Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC: No coercive action against anyone on basis of draft NRC of Assam August 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said there will be no coercive action by authorities against over 40 lakh people, whose names do not figure in Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC), observing that it was merely a draft. The top court asked the Centre to formulate modalities and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including timelines […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal featured justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman National Register of Citizens (NRC) NRC Assam coordinator Prateek Hajela Registrar General of India
High Profile Cases Top Law News IRCTC scam case: Lalu Prasad, wife, son and others summoned as accused July 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court today summoned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav and others as accused in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam. Special Judge Arvind Kumar directed them to appear before the court on August 31 in a case related to alleged irregularities in […] Read more » Bhubaneswar featured IRCTC P K Goyal Patna Rabri Devi Railway Board B K Agarwal Ranchi Special Judge Arvind Kumar Tejashwi Yadav
education law Public Utilities HC directs Maha govt to check if schools, colleges provide barrier-free access to disabled students July 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government and the Directorate of Education to call for compliance reports from all educational institutes and universities in the state on facilities provided to disabled students. In an order passed earlier this week, a bench of Justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni said the state must […] Read more » advocate Rui Rodrigues Directorate of Education featured justice G S Kulkarni Justice Naresh Patil Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Pune resident Akanksha Kale Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC says Courts must pass reasoned orders to enable parties understand why they lost or won cases July 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that courts need to pass a reasoned order in every case which would enable the parties involved in the litigation to understand as to “why one party has won and other has lost”. The top court remanded back to the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore, a matter related […] Read more » featured Justice A M Sapre Justice Navin Sinha legal principles litigation
Criminal Law News Top Law News 29-yr-old road rage case; Charges filed against UP minister July 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lucknow: Charges framed today against Mohsin Raza alias Arshad, a minister in the BJP-led government by a court in Uttar Pradesh, in connection with a 29-year-old road rage case. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nirbhay Prakash also framed charges against co-accused Akbar and fixed August 4 for the recording of evidence of the prosecution witnesses. The accused […] Read more » chargesheet Chief Judicial Magistrate Nirbhay Prakash featured IPC Mohsin Raza alias Arshad
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News HC: Prescribing medicines without diagnosis amounts to culpable negligence July 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has turned down the anticipatory bail pleas of a doctor couple booked for the death of a woman patient,observing that prescribing medicines to patients without diagnosis amounted to culpable negligence. Justice Sadhana Jadhav made the observations yesterday while hearing the anticipatory bail pleas filed by a gynaecologist couple – Deepa and […] Read more » Deepa Pawaskar featured Indian Penal Code Justice Sadhana Jadhav Ratnagiri Police section 304
Public Utilities 1000 standard-floor cluster buses will be fitted with hydraulic lifts, says Delhi govt to SC July 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi government today told the Supreme Court that it will install hydraulic lifts in 1,000 standard-floor buses to be procured under the cluster scheme on its own cost to make them accessible for differently-abled persons, especially those on wheel chair. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) Delhi's Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot featured Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Ashok Bhushan Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)
education law Top Law News Medical admissions; HC upholds Maha state eligibility rules July 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today upheld the Maharashtra government’s state quota eligibility rules-2018 for admissions to medical colleges under the state quota. The rules were mentioned in an information brochure by the state’s admission cell for 2018 medical admissions. A bench of Justices SC Dharamadhikari and Bharati Dangre refused to interfere with the state’s rules […] Read more » Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni Directorate of Medical Education and Research featured Justice Bharati Dangre Justice SC Dharamadhikari medical admissions medical colleges
Human Rights Public Utilities SC slams govt over non-compliance of verdict on making public institutions disabled-friendly July 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today slammed the Centre over non-compliance of its last year verdict of making public institutions disabled-friendly and said the government had to follow the law and order. The top court also expressed annoyance over the states not complying with its order and warned that respective chief secretaries will be called to explain […] Read more » 2016 Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand featured Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Ashok Bhushan Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC shows dissatisfaction over Centre’s response on Lokpal matter July 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed dissatisfaction over the Centre’s response on appointment of search committee members for a Lokpal. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, R Banumathi and Navin Sinha asked the Centre to file a fresh affidavit giving relevant details of the search committee. During the hearing, Attorney General K K Venugopal submitted […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal featured Justice Navin Sinha Justice R. Banumathi Justice Ranjan Gogoi Lokpal
Corporate Law News HC asks ‘Fin minister sleeping?’ over DRT not functioning July 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court expressed annoyance today over the non-functioning of the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT), whose premises here were closed following a fire over a month ago, and sought to know “if the finance minister of the country was sleeping” over the shutdown of a key body. The court said while Mumbai was considered […] Read more » Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) featured justice A S Oka Justice Riyaz Chagla
Top Law News Aircel-Maxis case: Delhi court grants anticipatory bail to Chidambaram July 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A court here today granted protection from arrest till August 7 to former Union minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case filed by the CBI. Special CBI Judge O P Saini granted the relief to the Congress leader after a plea was moved by him in the morning, seeking anticipatory bail in the case. Chidambaram […] Read more » Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Enforcement Directorate (ED) featured Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) former Union minister P Chidambaram Karti Chidambaram
