Top Law News Right to know a fundamental right, cannot be curtailed: AG to SC April 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi today told the Supreme Court that the right to know is a fundamental right and it cannot be curtailed by banning information on the Internet. His response came after the apex court asked him to assist in a matter related to banning of pre-natal sex determination advertisements and contents on the […] Read more » AG Attorney general Court featured fundamental right Law Legal News Mukul Rohatgi SC Supreme Court
Top Law News No Delhi HC relief for 2 BJP candidates April 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today denied relief to two BJP candidates whose nominations for the upcoming MCD polls were rejected by the state election commission. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Anu Malhotra dismissed BJP candidate Ravinder Negi’s appeal against a single judge’s order upholding rejection of his nomination. Another bench of Justice V […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News MCD election No relief for 2 BJP candidates
High Profile Cases Pendency in courts a distressful reality: SC April 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has asked the Allahabad High Court to furnish details of criminal appeals pending before it, observing that “the spectre of prolonged pendency for years together is a distressful reality”. The apex court also requested two senior advocates — C U Singh and Shyam Divan — “to offer their response and recommendation for […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Pendency in courts a distressful reality Supreme Court
Top Law News Parking woes in Nodia: Allahabad HC summons Authority CEO ? April 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has asked the CEO of Noida Authority to appear in person on April 20 and submit “some plan for multi-level parking in each sector” to ease the traffic congestion in the city. A division bench comprising Chief Justice D B Bhosle and Justice Yashwant Verma passed the order yesterday on the […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News Parking woes in Nodia summons to noida Authority CEO
Top Law News Allahabad HC order on NPX commercial project of Noida April 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court today directed Noida Authority to pull down any unauthorized construction that may have come up on the ground floor of NPX commercial project in Sector 153 of the city. The order was given to ensure that no portion of the stilt area – which is supposed to be used for parking […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News NPX commercial project of Noida
Environment Law News Top Law News ‘Developed nations responsible for climate change’ April 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today blamed developed countries including the USA for the depletion in ozone layer and held them responsible for global climate change. Thakur said there was change in climatic conditions not because developing nations such as India are emerging or it is dependent on thermal energy for its […] Read more » Court Developed nations responsible for climate change Environment Law News featured Law Legal News T S Thakur
Top Law News Centre steps in to resolve Punjab-Haryana SYL canal dispute April 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has stepped in to resolve the decades-old contentious issue of Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal between Punjab and Haryana, the Supreme Court was informed today. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told a bench headed by Justice P C Ghose that a meeting has been called on April 20 by the Centre which has invited the […] Read more » Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Punjab-Haryana SYL canal dispute
High Profile Cases SC to hear on Apr 13 pleas challenging use of EVMs in polls April 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it will hear on April 13 the pleas challenging the use of EVMs in elections without equipping the machines with voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT). A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar refused to give sepearate hearing to a plea filed by former Samajwadi Party (SP) lawmaker […] Read more » 13 pleas challenging use of EVMs in polls Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Pellet guns: SC asks JK lawyers’ body to respond to issues raised by the Centre April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association to respond to the issues raised by the Centre which defended the use of pellet guns to quell stone-pelting mobs in Kashmir valley, stressing that the lawyers’ body cannot take sides. The apex court sought the Bar’s response after the Centre explained […] Read more » Court featured JK lawyers' body to respond to issues raised by the Centre Law Legal News pellet guns Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC denies bail to LIC agent in PMLA case involving Virbhadra April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today denied bail to LIC agent Anand Chauhan in a money laundering case involving Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others. “I have dismissed this petition (bail application),” Justice Vipin Sanghi said. Chauhan is in judicial custody since his arrest in July last year. During the hearing on his bail […] Read more » bail Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Himachal Pradesh Law Legal News money laundering case PMLA case Virbhadra Singh
Top Law News SC rejects PIL to declare Indus Waters Treaty unconstitutional April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking declaration of the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan as illegal and unconstitutional. “This treaty is of 1960 and this treaty has held good for more than half a century,” a bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said while dismissing the PIL filed by […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News PIL to declare Indus Waters Treaty unconstitutional Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Interim bail to 5 fresh accused in coal case April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today granted interim bail till May 4 to five fresh accused named by the CBI in its supplementary charge sheet in a coal scam case against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal and others. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar granted the interim bail to accused- Jindal Steel’s adviser Anand Goel, Gurgaon-based […] Read more » coal case Court featured interim bail Law Legal News
