Top Law News SC to hear IDBI plea agnst stay on Jaypee’s insolvency September 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea of IDBI Bank seeking modification of its order by which the insolvency proceedings against real estate firm Jaypee Infratech was stayed. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar considered the submission of the bank that staying the order […] Read more » Court featured IDBI plea agnst stay on Jaypee's insolvency Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Will examine if CVC appointee is of impeccable integrity’ September 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would not go into the aspect of “political favouritism” but only examine whether a person appointed to the posts of central vigilance commissioner and vigilance commissioners met the criteria of having “impeccable integrity”. The apex court was hearing a petition filed in 2015 challenging the appointment of the incumbent […] Read more » Court CVC appointee is of impeccable integrity featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC orders CBI probe into death case of Karnataka DySP September 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today ordered a CBI investigation into the death of M K Ganapathy, a deputy superintendent of Karnataka police, saying there were “startling facts” in the case which needed to be probed in a fair manner. DySP Ganapathy had died at Madikeri in Karnataka under mysterious circumstances on July 7 last year. A […] Read more » CBI probe into death case of Karnataka DySP Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC dismisses Vodafone’s plea on IUC September 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has dismissed Vodafone’s petition against the consultation process adopted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for fixing interconnection usage charges (IUCs) between cellular and fixed line operators. “The petition is dismissed,” Justice Vibhu Bakhru said. IUCs are charges paid by operators of telecommunication services on whom the call originates […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News TRAI Vodafone's plea on IUC
Top Law News Banning charged ‘netas’: SC to consider setting 5-judge bench September 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would consider setting up a five-judge constitution bench to hear a plea seeking barring of those politicians against whom charges have been framed in serious offences, from contesting elections. The petition, which was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, has raised a question whether a […] Read more » Banning charged 'netas' Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC stays insolvency proceedings against Jaypee Infratech September 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed the insolvency proceedings against real estate firm Jaypee Infratech at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and sought the firm’s response on a plea seeking protection of the interests of hassled home buyers who have neither got homes, nor their money back. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra […] Read more » Court featured Jaypee Infratech Law Legal News National Company Law Tribunal Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Kejriwal denies instructing counsel to say defamatory words to September 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today denied in the Delhi High Court that he gave any “specific and categorical” instruction to his previous counsel Ram Jethmalani to use certain defamatory words against Union minister Arun Jaitley. Kejriwal was refuting the claim of Jaitley that he had received a copy of a forwarded letter by Jethmalani addressed […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Court defamatory case featured Law Legal News Ram Jethmalani
Top Law News Why women prisoners denied open jail benefit: HC to Delhi Govt September 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Why are women prisoners in Tihar Jail being denied the benefit of semi-open and open prisons, the Delhi High Court today asked the AAP government and the jail authorities. The high court sought responses from the Delhi government, Lieutenant Governor and Director General of Prisons on a PIL seeking direction to them to extend the […] Read more » AAP government Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Tihar Jail
Top Law News Sanjiv Chaturvedi using PIL for personal dispute: Govt to HC September 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today alleged in Delhi High Court that an NGO was being “used as a proxy litigant” by IFoS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi to raise the agenda of alleged corruption in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare alleged in the court that the Centre for Public Interest […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Sanjiv Chaturvedi
Top Law News Explore possibility of banning Blue Whale game : Madras HC September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking a serious view of the Blue Whale Challenge game, the Madras High Court today directed the Central and Tamil Nadu governments to explore possibilities of banning it. Initiating suo motu proceedings in the matter, Justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan of Madurai bench issued notice to the Union Information and Broadcasting Secretary […] Read more » Blue Whale game Central Government Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil Nadu government
Environment Law News NGT raps AAP govt for killing people under hill of garbage September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today issued show cause notices to the Delhi government, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) and others over the Ghazipur landfill collapse in which two persons were killed. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar rapped the AAP government and civic bodies for not discharging their statutory obligations. “Why did you […] Read more » AAP government Court Environment Law News featured killing people under hill of garbage Legal News NGT
Top Law News Naveen Jindal, others granted bail in coal scam case September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Industrialist Naveen Jindal and others were today granted bail by a special court in a case related to the allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh. Special Judge Bharat Parashar granted the relief to them on a personal bond of Rs one lakh each and one surety of like amount. The court has now […] Read more » Coal scam case Court featured Law Legal News Madhya Pradesh Naveen Jindal
