Top Law News Ensure buildings are seismic zone IV compliant: Delhi HC February 14, 2016 / February 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed municipal bodies in the city and the DDA to ensure that no buildings in future are constructed in the national capital which are not seismic zone IV compliant. The direction was issued by a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva which observed that the municipal corporations […] Read more » DDA Delhi High Court Ensure buildings are seismic zone IV compliant: Delhi HC featured Law Legal News
Environment Law News NGT slams Rlys over human defecation on tracks February 14, 2016 / February 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has slammed Railways over human defecation sand other waste ons tracks and also directed authorities in Delhi to expeditiously decide on rehabilitation of slum clusters located near railway tracks. Coming down heavily on Railways, it asked the PSU behemoth to impose fine of Rs 5,000 on those defecating and throwing waste […] Read more » Court Environment news featured Law Legal News NGT NGT slams Rlys over human defecation on tracks
Top Law News Obama to nominate Indian-American judge on US Supreme Court? February 14, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sri Srinivasan could become the first Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Supreme Court after conservative icon Justice Antonin Scalia’s sudden death gave rise to speculation that President Barack Obama may nominate the judge who enjoys impeccable bipartisan support. Chandigarh-born Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan, 48, tops the list of prospective justice to the […] Read more » featured Indian-American judge on US Supreme Court Sri Srinivasan could become the first Indian-American
Top Law News NGT clears decks for Hubli-Ankola railway line in Karnataka February 14, 2016 / February 14, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Decks have been cleared for the controversial Hubli-Ankola railway line, cutting across the eco-sensitive Western Ghats in Karnataka, with the National Green Tribunal giving its nod to Railways to approach the state government. The order assumes significance as Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) last year had disapproved the 168-km rail link project, conceived in […] Read more » Bellary-Hospet mines featured Hubli-Ankola railway line NGT clears decks for Hubli-Ankola railway line in Karnataka
Criminal Law News Man sentenced to 12 years jail for raping minor February 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 30-year-old man has been sentenced by a district courtto 12 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor tribal girl. Additional Sessions Judge U M Nandeshwar yesterday awarded a 12-year jail term to Madkya Govind Warghade alias Sanjay, who worked as a waiter in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, after finding him guilty of raping the six-year-old girl […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Man sentenced to 12 years jail for raping minor rape case
Top Law News Sandeep Pandey challenges expulsion from BHU; HC seeks reply February 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court today asked the BHU authorities to file a counter affidavit on a petition filed by Magsaysay Award-winning social activist Sandeep Pandey, who was recently sacked as a visiting faculty member for alleged “anti-national activities”. A Division Bench comprising Justice V K Shukla and Justice M C Tripathi asked the respondent authorities […] Read more » Allahabad High Court BHU featured Law Legal News Sandeep Pandey Sandeep Pandey challenges expulsion from BHU; HC seeks reply
Top Law News Pass order on sea cucumber trade plea: Madras HC to Centre February 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has directed central government authorities to pass orders on a representation made by an association seeking a direction to revoke the ban on fishing and trade in sea cucumber (holothurians). Justice R Subbaiah, before whom the petition filed by Nagai Seafoods Catching Association, came up, directed the Union Ministry of Agriculture […] Read more » Centre government featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Pass order on sea cucumber trade plea: Madras HC to Centre sea cucumber trade plea
Top Law News Madras HC quashes narcotics bureau order on poppy seeds February 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Madras High Court has set aside an order of the Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) in Gwalior regarding division of merchants over import of poppy seeds for cooking use. Justice M M Sundresh set aside the order allowing a petition from city-based Sri Adinath Traders challenging the September 14, 2015 order of the CBN. The […] Read more » CBN Central Bureau of Narcotics Court featured Law Legal News Madras HC quashes narcotics bureau order on poppy seeds Madras High Court
Top Law News Madras HC moved over disappearance of Dalit mechanic February 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Madras High Court Benchhere today ordered police to produce a Dalit mechanic in the court and set him at liberty, on a petition by his wife, who has alleged that the police took no action to find him despite her filing a missing complaint. Passing interim orders on a habeas corpus petition by K […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras HC moved over disappearance of Dalit mechanic Madras High Court
Environment Law News Hindon waste: Warrants against illegal colonies, SHO February 12, 2016 / February 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today took note of housing colonies near Vasundhara Enclave in East Delhi dumping garbage in the Hindon canal and asked them to submit a complete mechanism for collection, segregation and disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW). The green panel also issued bailable warrants against unauthorised colonies adjoining the canal for their […] Read more » Court Environment news featured Hindon waste Hindon waste: Warrants against illegal colonies Law Legal News NGT SHO
Top Law News Follow gov advisory on ‘Devadasis’: SC to states, UTs February 12, 2016 / February 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Terming the practice as “undesired and unhealthy”, the Supreme Court today asked all states and union territories (UTs) to strictly follow the Centre’s advisory on checking the practice of forcing young girls to serve as ‘Devadasis’. A bench comprising Justices F M I Kalifullah and S A Bobde took on record the advisory of the […] Read more » Court Devadasis featured Follow gov advisory on 'Devadasis': SC to states Law Legal News Supreme Court UTs
Top Law News SC to examine issue of women’s entry in Sabarimala February 12, 2016 / February 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment If god does not discriminate between men and women, why should discrimination exist in temples, the Supreme Court asked today as it said it would examine the issue of entry ban on women of menstrual age in the historic Sabarimala temple on the basis of constitutional parameters. “We want to test this on constitutional parameters,” the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Sabarimala temple SC to examine issue of women's entry in Sabarimala Supreme Court
