Top Law News Enron-Dabhol power project: Supreme Court closes case of alleged corruption April 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday closed the case of alleged corruption involving politicians, bureaucrats and corporates in the Enron-Dabhol power project, taking note of the inordinate delay in the case that was filed in 1997. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna allowed the plea of Maharashtra government to […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Enron-Dabhol power project Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Top Law News Arun Shourie delighted on Supreme Court verdict on Rafale April 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former union minister Arun Shourie, one of the review petitioners in the Rafale case, Wednesday said he was delighted by the unanimous verdict of the Supreme Court dismissing Centre’s “peculiar argument” on admissibility of privileged documents. The apex court on Wednesday dismissed preliminary objections raised by the Centre that documents on which claimed”privilege” cannot be […] Read more » Arun Shourie Rafale Rafale fighter jet deal with France. Supreme Court verdict on Rafale Yashwant Sinha and activist advocate Prashant Bhushan.
Top Law News Delhi court sends Yasin Malik to NIA custody till Apr 22 in terror funding case April 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has sent JKLF chief Yasin Malik to NIA custody till April 22 after the agency sought his custodial interrogation in connection with a case related to funding of separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir. Malik was produced before special judge Rakesh Syal, where the National Investigation Agency arrested him inside […] Read more » funding of separatists and terror groups Yasin Malik Yasin Malik in terror funding case Yasin Malik to NIA custody Yasin Malik to NIA custody in terror funding case
Top Law News Complaint lodged against Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti at Bihar court. April 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Their fierce political rivalry notwithstanding, Abdullah who heads the NC, and Mufti, who leads the PDP, had come out in unison against the BJP’s manifesto promise of scrapping Article 370 annul 35A of the Constitution. A case has been lodged at a court here against former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba […] Read more » Farooq Abdullah Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti Mehbooba Mufti
Top Law News Every direction by EC will be followed during polls : Bombay High Court April 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Nagpur collector-cum-returning officer Sunday assured the Bombay High Court that every direction and guideline issued by the Election Commission (EC) will be followed during the elections and post-poll arrangements. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court was hearing a petition filed by Nana Patole, Congress’ Nagpur Lok Sabha candidate. Patole had filed the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice R K Deshpande Justice S M Modak Nagpur collector-cum-returning officer
Top Law News AgustaWestland charge sheet leak : Delhi court issues notice to ED on Christian Michel’s plea April 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on plea of Christian Michel, alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, alleging the agency of politicising the case by leaking the chargesheet copy to the media. The agency, on the other hand, sought an enquiry as to how the copy of the […] Read more » AgustaWestland charge sheet leak David Nigel John Syms
Top Law News Public Confidence In Integrity Of Electoral Process Will Increase With 50% VVPAT Verification: 21 Opposition parties Tell Supreme Court April 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Twenty-one opposition parties, led by Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu have submitted their rejoinder before the Supreme Court of India stating that 50% verification of VVPAT units against EVM machines in each constituency/segment will raise the level of public confidence in the integrity of electoral process in the country. These parties are petitioners in a […] Read more » Public Confidence In Integrity Of Electoral Process
Top Law News Nobody for opaqueness, but judiciary can’t be destroyed in name of transparency: SC April 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nobody wants a “system of opaqueness” but in the name of transparency the judiciary cannot be destroyed, the Supreme Court said Thursday, while hearing the appeals of its registry against the Delhi High Court order that the CJI’s office falls under the ambit of RTI Act. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice D Y Chandrachud Justice Deepak Gupta Justice N.V. Ramana Justice Sanjiv Khanna National Judicial Accountability commission Act
Top Law News Doctor can abort over 20-wk pregnancy to save woman’s life: Bombay High Court April 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A registered doctor can terminate a pregnancy that has crossed the 20-week period without permission from the court only if it poses risk to the woman’s life, the Bombay High Court has ruled. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and M S Sonak in its judgement on Wednesday, however, said permission from either […] Read more » 20-wk pregnancy justice A S Oka Justice M S Sonak i Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act MTP Act
Top Law News Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Hearing On Petition Seeking Stay On Modi Biopic April 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday refused urgent listing of a plea seeking a stay on the release of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, “What biopic? We have not seen it. Perhaps we will watch it over the weekend, then you mention.” The bench told […] Read more » narendra modi biopic Stay On Modi Biopic Stay On movie on narendra Modi Biopic stay on the release of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Top Law News No Bar In Considering Anticipatory Bail Pleas Even After 2018 SC-ST Act Amendment: Bombay High Court April 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Only because the first informant belongs to scheduled tribe or scheduled caste, the crime cannot be registered for offence punishable under the Act and offence can be registered under the Act only if there are ingredients of the offences punishable under the Act in the accusation.” The Bombay High Court has held that Sessions Court […] Read more » Justice Mangesh S. Patil Justice TV Nalawade Justice U U Lalit Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel No Bar In Considering Anticipatory Bail Pleas
Top Law News Justice Mohammad Rafiq Appointed Acting CJ Of Rajasthan HC April 5, 2019 / April 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The President of India has today notified the appointment of Justice Mohammad Rafiq as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, following the transfer of former Chief Justice Pradeem Nandrajog to Bombay High Court. Justice Rafiq is the senior most judge of Rajasthan High Court. It was on April 1 that the transfer of […] Read more » CJ of Bombay High Court Justice Mohammad Rafiq Justice Nandrajog Justice Nandrajog as CJ of Bombay High Court
