High Profile Cases PIL not a weapon to challenge financial decisions: RBI to Delhi HC March 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Public interest litigation (PIL) cannot be used as a “weapon to challenge financial or economic decisions”, the RBI has told the Delhi High Court opposing a plea against the surcharge on credit and debit card transactions. The plea has alleged that the surcharge levied by the banks and the financial institutions on credit and debit […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News PIL not a weapon to challenge financial decisions RBI
High Profile Cases VVIP chopper deal: Associates of suspected middleman get bail March 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two Indian associates of alleged middleman Christian Michel James were today granted bail by a special court in a money laundering case relating to the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal. Special Judge Arvind Kumar allowed the bail pleas of accused R K Nanda and J B Subramaniyam, who were earlier summoned by the court. […] Read more » Associates of suspected middleman get bail Court featured Law Legal News VVIP chopper deal
Top Law News CBI opposes Ajay Chautala’s transfer plea March 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI today told a Delhi court that a plea of INLD leader Ajay Chautala, serving 10-year jail term in JBT scam case, for transfer of a disproportionate assets case against him to another court was “frivolous” and based on “flimsy grounds”. The CBI’s response came on Ajay’s claim that he apprehended that he would […] Read more » Ajay Chautala CBI Court featured INLD Law Legal News plea
Top Law News SC seeks Kerala reply on plea for dog pounds March 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought Kerala government’s response on a plea seeking setting up of dog pounds in the state to prevent stray canines from attacking people and livestock. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy gave the state government four weeks to respond to the application which contends that by catching and […] Read more » Court featured Kerala government Law Legal News plea for dog pounds Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC asks Centre, AAP govt to frame policy on e-rickshaws March 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the Centre, the AAP government and the Delhi police to frame a comprehensive policy on plying of e-rickshaws in the national capital. “You have to frame a comprehensive policy as e-rickshaws are plying on roads here without proper registration,” Justice Manmohan said. It said a committee should be constituted […] Read more » AAP government Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News policy on e-rickshaws
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases SC refuses to entertain plea of ex-UP minister in NRHM scam March 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of former UP cabinet minister Babu Singh Kushwaha against a trial court order taking congnisance of a charge sheet in one of the multi-crore rupees NRHM scam cases. A bench comprising Justices J Chelameswar and S Abdul Nazeer asked Kushwaha to approach the special CBI court […] Read more » Babu Singh Kushwaha Court featured Law Legal News NRHM scam plea Supreme Court
Top Law News Kerala HC issues notice to BCCI on plea by Sreesanth March 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court today issued notice to the BCCI on a plea filed by tainted Indian cricketer S Sreesanth, challenging the life ban imposed on him by the disciplinary committee of the cricket body. Admitting the petition by the player, seeking a direction to BCCI to allow him to play for a Scottish club […] Read more » BCCI Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News plea S Sreesanth
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT asks builder to pay Rs 40 lakh for ‘environmental damage’ March 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal’s bench here has directed a builder to restore the environmental damage allegedly caused to a housing society in Khandala due to illegal hill cutting and tree felling. The western zonal bench of judicial member U D Salvi and expert member Ranjan Chatterjee asked the Mumbai-based builder to deposit Rs 40 lakh […] Read more » Court Environment Law News environmental damage featured Law Legal News Lonavala Municipal Council NGT
Top Law News Biocon, Mylan breast cancer drugs approved by DCGI: HC told March 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swiss pharma major Roche cannot prima facie have a say against the sale and marketing of breast cancer medicines of drug firms Biocon and Mylan once the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved it, Delhi High Court said today. “Once the designated authority has given approval, you cannot say prima facie you have […] Read more » Biocon breast cancer medicines Court DCGI Delhi High Court drug firms Drugs Controller General of India featured Law Legal News Mylan
Top Law News Maha govt told to identify land parcels to build more prisons March 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to take immediate steps to identify land in Mumbai and Pune for construction of additional jails to reduce overcrowding at Arthur Road and Yerwada prisons. A division bench of justices A S Oka and A A Sayed also directed the government to see if it can […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured identify land parcels to build more prisons Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Top Law News Govt opposes PIL on LS poll losers getting into RS March 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government today opposed the maintainability of a PIL in the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain candidates defeated in a Lok Sabha election from contesting the Rajya Sabha polls. “Such kind of petitions are not maintainable. There are Supreme Court order also in this regard,” the government told a bench of justices G S […] Read more » Court featured Government Law Legal News Lok Sabha poll PIL
Top Law News Govt must declare computer systems as ‘protected’: Expert March 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government must declare all computer systems as protected or at least bring them under the purview of ‘protected system’ so as to ensure stringent punishment to hackers, advocate and cyber law expert Pavan Duggal said today. “On a normal day in India, more than 10,000 cyber attacks take place and most of them go […] Read more » computer systems Court featured Government Law Legal News
