Top Law News India and Pakistan to hold third round of talks on Kartarpur corridor September 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The third round of discussions between delegates of India and Pakistan will be held here on Wednesday to discuss and finalise the draft agreement for operationalistaion of the Kartarpur corridor for Sikh pilgrims. The joint secretary-level meeting will be held at Attari in Amritsar, officials said. This will be the second such meeting after New […] Read more » kartarpur corridor
Top Law News PIL in Supreme Court for community kitchens in all states to combat hunger September 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to all states and union territories (UTs) to formulate a scheme for community kitchens to combat hunger and malnutrition. The plea, which is listed for hearing on Monday before a bench headed by Justice N V Ramana, alleged that many children under the age […] Read more » Advocate Ashima Mandla Advocate Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi combat hunger community kitchens in all states community kitchens in all states to combat hunger World Food Programme
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks NBCC response on completing stalled Jaypee group projects. September 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response from the NBCC on whether it is willing to give a revised proposal to complete the stalled projects of Jaypee group. A bench of justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari issued notice to the National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) and sought its reply by Thursday. Additional […] Read more » Advocate Anupam Lal Das Jaypee group projects Justice A M Khanwilkar Justice Dinesh Maheshwari senior advocate F S Nariman
Top Law News Court sentences nine in Nari Niketan rape case September 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Dehradun court has sentenced the main accused in the rape and abortion case of a hearing and speech impaired inmate at a government-run shelter home here in 2015 to seven years in prison. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Dharam Singh on Monday also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Gurudas […] Read more » Anita Mandola Chandrakala Chhetri Kiran Nautiyal Nari Niketan rape case Shama Nigar
Top Law News Ayodhya: Supreme Court notices to 2 for threatening senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan September 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from two persons for allegedly threatening senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan for taking up the case on behalf of the Sunni Waqf Board and other Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute matter. “Notice,” said the five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi at the […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute matter senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan
Top Law News Make India a hub for world class legal practice and legal education : Harvard professor Professor David B Wilkins September 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India has the potential to be one of the premier countries for legal practice and legal education, said Professor David B Wilkins of Harvard Law School. The Indian bar, therefore, should not be afraid of competing with lawyers from around the world, both here in India and abroad, he said. Wilkins, Vice Dean, Harvard Law […] Read more » India a hub for world class legal practice Professor David B Wilkins Professor David B Wilkins of Harvard Law School
Top Law News PIL in Supreme Court for community kitchens in all states to combat hunger September 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to all states and union territories (UTs) to formulate a scheme for community kitchens to combat hunger and malnutrition. The plea, which is listed for hearing on Monday before a bench headed by Justice N V Ramana, alleged that many children under the age […] Read more » PIL in Supreme Court
Top Law News Kapil Mishra claims in HC he was disqualified as he was whistleblower and highlighted Delhi govt corruption September 2, 2019 / September 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Disqualified AAP MLA Kapil Mishra, who recently joined the BJP, has claimed before the Delhi High Court that the action was taken against him as he had highlighted alleged corruption of the chief minister, ministers and functionaries of the city government and the Speaker had “prejudiced and oblique motive”. In an additional affidavit, Mishra, who […] Read more » Disqualified AAP MLA Kapil Mishra Kapil mishra
Top Law News Acting C.Justice of the Jharkhand HC Justice Prashant Kumar passes away August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court, Justice Prashant Kumar has passed away today at 5:15 am. He was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand on June 7, 2019. He enrolled as an Advocate on October 1, 1980 with Bihar State Bar Council and practiced in the […] Read more » Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand rest in peace
Top Law News HC serves notice on State Govt. over Wildlife Board August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh HC has served a notice on the State govt over the constitution of the Wildlife Board after an animal rights activist filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition claiming that law has been violated by nominating persons with “special interest in wildlife” to the Board. On Aug 3, the State govt, under […] Read more » High Court Madhya Pradesh wildlife
Top Law News Court Dismisses Plea for Addition of Charges Against Expelled BJP MLA Accused in Unnao Rape Case August 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Wednesday, a Delhi Court dismissed a plea for addition of charges in the Unnao rape case against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor in 2017. The Mother of rape survivor had sought that fresh charges under sections 376(2)(f) & (k) (penetrative sexual assault by a person in […] Read more »
Top Law News Supreme Court Lawyer files complaint against student leader for fake news against Indian Army and Govt August 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Monday, Supreme Court Lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava filed a criminal complaint against student leader Shehla Rashid, seeking her arrest for allegedly spreading fake news against Indian Army and the Government. The complainant stated that she is deliberately and intentionally spreading fake news with the intention to incite violence in Jammu & Kashmir and in other parts of […] Read more » against Indian Army and Govt fake news files complaint against student leader Supreme Court lawyer
