Top Law News Supreme Court asks its Registry if live streaming of Ayodhya case possible. September 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court asked its Registry on Monday to inform it whether live streaming of the ongoing hearing in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri masjid land dispute case was possible. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also asked the Registry to apprise it as to how much time it would take to do so, if […] Read more » live streaming of Ayodhya case Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri masjid land dispute case
Top Law News The Delhi High Court grants bail to AAP MLA Som Dutt in assault case September 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Monday granted bail to AAP MLA Som Dutt, who was recently taken into custody to serve a six-month jail term for assaulting a man with a baseball bat during campaigning for 2015 Assembly elections. Justice Suresh Kait also sought response of the State on the plea of Dutt, lodged in […] Read more » AAP MLA Som Dutt
Top Law News PMLA Appellate Tribunal also releases assets of 63 Moons from ED attachment. September 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The PMLA Appellate Tribunal, on Tuesday released the assets of 63 moons from attachment by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). This order comes soon after the Bombay High Court order, which quashed the attachments of 63 moons assets under the MPID Act. However, the Tribunal, after quashing the attachment orders, has made it subject to filing […] Read more » 63 moons 63moons PMLA PMLA Appellate Tribunal
Top Law News Supreme Court notice to Centre and J&K on plea for producing Farooq Abdullah September 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration on a plea seeking to produce before court former chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who is allegedly under detention following the scrapping of the state’s special status. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices S A Bobde and […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Farooq Abdullah Justice S A Nazeer Justice S.A. Bobde
Top Law News Chhattisgarh High Court seeks state government’s stand on plea against hike in quota limit. September 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chhattisgarh High Court has sought the state government’s stand on two petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of an ordinance, hiking the reservation limit in state jobs to 82 per cent breaching the 50 per cent cap. Admitting the two pleas, filed separately by Vedprakash Singh Thakur and Aditya Tiwari, a bench of Chief Justice […] Read more » plea against hike in quota limit.
Top Law News Techie’s death: Tamil Nadu government frowns on illegal hoardings September 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Coming down heavily on the Tamil Nadu government over illegal hoardings, the Madras High Court on Friday wondered how many more lives should be lost as a result of such banners, endangering the lives of people. A day after a 23-year old woman techie came under the wheels of a water tanker after she fell […] Read more » Chief Minister K Palaniswami illegal hoardings
Top Law News Delhi court allows Robert Vadra to travel abroad on business September 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday allowed Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, to travel abroad for business purposes. Special judge Arvind Kumar granted permission to Vadra to travel to Spain from September 21 to October 8. Vadra is facing probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Read more » PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act Robert Vadra
Top Law News Salemthara, Mizoram man sentenced to 10 years in jail for drug peddling September 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court in Mizoram’s Champhai district has convicted a 19-year-old man for drug peddling and sentenced him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, state officials said on Friday. The court also slapped a fine of Rs one lakh on him, state excise and narcotics department officials said. Vanlalena, judge of the special court, convicted […] Read more » drug peddling
Top Law News Saradha scam: Calcutta High Court vacates order granting protection from arrest to ex-top cop September 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Friday vacated its order granting protection from arrest to former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. The court also rejected Kumar’s prayer for quashing of a CBI notice that sought his appearance for questioning in the case. Kumar, who is currently the West […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Saradha scam
Top Law News Issue of linking social media profiles with Aadhaar needs to be decided at the earliest: Supreme Court September 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday said the issue of linking of social media profiles with Aadhaar needs to be decided at the earliest. A bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said, “At this stage we do not know whether we could decide this issue or the high court will decide”. The bench further […] Read more » linking social media profiles with Aadhaar Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
Top Law News Mumbai airport stake: Adanis move Bombay High Court against GVK bid to stall its deal. September 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Adani Group has dragged the shareholders of the GVK Group-run Mumbai airport (MIAL) and the aviation ministry to the Bombay High Court, seeking a direction to them to allow buying out the minority stake held by South African firm Bidvest in the airport. The South African firm Bid Services Division Mauritius or Bidvest owns […] Read more » Adani group
Top Law News Two men get 25 years jail term for raping woman in Jharkhand. September 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Jharkhand court has sentenced two men to 25 years in prison for raping a 20-year-old woman in Simdega town in 2017. Additional district judge (I), Neeraj Kumar Srivastav, has found Vijay Kumar and Ajay Mishra guilty of the crime under sections of the Indian Penal Code and pronounced the quantum of the sentence against […] Read more » 25 years jail term for raping Jharkhand court