Top Law News Supreme Court takes up plea for SIT probe on encounter killings in Gujrat December 4, 2018 / December 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on December 3 gave the Gujarat government a week to file an affidavit giving reasons why an apex court-appointed committee’s report on 22 ‘fake’ police encounters between 2002 and 2006 on which a report has been filed by an apex court appointed committee. A Bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi […] Read more » featured
Top Law News SC wasn’t going in right direction under CJI Dipak Misra says Justice Kurien Joseph December 3, 2018 / December 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Justice Kurian Joseph, said that the Apex Court was not functioning in the right direction under Former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra who was being controlled from outside and was allocating cases to judges with political bias. It had become a question of the independence of the judiciary, protection of democracy and the institution of the Supreme Court, […] Read more » featured former cji dipak misra Justice Kurian Joseph
Top Law News SC defers Zakia Jafri’s plea plea challenging clean chit to PM Modi in Gujarat riots till January December 3, 2018 / December 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the plea of Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 2002 Gujarat riots till January third week. Zakia Jafri is the widow of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who was killed in one of the worst incidents during the riots in […] Read more » 2002 gujrat riots featured
Top Law News Supreme Court directs Maharashtra government to submit charge sheet by December 8 in Koregaon-Bhima violence case December 3, 2018 / December 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to submit before it the chargesheet filed against arrested rights activists before a Pune court in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case. The charge sheet in the case was earlier filed before a Pune court. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it wanted to see the […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi featured justices km joseph Justices S.K. Kaul Koregaon-Bhima violence
Top Law News Madras HC grants two weeks’ parole to life convict to make conjugal visit December 3, 2018 / December 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CHENNAI: A division bench of justices CT Selvam and P Ramathilagam Friday permitted Perumal, arrested in connection with a murder in 2008 lodged in the central prison in Cuddalore to exercise his conjugal rights. The Additional Public Prosecutor had pointed out that since the petitioner’s husband is an undertrial prisoner in two cases, the jail authorities are precluded […] Read more » featured justices CT Selvam justices P Ramathilagam Madras HC
Top Law News Yogi Adityanath gets legal notice for calling Lord Hanuman Dalit November 29, 2018 / November 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment JAIPUR: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath found himself in legal trouble as a right-wing group in Rajasthan has sent a legal notice to Adityanath after calling Lord Hanuman a Dalit. During a poll rally in Malakheda of Alwar district on Tuesday, Adityanath had said, “Hanuman was a forest dweller, deprived and a Dalit. Bajrang Bali worked […] Read more » featured Yogi Adityanath
Top Law News SC transfers Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case to CBI November 28, 2018 / November 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the CBI to investigate the allegations of physical and sexual abuse of inmates at 16 shelter homes in Bihar. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur transferred the investigation being conducted by Bihar Police to the CBI, and dismissed the state government’s request not to do so. The CBI is […] Read more » featured Justice Madan B. Lokur
Top Law News Engineering not for you Chandigarh High Court tells NIT Kurukshetra student November 28, 2018 / November 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday has refused to entertain a mercy petition of the engineering student of NIT, Kurukshetra who could not earn a degree in the past nine years. The candidate had appealed to the court to allow him to appear in his 17 compartment exams this year. The student from National Institute of Technology […] Read more » Chandigarh High Court Chief Justice Krishna Murari featured
Top Law News SC dismisses PIL seeking use of ballot papers in assembly LS polls November 23, 2018 / November 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking use of ballot papers instead of EVMs during upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha polls. The PIL filed by advocate A. Subba Rao for NGO Nyaya Bhoomi, contended that EVMs could be misused and hence should not be used in the interest of conducting fair polls. While dismissing […] Read more » featured
Top Law News Woman director moves HC against upcoming film ‘Mission Mangal’ over copyright November 23, 2018 / November 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment MUMBAI: The upcoming movie Mission Mangal” starring Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan, is in controversy as women director Radha Bharadwaj on Wednesday filed a suit seeking a stay on the production and release of the movie. Earlier this month, actor Akshay Kumar had announced that he was jointly producing with Fox Star Studios and Cape of Good […] Read more » featured Mission Mangal
Top Law News SC closed contempt proceedings over sealing drive against Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari November 23, 2018 / November 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday rebuked Delhi BJP chief and Lok Sabha MP Manoj Tiwari for allegedly breaking the seal of premises in New Delhi. The top court, described Mr Tiwari’s action as “misplaced bravado” including his chest thumping and a misplaced political agenda. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur slammed Tiwari, saying the court was […] Read more » featured Justice Madan B. Lokur
Top Law News Madras HC for restricting free rice to BPL families alone November 23, 2018 / November 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CHENNAI: Days after the ruling AIADMK objected to the burning of free mixers and grinders in the Vijaya government the Madras High Court has observed that free PDS rice given to ration card holders should be restricted only to families below the poverty line, irrespective of their economic status. A Division Bench of Justices N. Kirubakaran and […] Read more » featured justices Abdul Quddhose Justices N. Kirubakaran Madras High Court
