Top Law News Supreme Court asks UPSC secretary to appear in court January 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the UPSC secretary to personally appear and inform the court if the commission prepares a panel of senior IPS officers for director general of police (DGP) appointments by state governments. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi sought the presence of the Union Public Service Commission secretary at […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Supreme Court UPSC secretary
Top Law News Bombay High Court asks BEST workers’ union to decide on withdrawal of strike January 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the BEST workers’ union to take a final decision on the withdrawal of its ongoing strike by Tuesday evening and inform the court on Wednesday. The direction came after the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) told a bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice N M Jamdar […] Read more » BEST workers' union BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Chief Justice Naresh Patil EST's budget merger with t BMC HC Justice N.M. Jamdar withdrawal of strike
Top Law News With judge on medical leave, Supreme Court may not start hearing on review pleas of Sabrimala from Jan 22 January 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said it may not start the hearing from January 22 on pleas seeking review of the Sabarimala verdict, as one of the judges is on medical leave. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that Justice Indu Malhotra, the lone woman judge of the five-judge constitution bench which had […] Read more » review pleas of Sabrimala Sabrimala sabrimala issue sabrimala protest
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear Zakia Jafri’s plea against clean chit to PM Modi in Gujarat riots. January 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear a plea by Zakia Jafri, challenging the SIT’s clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Godhra riots, after four weeks. Zakia, the wife of ex-MP Ehsan Jafri who was one of the 68 killed in Ahmedabad’s Gulberg society, has […] Read more » Gujarat riots Zakia Jafri Zakia Jafri against clean chit to Modi
Top Law News Government to construct 44 ‘strategically important’ roads along India-China border January 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government will construct 44?strategic roads along the border with China and over 2100 km of axial and lateral roads in Punjab and Rajasthan, abutting Pakistan, a CPWD document shows According to an annual report (2018-19) prepared, and released earlier this month by the Central Public Works Department, the agency has been asked to construct […] Read more » 44 'strategically important' roads along India-China border
Top Law News 1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC notice to CBI on Sajjan Kumar’s appeal January 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the CBI on former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s appeal against his conviction in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Ashok Bhushan and S K Kaul also issued notice on Kumar’s bail plea Kumar, 73, surrendered before a trial court […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots CBI Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice S K Kaul justices Ashok Bhushan Sajjan Kumar SC
Top Law News Delhi Police files chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar in JNU sedition case January 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Police filed a chargesheet on Monday against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case lodged in 2016. The police also charged former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during an event on the university campus on February 9, […] Read more » former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar JNU sedition case JNUSU Kanhaiya Kumar
Top Law News NSA invoked against those arrested in Bulandshahr cow slaughter case January 15, 2019 / January 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bulandshahr district administration on Monday invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against seven people arrested in connection with the alleged cow slaughtering incident in Siyana tehsil last month, officials said. Cattle carcasses were found strewn in the fields outside village Mahaw in Siyana on December 3 after which a mob went on the rampage, […] Read more » Bulandshahr cow slaughter case NSA
Top Law News Opposition questions timing of quota bill January 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Questioning the timing of the Bill to provide reservation to the poor in the general category, the Congress and the opposition in Rajya Sabha Wednesday slammed the ruling BJP saying the government was playing election “politics”. They said it was a disrespect shown to the Indian democracy’s highest insitution. ‘The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenth-Four […] Read more » Opposition timing of quota bill
Top Law News GST exemption limit doubled to give relief to small businesses January 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to give relief to small businesses, the GST Council Thursday doubled the exemption limit and raised the threshold for availing the composition scheme. The GST Council doubled the GST exemption limit to Rs 20 lakh for north eastern states and Rs 40 lakh for the rest of the country, Finance Minister Arun […] Read more » GST exemption limit relief to small businesses
Top Law News Sheila Dikshit new president of Delhi Congress January 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was appointed the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president on Thursday, days after Ajay Maken resigned from the post citing ill-health. Making the announcement, All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of the party’s Delhi unit, P C Chacko, said Dikshit would be assisted by three working presidents — Devender Yadav, Haroon […] Read more » Devender Yadav Former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Haroon Yusuf new president of Delhi Rajesh Lilotia. Sheila Dikshit
Top Law News Alok Verma shunted out as CBI chief January 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Alok Verma was shunted out as the CBI chief after a marathon meeting of high-powered selection committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday, officials said. Verma, a 1979-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, has been removed from the high-profile post on the charges of corruption and dereliction of duty making him the first chief in […] Read more »
