Top Law News Bombay High Court to hear plea on condition of foot overbridges in Mumbai March 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Friday said it would take up for hearing on March 22 a petition on the issue of “poor” condition of foot overbridges in the metropolis. One of the petitioners Pradeep Bhalekar’s advocate Nitin Satpute approached the high court Friday seeking urgent hearing of the plea a day after a foot overbridge […] Read more » Bombay High Court condition of foot overbridges in Mumbai foot overbridges in Mumbai
Top Law News Undertrial prisoners’ letters for speedy trial of their cases turned into PIL by Delhi High Court. March 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court initiated a PIL on Friday on letters sent by undertrials lodged in the jails here seeking a speedy disposal of their cases, which were pending in the lower courts for years. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani issued notice to the Delhi government and sought […] Read more » Chief Justice Rajendra Menon Delhi High Court Justice A J Bhambhani PIL Undertrial prisoners
Top Law News SC seeks EC reply on plea by 21 opposition leaders for verification of 50 pc VVPAT slips March 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear the plea of 21 opposition leaders, led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, seeking that VVPAT slips of at least 50 per cent of voting machines in each assembly constituency be checked randomly in the Lok Sabha elections. The leaders from six national and 15 regional […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Bahujan Samaj Party BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Congress CPI CPI (Marxist) EVMs Loktantrik Janata Dal Nationalist Congress Party Rashtriya Lok Dal Samajwadi Party the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Trinamool Congress VVPAT
Top Law News Courts Have Discretion To Refuse Compounding Of Offences Having Social Impact: Supreme Court March 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Merely because an offence is compoundable under Section 320 CrPC, still discretion can be exercised by the court having regard to nature of offence.” The Supreme Court has observed that a court has discretion to reject a plea to compound an offence having social impact, even if the offence is compoundable under Section 320 of […] Read more » Compounding Of Offences Having Social Impact Courts Have Discretion To Refuse Compounding Courts Have Discretion To Refuse Compounding Of Offences Having Social Impact Discretion To Refuse Compounding Of Offences Having Social Impact Offences Having Social Impact Supreme Court
Top Law News Parishioners Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Right To Burial In Church Cemetery: Kerala High Court March 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “The right to a burial in the cemetery must be seen as flowing from his status as a Parishioner of the Church” Reiterating that the Church and the cemetery cannot be confiscated by anybody, the Kerala High Court has held that, irrespective of his allegiance, a parishioner cannot be deprived of his/her right to burial […] Read more » Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar Kerala High Court Parishioners Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Right To Burial In Church Cemetery
Top Law News Karnataka HC Prohibits Media From Publishing Details Involving Privacy Of Individuals In Matrimonial Proceedings. March 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “What is an information to others according to a journalist, could be a personal and sensitive information to an individual in a litigation relating to a matrimonial dispute.” Cautioning the media against violating privacy of parties involved in marital dispute, the Karnataka High court has observed that the publication or telecast of information involving the […] Read more » Justice B. Veerappa Karnataka HC Matrimonial Proceedings. Media prohibited from Publishing Details Involving Privacy Of Individuals In Matrimonial Proceedings Privacy Of Individuals Privacy Of Individuals In Matrimonial Proceedings.
Top Law News SC Sets Aside Life Ban Imposed On Cricketer Sreesanth and has asked BCCI To Take Fresh Decision On Punishment. March 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Partly allowing the appeal of cricketer S Sreesanth, the Supreme Court today set aside the life ban imposed by the Board of Control of Cricket in India(BCCI) on him for indulging in spot-fixing during 2013 Indian Premier League. The Court has directed the disciplinary committee of BCCI to take a decision on the quantum of […] Read more » Cricketer Sreesanth Kings XI Punjab in Mohali Rajasthan Royals Senior advocate Salman Khurshid
Top Law News SC Issues Notice On Plea By 21 Political Parties For 50% VVPAT Verification March 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition filed by leaders from 21 political parties seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India(ECI) to randomly verify at least 50 per cent votes using Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) in the polls to 17th Lok Sabha. The bench headed by Chief Justice of […] Read more » Election Commission of India Electronic Voting Machine EVM Lok Sabha polls VVPAT
Top Law News IIM-Indore’s Journal published “How Vested Interests Eroded the Best ‘Make in India’ Story” March 14, 2019 / March 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A year-long evidence-based research titled ‘How Vested Interests Eroded the Best ‘Make in India’ Story’, has been published in the IIM-Indore journal. This research by noted Prof. Ganapathy Lakshman Sharma explains how regulatory overreach can lead to a market crisis, hugely impacting the growth of financial markets. The research also explores the crucial role of […] Read more » How Vested Interests Eroded the Best ‘Make in India
Top Law News How the RBI Dodged RTI Appeals For Minutes Of Meeting On Demonetisation. March 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After two years of stubborn refusal to part with any details regarding the minutes of its board meeting on demonetisation, the RBI has demonstrated its sheer disdain for the RTI Act. While India’s leaders make a mockery of the constitution and the economy, the Reserve Bank of India made a mockery of the Right to […] Read more » Demonetisation Meeting On Demonetisation Minutes Of Meeting On Demonetisation. political economy RBI Reserve Bank of India RTI Appeals
Top Law News Rafale Petitioners Guilty Of Leakage Of Sensitive Information: Centre Submits In Supreme Court March 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even though the Central Government maintains secrecy, the petitioners and the deponent of the affidavit of the Review Petition are guilty of leakage of sensitive information, which offends the terms of the agreements. Additionally, those who have conspired in this leakage are guilty of penal offences under the Indian Penal Code including theft by unauthorized […] Read more » Rafale
Top Law News Why No Mechanism To Monitor Assets Of MPs And MLAs : Supreme Court March 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to explain in two weeks why it has not set up a permanent mechanism to monitor the undue accretion of assets by elected representatives as directed by it last year. On Feb 16 last year, the apex court had said the undue accretion of assets by lawmakers […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Sanjiv Khanna Justices deepak gupta Lok Prahari NGO Supreme Court Why No Mechanism To Monitor Assets Of MPs And MLAs
