High Profile Cases PNB fraud: Centre opposes plea for SIT probe February 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today opposed in the Supreme Court a PIL seeking an independent probe and deportation of billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi in the over Rs 11,000 crore PNB fraud case, saying an FIR has been lodged and a probe was on. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud PNB PNB fraud PNB fraud PMLA case Punjab National Bank Reserve Bank of India Rs 11000 crore PNB fraud case
Top Law News Pak troops violate ceasefire along LoC injuring 3 civilians in Uri sector February 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, injuring three civilians, police said today. “Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing in Churanda in the Silikote area of Hajipeer sector of Uri,” a police official said. Three civilians sustained injuries in the firing, he said, adding that […] Read more » 3 civilians featured LOC Pak troops Uri sector violate ceasefire
Criminal Law News PNB fraud PMLA case : ED summons Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The ED today issued summons for appearance to billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi and his business partner Mehul Choksi in connection with its money laundering probe in the Rs 11,400 crore alleged fraud in Punjab National Bank (PNB), officials said. They said both Modi and Choksi were summoned under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act […] Read more » featured Mehul Choksi Nirav Modi PNB fraud PMLA case
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Centre to apprise it about the total allocation of Haj quota seats and the vacancies February 20, 2018 / February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it by tomorrow about the total allocation of Haj quota seats and the vacancies if any on a plea of the Kerala Haj Committee alleging that the policy to grant state-wise quota for Haj pilgrims was discriminatory. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices […] Read more » Additional Solicitor-General (ASG) Pinky Anand Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Haj quota Haj quota seats Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Kerala Haj Committee the total allocation of Haj quota seats and the vacancies total allocation of Haj quota seats
Top Law News Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu government to give relief to kin of manual scavengers February 20, 2018 / February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to pay due compensation to the families of three manual scavengers who died while cleaning a septic tank at a hotel in Kancheepuram district last week. The first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose gave the direction when A Narayanan, representing […] Read more » Chief Justice Indira Banerjee featured Justice Abdul Quddhose Madras High Court Manual Scavengers Tamil Nadu government
Top Law News NGT junks plea to demolish Haj House in Ghaziabad noting that the structure does not fall on the floodplains of river Hindon February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has junked a plea seeking demolition of a building for Haj pilgrims in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, noting that the structure does not fall on the floodplains of river Hindon. A bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice U D Salvi (retired) dismissed the petition filed by an NGO and a […] Read more » acting NGT Chairperson Justice U D Salvi featured Ghaziabad Ghaziabad Haj house Haj House Haj House in Ghaziabad Lucknow Haj house Sewage Treatment Plant
Top Law News PILs in Supreme Court for strict population control measures adopting a two-child policy February 19, 2018 / February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three separate petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to ensure strict population control measures by adopting a two-child policy and reward or punish those who adhere or fail to follow it. The petitions, filed by advocates Anuj Saxena, Prathvi Raj Chauhan and Priya Sharma, claimed that statistics […] Read more » adopting a two-child policy advocate Anuj Saxena advocate Prathvi Raj Chauhan advocate Priya Sharma featured PILs in SC PILs in Supreme Court population control measures strict population control measures two-child policy
Top Law News Man arrested for raping under-graduate student and making video February 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was arrested here for allegedly raping an under-graduate girl and making a video of the act with the help of his accomplice, police said. The victim lodged a complaint on Friday after which Mehtab was arrested yesterday. She has also named three other persons in the complaint, they said. She was raped at […] Read more » featured Man arrested raping under-graduate student student raped
Top Law News Cauvery pacts of 1892 & 1924 neither inoperative nor extinct: SC February 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that two pre-independence agreements of 1892 and 1924 between the erstwhile princely state Mysore — now a part of Karnataka — and the Madras Presidency on the allocation of Cauvery river water covers the areas of larger public interest and hence, they are “neither inoperative nor completely extinct”. The Supreme […] Read more » Cauvery pacts extinct Cauvery pacts inoperative Cauvery pacts of 1892 & 1924 featured SC on Cauvery pacts
Top Law News Laws like animal protection and prevention of cruelty need to be implemented strongly: Delhi Court February 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has expressed displeasure over animals being subjected to cruelty during transportation and then released to their violators as a “matter of convenience”. The court said it has to be seen that laws relating to animal protection and prevention of cruelty are firmly implemented and a nation whose roots are strongly embedded in […] Read more » animal protection Animal protection laws Court cruelty during transportation of animals featured prevention of cruelty Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act Special Judge Kamini Lau
Top Law News Will take appropriate supervisory action in PNB case : RBI February 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Reserve Bank today said it has already undertaken an assessment of control systems at scam-hit Punjab National Bank and will take “appropriate supervisory action”. The country’s second largest state-run lender has been rocked by a Rs 11,400-crore fraud allegedly involving billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi. In a statement, the central bank said it has already […] Read more » 1.77 billion scam billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi featured Nirav Modi PNB case RBI supervisory action
High Profile Cases Trial court to hear the case tomorrow in Bofors case February 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A BJP leader, who has been pursuing the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case for over a decade, today filed an application before a Delhi court asking it to grant permission to the CBI to reinvestigate the case. Advocate Ajay Agrawal, who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Rae Bareli against the then […] Read more » Bofors case featured trial court
