Top Law News TN CM seeks time to respond to DMK’s plea June 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Minister K Palaniswami today sought time to reply to a plea by DMK seeking probe by the CBI and DRI into the alleged pay-offs to some ruling AIADMK MLAs for supporting his government’s trust motion last February. Objecting to the plea, R Krishnamoorthy, counsel for the chief minister, submitted that the additional application for […] Read more » Court featured K Palaniswami Law Legal News Tamil Nadu CM seeks time to respond to DMK's plea
Top Law News Malnutrition deaths as important an issue as farmers: Bombay HC June 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said that malnutrition deaths in tribal areas of Maharashtra is an issue as important as the farmers’ distress which attracted loan waiver by the government to mitigate it. The tribal population needs an immediate attention from the government, said a division bench of justices V M Kanade and A M […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Malnutrition deaths as important an issue as farmers
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Naroda Gam riot: witness says he didn’t see Kodnani, Bajrangi June 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A witness told a special court hearing the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case here today that he did not see former Gujarat minister Mayaben Kodnani, Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi or VHP leader Jaideep Patel in the mob that killed 11 persons on February 28, 2002. Dhaval Patel, a defence witness, testified before the court […] Read more » Bajrangi Court featured Kodnani Law Legal News Naroda Gam riot
High Profile Cases Not only Karnan, list of judges courting controversy too long June 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice C S Karnan may have faced the ire of the Supreme Court with his defamatory remarks against the judiciary but there have been other judges in recent years who too courted controversy with their comments. Karnan, who recently retired, described the collegium system as “autocratic” having preference for “high caste candidates”, hurling a volley […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Court featured Justice C S Karnan Law Legal News Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi court refuses leniency in negligent driving case June 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court here has refused to show leniency to a truck driver, jailed for causing the death of a 24-year-old man with negligent and rash driving. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Pandit dismissed the appeal by Rohtak resident Jitender against a magisterial court’s order by which he was given a one-and-a-half-year jail term. Jitender had […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News negligent driving case
Environment Law News Top Law News Karnataka HC directs SIT not to arrest Kumaraswamy in mining case June 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to former chief minister and state JDS chief H D Kumaraswamy, the Karnataka High Court today directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) not to arrest him till June 20 in an illegal mining case. Justice Rathnakala passed the order on an application for anticipatory bail moved by Kumaraswamy after the special court […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured H D Kumaraswamy JDS Karnataka High Court Law Legal News mining case SIT Special Investigation Team
Top Law News Bureaucrats not above law: SC June 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to show leniency and directed the Centre to obey a Gauhati High Court order on the issue of contempt against top CRPF officials saying that bureaucrats are not above the law. The top court only dispensed with the direction asking the Director General of CRPF to be personally present before […] Read more » Bureaucrats not above law Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Cancer drug: SC allows Cipla to withdraw appeal against Roche June 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today allowed domestic drug manufacturer Cipla, which recently arrived at a settlement with Swiss pharma major Roche over a lung cancer drug, to withdraw its petition on the patent row. The apex court was informed that the two companies on May 30 had arrived at a settlement before the Delhi High Court […] Read more » cancer drug Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court allows Cipla to withdraw appeal against Roche
Top Law News Ban on cattle trade for slaughter to regulate: Govt to SC June 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its notification banning the sale and purchase of cattle at animal markets for slaughter was aimed at having a “regulatory regime” on cattle trade across the country. The Centre’s submission came as the apex court sought its response on the pleas challenging the May 26 notification under […] Read more » Ban on cattle trade Court featured Law Legal News slaughter Supreme Court
Environment Law News Top Law News Clarify stand on Ganga encroachments, NGT tells Centre and others June 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Centre and other stakeholders to clarify their stand on demarcation and encroachments on the floodplains of the Ganga from Haridwar to Unnao. The green panel asked the ministries of environment and water resources, the National Mission for Clean Ganga, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Uttar […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured Ganga encroachments Law Legal News NGT
Top Law News Karnataka HC directs SIT not to arrest Kumaraswamy in mining case June 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to former chief minister and state JDS chief H D Kumaraswamy, the Karnataka High Court today directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) not to arrest him till June 20 in an illegal mining case. Justice Rathnakala passed the order on an application for anticipatory bail moved by Kumaraswamy after the special court […] Read more » Court featured HC directs SIT not to arrest Kumaraswamy in mining case Karnataka High Court Law Legal News
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Prajapati case: Allahabad HC grants 2 weeks to UP govt to file reply June 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court today granted two weeks to the Uttar Pradesh government to file its reply on a petition questioning the cognisance of offence under POSCO Act against former minister Gayatri Prajapati in a gangrape case. The matter will be heard after two weeks. A vacation bench of Justice S N Shukla here passed […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court Criminal news featured gangrape case Law Legal News POSCO Act Prajapati case UP government
