Top Law News NGT to Uttarakhand: Submit percentage-wise compliance report on Ganga May 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttarakhand government to submit within four weeks percentage-wise compliance report on steps taken by it to clean the River Ganga in the stretch between Gomukh and Haridwar. A bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim asked the state government to make a categoric statement about the […] Read more » featured NGT NMCG River Ganga Vijay Hansaria
Top Law News High Court asks govt: Should we ask monkeys not to procreate May 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Should we ask monkeys not to procreate or bite people till the government comes out with a method to sterilise them, the Delhi High Court asked today. It also pulled up the Centre for importing oral immune-contraception vaccines for testing on the simians without getting approvals for carrying out the sterilisation trials. A bench of […] Read more » advocate Meera Bhatia Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi High Court featured Justice C Hari Shankar procreate
High Profile Cases Top Law News Sunanda Pushkar death case transferred to designated court May 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today transferred the Sunanda Pushkar death case, in which her husband and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has been chargesheeted for abetting her suicide, to a special court designated to try lawmakers. Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmendra Singh transferred the case to Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, who will take up the matter on […] Read more » ACMM Samar Vishal Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal featured Lok Sabha Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmendra Singh Shashi Tharoor Sunanda Pushkar death case
Top Law News Supreme Court dismisses plea of former UP minister Angad Yadav May 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea filed by former Uttar Pradesh minister Angad Yadav challenging an Allahabad High Court order cancelling the bail granted to him and also vacating the stay on his conviction in a 1995 murder case. A bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha refused to interfere with the […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar featured Navin Sinha plea Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh minister Angad Yadav
Top Law News Kin get Rs 30.79 lakh compensation for cop’s death in accident May 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs 30.79 lakh to the family of a police constable who died in a road accident. MACT member and district judge K D Vadane held that the offending tempo’s owner was liable to make the payment along with an eight per cent interest […] Read more » featured K D Vadane Manor-Vikramgadh road Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
High Profile Cases Top Law News Construction scam: No anticipatory bail to 4 PWD engineers May 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has denied anticipatory bail to four PWD officials, accused of conspiring with a contractor in an alleged construction scam involving over Rs 3 crore, saying the allegations against them are serious. Special Judge Sanjay Khanagwal, who last week rejected the bail of contractor Vinay Bansal in the matter and sent him to […] Read more » Anti-Corruption Branch featured FIR PWD RACO Sanjay Khanagwal Vinay Bansal
Top Law News NGT to Centre: File statement on status of Chardham project May 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today directed the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to file a detailed statement on the status of the Chardham highway project which aims to provide all-weather connectivity to four holy towns of Uttarakhand. A bench headed by Acting Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim asked the ministry to file an affidavit by […] Read more » Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim Chardham Environmental Impact Assessment featured Kedarnath National Green Tribunal
Top Law News NGT notice to Centre, UP govt on plea alleging threat to swamp deer in Hastinapur Sanctuary May 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea alleging threat to wildlife especially to the swamp deer due to human intervention in the Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary has prompted the National Green Tribunal to seek response from the Centre and UP government. A bench headed by Acting NGT chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, National […] Read more » featured Hastinapur Sanctuary Jawad Rahim ministry of environment and forests NGT
Top Law News High Court rejects IHCL’s plea against tender process to auction hotel May 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today dismissed a plea by Tata Group-owned Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL), challenging the tender procedure of the proposed auction of Delhi’s Taj Mahal Hotel by the NDMC. The verdict was pronounced by a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla. The court had reserved its arguments on […] Read more » A K Chawla. featured IHCL Indian Hotels Company Ltd Lutyen's NDMC New Delhi Municipal Council S Ravindra Bhat Taj Mansingh Tata group
Top Law News Court denies maintenance to wife for lying about job: DV case May 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has taken away from a woman the maintenance amount of Rs 15,000 per month awarded to her by her estranged husband after finding that she had “mischievously concealed” her job as a government school teacher and claimed to be unemployed. Special Judge Virender Bhat rejected the appeal of the woman seeking enhancement […] Read more » Delhi High Court DV case featured Virender Bhat
Top Law News High Court asks: How will pvt schools implement pay panel without hiking fees May 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment How would private unaided schools in the national capital implement the 7th Pay Commission recommendations without hiking their fees, the Delhi High Court asked the AAP government today. The query was posed to the Delhi government by a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar while asking it to file […] Read more » C Hari Shankar Chief Justice Gita Mittal DSE Act featured NGO PIL
Top Law News 3 brothers get life imprisonment for murdering man May 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three brothers were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special SC/ST court in neighbouring Bundi district today for murdering a man after a quarrel over a minor issue in April 2016. Special judge Koshal Singh convicted Ashok Jinger (34), Arun Jinger (24) and Sonu alias Hempal Jinger (21), who are residents of Talera town, for […] Read more » Amerjeet Singh Bundi district Crime featured imprisonment SC/ST
