High Profile Cases Top Law News High Court to Rlys: Visually impaired need human assistance, not wheelchair April 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today wondered how a wheelchair provided by the railway authorities would help a visually-impaired person who requires human assistance in catching a train at a railway station. The court said a visually or speech impaired person does not require a wheel chair as they walk themselves and need human assistance. A […] Read more » Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi High Court featured Justice C Hari Shankar
Top Law News Draft final report prepared, SIT tells Supreme Court: Sunanda case April 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The special investigation team (SIT) today told the Supreme Court that a draft final report has been prepared after conducting “thorough professional and scientific investigations” in the case relating to the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar. Delhi Police, in its affidavit filed in the apex court, has said that a draft […] Read more » Congress MP Shashi Tharoor featured SIT Sunanda case
Top Law News Supreme Court terms public statements on impeachment of judges unfortunate April 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today termed as very unfortunate the public statements, including those made by lawmakers, on impeachment of judges. “We are all very disturbed about it,” a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said after the counsel appearing for the petitioner raised the issue of politicians making public statements on impeachment […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal featured impeachment Supreme Court
Top Law News Plea in High Court seeking enhanced relief for fishermen during ban April 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Central and state governments to pay an amount of Rs 500 per day to fishermen during the fishing ban period. When the plea came up before the First Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose today, it […] Read more » Central and state government EEZ featured High Court Madras High Court
Top Law News High Court: Make North Campus pavements disabled friendly in 4 weeks April 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the AAP government, police and municipal corporation of north Delhi to take immediate action to make pavements in Delhi University’s North Campus disabled friendly within four weeks. The high court issued the direction after noting that pavements on the campus were “clearly inaccessible” to people with disabilities, especially those […] Read more » AAP AAP government Delhi High Court DU featured High Court Public Works Department PWD
Top Law News Rohatgi: Pleas seeking probe in Loya’s death filed with vested interests April 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi today said the pleas seeking probe into the death of special CBI judge B H Loya were filed with vested interests and the purpose was to attack the functioning of the government. The senior advocate welcomed the apex court judgement dismissing the pleas and said the manner in which these […] Read more » CBI judge B H Loya featured Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi Loya's death
Top Law News Supreme Court summons chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana: Yamuna water April 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the chief secretaries of Haryana and Delhi to appear before it on Monday after the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said it was not receiving enough water to supply to the national capital. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur took a strong note of the apathy shown by authorities […] Read more » Delhi Jal Board featured Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court summons chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana: Yamuna water April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the chief secretaries of Haryana and Delhi to appear before it on Monday after the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said it was not receiving enough water to supply to the national capital. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur took a strong note of the apathy shown by authorities […] Read more » featured Haryana Justice Madan B. Lokur the Delhi government Wazirabad reservoir Yamuna water
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Jay Shah, web portal to try to settle defamation case April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked Jay Shah, son of BJP president Amit Shah and ‘The Wire’ and its scribes, to try to amicably settle the criminal defamation case lodged by the former against the news portal and others. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also extended its interim order that had asked the […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Gujarat High Court public domain electronically Rohini Singh Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court: Police to conduct checks of noise levels at 3 Mumbai metro sites April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today directed the police to conduct checks at three spots where construction work for the Mumbai Metro III project is on to ascertain if noise pollution norms are being violated. A division bench of justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla gave the direction while hearing a batch of petitions seeking […] Read more » A S Oka Bombay High Court featured Mumbai metro sites
Top Law News High Court questions Centre’s policy exempting autos from having panic buttons April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today questioned the Centre’s 2016 policy exempting autorickshaws and e-rickshaws across India from having panic buttons or General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), saying how can it have such a scheme “in an atmosphere where people are getting raped”. The high court also said that “for once”, the Centre must agree with […] Read more » Anurag Ahluwalia autorickshaws Centre's scheme Delhi government Delhi High Court Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal featured Global Positioning System GPRS GPS Justice Rajiv Shakdher
Top Law News Task force to examine safety of buildings, Centre tells Supreme Court: Sealing April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the special task force (STF), which would be set up to oversee the enforcement of laws to deal with unauthorised constructions and encroachments in Delhi, would also look into the safety aspects of buildings which have been built legally. The government told a bench of Justices Madan […] Read more » ASG Bhure Lal chairman of Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority Deepak Gupta Election Commissioner featured Madan B Lokur Major General (Retd) Som Jhingan MCD STF Supreme Court
