Environment Law News Ganga: NGT new panel to look into polluting units February 10, 2016 / February 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has set up a committee to look into the grossly polluting industries located along the banks of Ganga and inform it about the quantum of sewage discharged by them in the river. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar constituted the panel comprising member secretary of Central Pollution Control […] Read more » Court Environment news featured Ganga Ganga: NGT new panel to look into polluting units Legal News NGT
Top Law News Frustrating to see order not implemented: Delhi HC February 10, 2016 / February 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed, the second senior-most judge of Delhi High Court who had passed an order on checking traffic congestion in the city, today expressed “frustration” over its non-compliance as he narrated his ordeal of getting caught in a snarl on his way to court. “You can’t imagine how frustrating it is for a […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Frustrating to see order not implemented: Delhi HC Law Legal News
Top Law News Economic empowerment of women a must: SC February 10, 2016 / February 11, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Economic empowerment of women a must: SC Women still have a “long way to go” to achieve a status equal to men as granted by the Constitution and their real empowerment can be achieved only through economic empowerment, the Supreme Court has said. A Bench of Justices A K Sikri and Abhay M Sapre made the observation while allowing the appeal of […] Read more » Economic empowerment of women a must: SC featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Environment Law News NGT seeks views on banning govt’s diesel vehicles February 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment National Green Tribunal has asked government agencies why they have not submitted their views on phasing out over a decade old diesel vehicles in their departments, despite its specific directions two months ago. The green panel had on December 11 last year directed the central and state governments to take a decision on not buying […] Read more » Court Environment news featured Law NGT NGT seeks views on banning govt's diesel vehicles
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Coal scam: Six accused granted bail February 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court today granted bail to three directors of Ranchi-based company, M/s Domco Pvt Ltd, and three others in a coal scam case in which they are accused of misrepresenting facts to acquire a coal block in Jharkhand. The court allowed the bail applications of the firm’s three directors, Binay Prakash, Vasant Diwakar Manjrekar […] Read more » coal scam Coal scam: Six accused granted bail Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News
Top Law News PIL for Lokayukta: SC seeks copy of 2011 U’khand law February 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought a copy of the 2011 Uttarakhand law on Lokayukta from a person who has filed a PIL seeking a direction to the state government to appoint the ombudsman. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice R Banumathi, which did not issue notice today on the plea, asked […] Read more » featured Legal News PIL for Lokayukta PIL for Lokayukta: SC seeks copy of 2011 U'khand law Supreme Court U'khand law
Top Law News CJ to assign PIL against Mayawati’s bungalow: HC February 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has directed that a plea against merger and allotment of bungalows to former Chief Minister Mayawati be placed before Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud so that it can be assigned to an appropriate bench. “The question of merger, as pointed out by the learnedAdditional Advocate General (AAG), is not directly an […] Read more » Allahabad High Court CJ to assign PIL against Mayawati's bungalow: HC Court Criminal news featured Law Mayawati
Top Law News IPS sentenced to 2yrs jail in custodial torture case February 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment An IPS officer in Rajasthan has been sentenced to two years in prison for torturing three men at a police station in Rajsamand district 15 years ago, according to the victims’ counsel. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Bhanu Kumar handed down the sentence to S N Khinchi, who was posted as Additional SP Rajsamand in 2000 […] Read more » Court Criminal news custodial torture case featured IPS sentenced to 2yrs jail in custodial torture case Law
Criminal Law News Suspected IS operative remanded to police custody February 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Five suspected operatives of Al Qaida in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), arrested for allegedly radicalising youths and propagating the terror agenda of the outfit, were today remanded to judicial custody till March 8 by aDelhi court. The five accused — Maulana Mohd Abdul Rehman Kasmi, Abdul Sami, Mohd Asif, Zafar Masood and Syed Anzar Shah — […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured IS Legal News police custody Suspected IS operative remanded to police custody
Top Law News Delhi Sectt raid: HC allows CBI plea against trial court order February 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday quashed a trial court order directing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to return documents seized during raids at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar’s office on December 15, 2015, saying it contained self-contradictory reasons. A bench of Justice P S Teji, while allowing the appeal of […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Delhi Sectt raid Delhi Sectt raid: HC allows CBI plea against trial court order featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Court to hear plea against Kejriwal over MCD claims on Feb 17 February 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A court here today fixed February 17 for hearing a complaint filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking lodging of an FIR against him for allegedly misleading the people by stating that municipal corporations are not under the AAP government’s control. The matter which was posted for hearing before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Kumar […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Court Court to hear plea against Kejriwal over MCD claims on Feb 17 Delhi court featured Law Legal News MCD
Top Law News Ahd sedition case: Hardik’s bail plea adjourned February 9, 2016 / February 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A sessions court here today adjourned till February 15 the hearing on a bail application filed by quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, booked for sedition, as the investigating officer (IO) in the case failed to file a reply challenging the plea. This is the third time when the hearing on Hardik’s bail plea, filed last […] Read more » Ahd sedition case Ahd sedition case: Hardik's bail plea adjourned Court featured Hardik patel Law Legal News
