days, as against three days before the nationwide lockdown was imposed At a daily media briefing about updates on COVID-19 situation, Joint Secretary in the Health […] Read more » Doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in India Doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in India reduced Doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in India reduced with imposition of lockdown: Legal News
Top Law News Jharkhand High Court grants bail to BJP MP Som Marandi on condition to donate to PM CARES Fund and download ‘Aarogya Setu’ app. April 18, 2020 / April 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jharkhand High Court granted bail to former BJP MP Som Marandi and five others in a case of relating to blocking railway tracks during an agitation in 2012, but asked them to deposit Rs 35,000 each to the PM-CARES fund and download the Aarogya Setu app as a condition. Allowing the bail through video-conference […] Read more » BJP MP Som Marandi download the Aarogya Setu app Jharkhand High Court PM CARES Som Marandi to deposit Rs 35000 each to the PM-CARES fund Som Marandi to download the Aarogya Setu app
Top Law News Corona Lockdown 2.0 : CAA, Article 370, Sabarimala and other key cases SC delaying. April 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Covid-19 lockdown has affected the functioning of courts across the country. Most courts are only taking up extremely urgent cases (which directly and immediately impact liberty and livelihood of people) and these are heard through video conference. The Supreme Court too has been functioning in a limited way since March 23. This has led […] Read more » Article 370 case Sabarimala case delaying due to Lockdown CAA delaying due to Lockdown latest legal news Sabarimala case delaying due to Lockdown
Top Law News ED files Money Laundering Case against Tablighi Jamaat Chief Maulana Muhammad Saad. April 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate has filed a money laundering case to investigate the entire funding of Tablighi Jamaat Markaz at Nizamuddin, both from within India and abroad, using which it organises religious congregations and travel of foreigners to different states. The central anti-money laundering probe agency has initiated its probe under Prevention of Money Laundering Act on the […] Read more » case for culpable homicide against maulana saad Delhi Police Crime Branch FIR registered against Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Muhammad Saad a Enforcement Directorate has filed a money laundering case Enforcement Directorate has filed a money laundering case against Maulana Saad latest legal news money laundering case against Maulana Saad Money Laundering Case against Tablighi Jamaat Chief Money Laundering Case against Tablighi Jamaat Chief Saad
Criminal Law News Top Law News Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi booked for culpable homicide after attendees die of COVID-19 : Delhi Police April 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi has been booked for culpable homicide after some of the attendees of the religious congregation died due to coronavirus, police said on Wednesday. Kandhalvi had organised the religious gathering at Nizamuddin Markaz last month against the social distancing protocol imposed by the Centre to curb the spread of the […] Read more » Maulana Saad Kandhalvi Maulana Saad Kandhalvi has been booked for culpable homicide Maulana Saad Kandhalvibooked for culpable homicide Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad
Top Law News Supreme Court to introduce e-filing software soon to limit visits. April 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an attempt to do away with unnecessary court visits, the Supreme Court (SC) of India has developed an e-filing software that is said to be in advanced stages of trial. Head of the SC’s E-Committee Justice DY Chandrachud, on April 13, announced that Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Supreme Court Advocates on […] Read more » COVID-19 e-filing software e-filing software by SC e-filing software to be launched by SC sooner latest legal news Law News SC’s E-Committee Justice DY Chandrachud SCAORA Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association unnecessary court visits
Top Law News PIL in Supreme Court seeks quashing of FIRs lodged under section 188 of IPC during lockdown. April 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fresh public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday seeking quashing of all FIRs filed under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for alleged violation of lockdown orders. The PIL has been filed former director general of police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh, Dr Vikram Singh, who is currently […] Read more » latest legal news Law News PIL in Supreme Court quashing of FIRs lodged under section 188 of IPC
Top Law News PIL in Delhi High Court seeks school fees waiver for lockdown duration. April 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fresh Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court has sought a waiver of fees levied by all private and unaided schools during the lockdown, citing job losses and loss of income. The PIL has been filed by lawyer-activist Amit Sahni. The petitioners have cited urgency and have sought a prompt listing of […] Read more » Delhi High Court latest legal news Law News PIL public interest litigation waiver of fees levied by all private and unaided schools
Top Law News Calcutta HC to hear bar association plea on financial assistance for lawyers. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court will take up on Thursday a letter by its Bar Association as a PIL, which sought direction on the Bar Council of West Bengal to provide financial assistance to lawyers in distress due to the long period of suspension of work owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Claiming that the Council takes subscriptions […] Read more » Bar Association president Ashok Dhandania Calcutta HC financial assistance for lawyers PIL public interest litigation
Top Law News Cannabis arrest : Australian doctor seeks bail from Bombay High Court. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Australian doctor arrested in November last year for alleged possession of drugs has approached Bombay High Court seeking bail claiming he is working towards medicinal use of cannabis. Reza Borhani, in his plea, said he should be granted bail in view of directions passed by the Supreme Court on the temporary release of inmates […] Read more » Australian doctor Reza Borhani Borhani's lawyer Shrinivas Bobde Cannabis arrest Justice Gautam Patel Justice Pate LSD Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act Reza Borhani
Top Law News Central Administrative Tribunal not to function till Apr 20: Personnel Ministry. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which adjudicates service matters of central government employees, will not function till April 20 due to the ongoing lockdown, according to a Personnel Ministry statement issued on Tuesday. The tribunal’s principal bench here and its branches across the country have not been functioning since March 20 due to lockdowns to […] Read more » CAT CAT not to function till Apr 20 Central Administrative Tribunal Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) loss of working days due to non-functioning of the benches on account of coronavirus
Top Law News St Stephens hospital agrees in Delhi High Court to pay sacked employees amount equal to 2 months salary. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The St Stephens Hospital management, which sacked some of its support staff from its Gurgaon facility after the coronavirus outbreak, has agreed in the Delhi High Court to pay these employees an amount equal to their salary for March and April. Justice Rekha Palli on Monday held that the hospital would be bound by its […] Read more » central government standing counsel Anurag Ahluwalia coronavirus outbreak Delhi High Court Justice Rekha Palli St. Stephen's Hospital Tis Hazari
