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
Top Law News The Rajasthan High Court extends stay on Robert Vadra’s arrest and asks him to cooperate with ED February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Rajasthan High Court on Monday extended the stay on arrest of Robert Vadra and directed him to cooperate in the inquiry by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into a complaint of alleged money laundering against a firm linked to him. Justice P S Bhati posted the hearing for March 15 after Vadra’s lawyer gave an […] Read more » ED Justice P S Bhati Robert Vadra The Rajasthan High Court
Top Law News Madras High Court issues instructions to prevent closure of FIRs for want of charge sheets February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Monday directed the police chiefs of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to instruct higher rank officials to check the FIR index every month and guide their subordinates in investigating and filing final reports as laid down in a 1984 government order. Justice M V Muralidharan gave the order in the backdrop of […] Read more » Justice M V Muralidharan Madras HC
Top Law News Aircel-Maxis case : Chidambaram seeks early hearing of his anticipatory bail plea February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Union minister P Chidambaram Monday accused the CBI and the ED of “delaying” Aircel-Maxis cases in a Delhi court, which extended interim protection from arrest granted to him and his son Karti till March 8. The senior Congress leader, who was present in the courtroom, requested Special Judge O P Saini to grant an […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis case
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses reopening of Sterlite plant, grants Vedanta liberty to approach HC February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday refused to allow reopening of Vedanta’s Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin, which was at the centre of massive protests over pollution concerns, but granted the company liberty to approach the high court. A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman allowed Tamil Nadu’s appeal against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) […] Read more » justice R F Nariman Vedanta's Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu'
