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
Top Law News Migrants on Mumbai streets : Police register FIR under section 143, 147, 149, 188 and 186. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An FIR has been registered against at least 1000 migrant workers for assembling near Bandra railway station in Mumbai on Tuesday in defiance of the coronavirus lockdown norms, causing a public health scare, police said. No arrests have been made yet and the workers are being identified, a Bandra police station official said. “We have registered […] Read more » defiance of the coronavirus lockdown norms migrant workers for assembling near Bandra railway station Migrants on Mumbai streets section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act
Top Law News NGT cancels its 2020 summer vacations to make up for Corona-led lockdown losses. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday announced cancellation of its summer vacation for 2020 to make up for its working days’ losses due to the country’s 40-day lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus infection. The tribunal said during the lockdown announced by the government, as part of the measures to contain the COVID-19 spread, […] Read more » Corona-led lockdown losses NGT cancels its 2020 summer vacations Prime Minister Narendra Modi
