High Profile Cases Top Law News Vijay Mallya gets bankruptcy reprieve from UK High Court. April 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the High Court in London has deferred hearings on a plea by the SBI-led consortium of Indian banks, seeking the indebted tycoon to be declared bankrupt to enable them recover a loan of around 1.145 billion pounds from him. Justice Michael Briggs of the insolvency division of […] Read more » 000 Crores barrister Philip Marshall charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to an alleged Rs 9 liquor baron Vijay Mallya loans to Mallya's now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines. UK High Court Vijay Mallya
Top Law News Food and essential goods being supplied to tribal region: Bombay High Court April 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government on Thursday informed the Bombay High Court that food and other essential commodities are being supplied to the people living in the tribal belt of the state. Justice G S Patel was hearing a petition filed by Vivek Pandit, in which the latter raised concerns over the condition of impoverished tribal people in […] Read more » Bombay High Court Food and essential goods being supplied to tribal region
Top Law News Delhi HC suspends summer break to make up work loss due to coronavirus. April 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High court Thursday decided to suspend its summer vacation this year, slated from June 1 to 30, to make up for the loss of working hours due to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. The high court has also cancelled the summer break of subordinate courts in June this year. The decision was taken at […] Read more » Delhi HC Delhi HC suspends summer break suspends summer break
Top Law News Applicants are safer in jail than out on bail: Bombay High Court. April 10, 2020 / April 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to grant temporary bail to an accused, saying it can not allow him to be released and put him at the risk of contracting coronavirus. The situation in jail was much better than that in the city of Mumbai, Justice G S Patel observed while hearing a bail […] Read more » Applicants are safer in jail Bombay High Court Justice G S Patel risk of contracting coronavirus.
Top Law News Coronavirus : SC refuses to pass any blanket order for release of prisoners above 50 yrs April 8, 2020 / April 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to pass any blanket order directing the Centre and states to consider granting parole or interim bail to prisoners above 50 years of age as also to those suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure, respiratory problem and other life threatening diseases in view of coronavirus pandemic. A bench of Chief […] Read more » blanket order for release of prisoners above 50 yrs jail inmates to maintain social distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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
