Top Law News Coronavirus : Plea in SC for uninterrupted food supply in zoos amid lockdown April 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hear on April 13 a PIL seeking uninterrupted food supply and medical treatment for wildlife in zoos across the country amid coronavirus pandemic. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao asked the petitioner in-person Sangeeta Dogra, to amend her petition including prayer […] Read more » Chief Justice S A Bobde coronavirus pandemic. Justice L Nageswara Rao uninterrupted food supply in zoos uninterrupted food supply in zoos amid lockdown
High Profile Cases Top Law News COVID-29 crisis : Two prisoners denied temporary bail move HC April 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two undertrials lodged at Maharashtra’s Aurangabad Central Jail have approached the Bombay High Court against a high-powered committee’s decision that prisoners booked under special Acts will not be entitled to temporary bail in view of the coronavirus pandemic. The undertrials – Nitin Shelke and Madhukar Suryawanshi – were not granted temporary bail by the prison authorities […] Read more » COVID-29 crisis
High Profile Cases Top Law News AgustaWestland case : Delhi HC dismisses Christian Michel’s interim bail plea. April 7, 2020 / April 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea of Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman arrested in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam cases, seeking interim bail on the grounds of risk of contracting coronavirus in Tihar jail. Justice Mukta Gupta, who conducted the hearing through video conferencing, said the apprehension of Michel that […] Read more » AgustaWestland case
High Profile Cases Top Law News Supreme Court extends tenure of TDSAT chairperson and questions Centre over delay in appointment of members April 7, 2020 / April 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday extended by three months the tenure of chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) which is scheduled to end on April 20, and questioned the Centre on as to why the members of the tribunal have not been appointed since October 2019. A bench headed by Chief Justice S […] Read more » issue of appointments in TDSAT Justice Deepak Gupta Justice S K Kaul Supreme Court extends tenure of TDSAT chairperson Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal
Corporate Law News Top Law News Coronavirus: SC seeks status report from Centre on steps taken to prevent migration of workers. March 30, 2020 / March 30, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday sought a status report from the Centre by Tuesday on the measures taken in view of the large-scale migration of labourers from cities to their native villages amid the coronavirus outbreak and the consequent lockdown across the country. The top court observed that the migration of labourers out of panic […] Read more » steps taken to prevent migration of workers
High Profile Cases Top Law News EMIs put on hold : big-bang interest rate cut as RBI joins fight against coronavirus. March 29, 2020 / March 29, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The RBI on Friday put on hold EMI payments on all term loans for three months and cut interest rate by steepest in more than 11 years as it joined the government effort to rescue a slowing economy that has now got caught in coronavirus whirlwind. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut repo to […] Read more » EMIs put on hold Monetary Policy Committee Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
High Profile Cases Top Law News PM seeks nation’s forgiveness for tough decisions and says India will surely defeat coronavirus. March 29, 2020 / March 29, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sought the nation’s forgiveness for imposing a monumental lockdown on the country, but said “we have to win … and we will definitely win the battle” against the unprecedented menace of coronavirus that has claimed 25 lives in India so far. In his monthly Mann ki Baat radio address […] Read more » PM seeks nation's forgiveness for tough decisions
High Profile Cases Top Law News SCBA mulls BCI plea to help financially-troubled lawyers in wake of COVID-19. March 26, 2020 / March 26, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after the Bar Council of India urged the Prime Minister and states to help the financially stressed lawyers in wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Ashok Arora has sought views of the members of the Association on extending financial help for such lawyers. The contributions thus […] Read more » SCBA
High Profile Cases Top Law News Delhi High Court Lawyers Chambers to be closed till 31st March after Supreme Court. March 23, 2020 / March 23, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After Supreme Court decided to seal its lawyers chamber, the Delhi High Court has also decided to close the lawyers chamber blocks from 6 PM today i.e 23rd March till 31st March. After which the conditions will be reassessed. The Delhi HC Bar Association has sought utmost cooperation of the lawyers as steps are being taken in the […] Read more » Delhi HC Bar Association
High Profile Cases Top Law News 230 lawyers cleared the Examination of AoR. March 23, 2020 / March 23, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The results of the Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record (AoR) Examination conducted in June 2019 have been declared. As per the list published, 230 advocates have cleared the examination, whereas 92 advocates have been listed as eligible to re-appear. AOR_Exam___June_2019___Result Click to see the result list Read more » AoR Examination Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record (AoR) Examination Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record (AoR) Examination result
High Profile Cases Top Law News Janata Curfew: CP to be closed on Sunday. March 20, 2020 / March 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Connaught Place in Delhi will be closed on Sunday due to the ‘Janata Curfew’ in the country over the novel coronavirus pandemic. “As it has been requested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday to observe a Janata Curfew, Connaught Place shall remain closed on March 22,” New Delhi Trader’s Association president Atul Bhargava said. “As […] Read more » corona virus Janata Curfew in connaught place Janata Curfew:
High Profile Cases Top Law News MP political crisis: SC suggests Speaker interact with rebel MLAs via video link. March 20, 2020 / March 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker N P Prajapati should interact with the rebel Congress MLAs through video link or the court can appoint an observer to allay the fear that the legislators are in captivity. However, the Speaker refused to accept the top court’s proposal. A bench comprising Justices […] Read more » Chief Minister Kamal Nath Governor Lalji Tandon Justice Hemant Gupta justices D Y Chandrachud Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker N P Prajapati MP political crisis Senior advocate A M Singhvi
