Top Law News 4 employees of IT firm accused of data theft produced in court March 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four employees of a city-based IT firm, accused of theft of data of voters in Andhra Pradesh, were produced by police Monday before the Telangana High Court following which it closed a petition that alleged they had been detained illegally. As it was a court holiday on account of Maha Shivaratri, they were produced at […] Read more » data theft Seva Mitra' mobile app State Advocate General B S Prasad
Top Law News Delhi court directs ED to provide copies of seized documents. March 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday directed the Enforcement Directorate to provide Robert Vadra soft and hard copies of documents seized by it during raids conducted at his offices last year in a money laundering case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to provide documents to Vadra, facing probe in cases relating to purchase […] Read more » Enforcement Directorate Robert Vadra
Top Law News Supreme Court agrees to hear plea seeking protection of human rights of security forces March 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna also issued notices to the Union of India, Ministry of Defence, Jammu and Kashmir and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a plea, filed by 19-year-old Preeti Kedar Gokhale and 20-year-old Kajal Mishra. The Supreme Court Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking protection […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Sanjiv Khanna protection of human rights of security forces
Top Law News 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Justice Sanjiv Khanna recuses from hearing Sajjan Kumar’s appeal March 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The matter came up for hearing before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing the appeal of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar challenging the Delhi High Court verdict sentencing him to life term in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The matter […] Read more » .Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna 1984 anti-Sikh riots Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Subramanian Swamy moves SC for urgent listing of plea seeking fundamental right to pray at Ayodhya March 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Monday moved the Supreme Court for urgent listing of his plea seeking enforcement of his fundamental right to worship at the disputed Ram Temple site at Ayodhya. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked Swamy to remain present in the court on Tuesday when the main […] Read more » Ayodhya BJP leader Subramanian Swamy fundamental right to pray at Ayodhya Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court urgent listing of plea seeking fundamental right to pray at Ayodhya
Top Law News Doctor gets Rs 12.29 L compensation for injuries in accident March 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Maharashtra has awarded a compensation of Rs 12.29 lakh to a 37-year-old doctor who received grievous injuries in a road accident in 2009. MACT member and principal district judge Virendra G Bisht last week ordered the offending vehicle’s owner and the New India Assurance Company Limited to jointly […] Read more » doctor MACT Rs 12.29 L compensation for injuries in accident Thane Motor Accident Claims Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal . MACT
Top Law News Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government has decided to stop India’s share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Thursday The decision comes after the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel for which India has blamed Pakistan “Under the […] Read more » divert water flowing to Pakistan
Top Law News Sikh cyclist’s disqualification over refusal to wear helmet not discrimination: SC February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A turbaned Sikh, barred from participating in a sporting event without a helmet or protective gear, cannot claim discrimination or interference with his religious rights, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. The top court refused to interfere with the alleged disqualification of a Delhi-based 50-year-old Sikh cycling enthusiast from a long-distance cycling event […] Read more » Sikh cyclist's disqualification over refusal to wear helmet
Top Law News JNMF tells HC its in authorised occupancy of property at Teen Murti estate February 21, 2019 / February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund (JNMF) Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it is in “authorised occupancy” of the property at Teen Murti, and there was mala fide on the central government’s part in seeking its eviction. The JNMF, set up in 1964, has been located at Teen Murti, once the residence of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, since […] Read more »
Top Law News SC refuses to allow transportation of extracted coal in Meghalaya February 21, 2019 / February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to allow miners to transport extracted coal lying at various sites in Meghalaya. A bench of Justices A K Sikri, Abdul Nazeer and M R Shah refused to grant permission to the miners. Various Interlocutory Applications (IAs) have been filed for transportation of the coal already mined, it said. The […] Read more » transportation of extracted coal in Meghalaya
Top Law News Kids under 12 falling prey to sex predators: Court February 21, 2019 / February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that children below 12 years of age are becoming easy targets of assailants to fulfil their “physical needs”, a special court has sentenced a 28-year-old man to imprisonment for life for raping and brutalising a six-year-old girl in suburban Kandivli in 2014. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court judge HC […] Read more » kids under 12 for sex sex predators
Top Law News Much is happening in West Bengal : Supreme Court February 21, 2019 / February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court, while hearing a plea seeking a CBI probe into the alleged killings of BJP workers in West Bengal, on Tuesday said “much is happening in West Bengal”. The top court’s observation came after petitioner Gaurav Bhatia, a lawyer, told a bench of justices A K Sikri, S A Nazeer and M R […] Read more » Justice A.K. Sikri Justice M R Shah Justice S A Nazeer West Benga
