Top Law News Supreme Court to hear plea to bar candidates from contesting from more than one seat March 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would hear after two weeks a plea which has sought to restrict a candidate from contesting from more than one constituency in a general election. The matter was mentioned for early listing of the plea before a bench of Justices S A Bobde, M M Shantanagoudar and S Abdul […] Read more » Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay bar candidates from contesting bar candidates from contesting from more than one seat Election Commission Justice S Abdul Nazeer M M Shantanagoudar S A Bobde
Top Law News College student moves Bombay High Court to abort foetus, cites ‘fragile’ mental health March 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Wednesday directed the dean of JJ Group of Hospitals here to constitute a panel of doctors to assess the mental health condition of a 20-year-old college student, who has approached the court seeking to terminate her pregnancy. The petitioner is in 23rd week of pregnancy, which is a result of a […] Read more » advocate Neha Philip Bombay High Court to abort foetus college girl approached BHC college girl to abort foetus
Top Law News The Supreme Court sentences lawyer Mathews J Nedumpara to 3 months jail for contempt of Court and suspends term after apology. March 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday sentenced lawyer Mathews J Nedumpara to three months in jail for contempt of court and attempting to browbeat judges in a matter related to designation of senior advocates. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Vineet Saran suspended the sentence taking note of the unconditional apology tendered by him as […] Read more » justice R F Nariman Justice Vineet Saran lawyer Mathews J Nedumpara
Top Law News Gujarat High Court disposes MLA Bhagvan Baradplea on disqualification March 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday said it will not interfere with the Election Commission order declaring bypoll for Talala Assembly seat in the state following disqualification of Congress MLA Bhagvan Barad. The division bench of Justices S R Brahmbhatt and V B Mayani disposed of Barad’s petition challenging the Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi’s order disqualifying him […] Read more » disqualification of Congress MLA Bhagvan Barad MLA Bhagvan Barad Talala Assembly constituency
Top Law News DRDO achievement pride for nation and let us not play politics on it: Ram Madhav March 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Opposition accusing Prime Minister Modi of trying to get electoral mileage by announcing amid the poll process the successful testing of India’s anti-satellite missile ability, the BJP Wednesday cautioned political parties against playing “politics on the issue”. Terming DRDO scientists achievement as a “pride” of the nation, BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav […] Read more » Defence Research Development Organisation DRDO DRDO achievement DRDO achievement pride for nation no politics on DRDO achievement Ram Madhav
Top Law News Will Judicial Declaration Of A Person As A Foreigner Stand Superseded If His Name Is Included In NRC? SC Commences Hearing. March 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday was faced with the question whether judicial determination of a person being a foreigner would stand superseded if the name of the same person is included in the draft/final NRC. The question was being considered by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna. […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Judicial Declaration Of A Person Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Sanjiv Khanna Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal
Top Law News The Right To Know About Criminal Contestants. March 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 8163 candidates out of 8230 candidates who have contested in the Lok Sabha 2014 Elections and discovered: Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 8163 candidates analysed, 1398 (17%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 7810 […] Read more » ADR Association for Democratic Reforms Candidates with Criminal Cases Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases National Election Watch new Section 33B
Top Law News Judge Can’t Recuse From A Case Merely Because His Father Appeared In It For The State Earlier: Sikkim High Court. March 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “In my view, it is the duty of a Judge to hear every matter placed before him without fear or favour” The Sikkim High Court rejected an application of a District Judge who wanted to recuse from a case on the ground that his father who was an Additional Advocate General, had appeared for the […] Read more » Chief Justice Vijai Kumar Bist Judge Can't Recuse From A Case Sikkim High Court
Top Law News Pressure cooker symbol : Supreme Court refuses to acknowledge TTV Dhinakaran outfit’s claim March 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to acknowledge the claim of the TTV Dhinakaran-led outfit over ‘pressure cooker’ as common election symbol. The Supreme Court, however, directed the Election Commission (EC) to consider granting common free election symbol to the candidates of the Dhinakaran-led outfit for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and assembly by-elections in Tamil […] Read more » AIADMK amil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Dhinakaran Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Sanjiv Khanna Palaniswami-led AIADMK. Pressure cooker symbol Sasikala
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Tamil Nadu government to ensure political parties do not disfigure public places March 26, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to ensure that public places, including hilly areas, are not defaced by slogans and advertisements by political parties. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta expressed dissatisfaction over the reply filed by the state government in the matter and said it has […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Deepak Gupta Senior advocate V Giri
Top Law News The Madras High Court directs removal of unauthorised flag poles in TN by Apr 1 March 26, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has directed election officials to remove all unauthorised flag poles of political parties in public places throughout Tamil Nadu by April 1. A bench comprising justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad gave the direction Monday on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a complete ban on erection of poles in public […] Read more » Election Commission standing counsel Niranjan Rajagopalan Justice S Manikumar Justice Subramonium Prasad removal of unauthorised flag poles The Madras High Court
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear DMK plea on TN Assembly by-elections on March 28 March 26, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said it would hear on March 28 a plea filed by DMK seeking direction to the Election Commission (EC) for holding by-elections in three vacant assembly seats in Tamil Nadu. The matter was mentioned for early hearing before a bench of Justices S A Bobde and Sanjiv Khanna. The bench was […] Read more » DMK seeking by-elections DMK seeking direction to the Election Commission (EC) for holding by-elections Justice S.A. Bobde Justice Sanjiv Khanna
