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
Top Law News Supreme Court Curious About Fate Of Persons Whose Name Appears In Electoral Roll But Not In Final NRC . March 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “The question that looms large and what the Court would like to be informed about is the precise relationship between the final N.R.C. which is due to be published on 31.7.2019 and the electoral rolls.” What would be fate of the persons whose names appear in the electoral roll but are not included in the […] Read more » cji ranjan gogoi Election Commission of India Fate Of Persons Whose Name Appears In Electoral Roll But Not In Final NRC Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Sanjeev Khanna Name Appears In Electoral Roll Name Appears Not In Final NRC nrc assam Supreme Court
Top Law News Over 10 Lakh Cases Settled In National Lok Adalat. March 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment About 10.19 lakh cases were settled in the first National Lok Adalat of 2019 held on March 9,2019 across the country under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority. The settled cases include 5.45 lakh pending and 4.73 prelitigation cases. In the year 2019, four National Lok Adalats will be held. Second National Lok Adalat […] Read more » National Lok Adalat
Top Law News Man gets 10 years in jail for sexually assaulting girl March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was awarded 10 years imprisonment by a court here for sexually assaulting a girl three years ago, a police official said Tuesday. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Mithlesh Chaudhary who was convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said. “A case was registered […] Read more » sexually assaulting girl
Top Law News Failure To Pay Mobile Bills Is Not A Crime : Kerala High Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “I find that the transaction involved as between the parties is one arising out of a civil dispute. ” The Kerala High court recently quashed a criminal ‘cheating’ case against a man accused of not paying Mobile bills, observing that the transaction involved as between the mobile operator and the customer is one arising out […] Read more » crime not to pay mobile bill Failure To Pay Mobile Bills Justice TV Anilkumar mobile bill non payment of Mobile Bills Is Not A Crime
Top Law News Judges Can Take Immediate Action If Contempt Is In The Face Of Court without Issuing Notice: Supreme Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment To hold Advocate Mathews Nedumpara guilty of contempt, the Supreme Court followed the dictum that when contempt is in the face of court, summary procedure can be followed to inflict punishment “then and there”. “When contempt is committed in the face of the Court, judges’ hands are not tied behind their backs. The majesty of […] Read more »
Top Law News Only Officers With Minimum Service Of 6 Months Left Should Be Considered For DGP Appointment : Supreme Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Clarifying last year’s order on police reforms in the Prakash Singh Badal case, the Supreme Court today said that only officers who have a minimum of six months tenure left in service should be considered for the post of Director General of Police (DGP). A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the recommendation […] Read more » Considered For DGP Appointment DGP Appointment
Top Law News Plea in Supreme Court seeks ban on roadshows and bike rallies during polls March 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former DGP of Uttar Pradesh and an environmentalist have urged the Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission to ban roadshows and bike rallies during polls, saying they violate EC’s instructions and cause damage to the environment. The plea, filed by former director general of police Vikram Singh and environmentalist Shaivika Agrawal, was mentioned […] Read more » ban on roadshows and bike rallies bike rallies during polls Supreme Court seeks ban on roadshows
Top Law News NGT directs police to remove encroachments by scrap dealers in R K Puram March 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the police to remove encroachments due to construction of shops and godowns of scrap dealers in R K Puram here, on a plea alleging that it caused pollution. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore asked the Station House Officer of the area to take immediate action against […] Read more » encroachments National Green Tribunal NGT scrap dealers in R K Puram
