Corporate Law News Top Law News SC stays levy of penalty on sales tax by Tata Sons November 23, 2015 / November 24, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today restrained Maharashtra government from imposing penalty on the sales tax levied on Tata Sons Ltd over the use of the TATA brand name by its subsidiaries. A bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy stayed the levy of penalty on the sales tax after senior advocate Harish Salve, […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured Law Legal News SC stays levy of penalty on sales tax by Tata Sons Supreme Court Tata Sons
Top Law News SC agrees to hear plea for electoral reforms November 23, 2015 / November 24, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea seeking electoral reforms including framing of rules to de-criminalise and de-communalise the Indian polity and ordered tagging of the petition with a similar one. A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy said that as similar petition is pending, the PIL be […] Read more » Electoral reforms featured Law Legal News SC agrees to hear plea for electoral reforms Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC stays order to remove stray dogs from Golf Club November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today stayed for eight weeks its single judge order asking the NDMC to remove stray dogs from the premises of the Delhi Golf Club and relocate them elsewhere. A bench, comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath, asked the Animal Welfare Board of India to approach the Supreme Court, […] Read more » Court Delhi Delhi HC stays order to remove stray dogs from Golf Club Delhi High Court featured golf club Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Man gets 10 yr jail, to pay Rs 1 L fine for possessing heroin November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 36-year-old man has been sent to ten years in jail for possessing 1.5 kg heroin by a Delhi court, which relied on the testimony of police officials. Special NDPS Judge Rakesh Kumar-I handed down the jail term to Delhi resident Om Prakash taking into consideration the quantity of the contraband substance recovered and his […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi featured Law Man gets 10 yr jail possessing heroin to pay Rs 1 L fine for possessing heroin
Top Law News Anup Chetia remanded in 14 days judicial custody November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment ULFA leader Golap Baruah alias Anup Chetia was today remanded in 14 days judicial custody by the Special Judicial Magistrate CBI, Assam, at the end of his five-dayCBI custody. Chetia’s lawyer Bijon Mahajan told reporters in the courtpremises that the ULFA leader was sent to judicial custody and will be produced before court on December […] Read more » Anup Chetia Anup Chetia remanded in 14 days judicial custody Court Criminal news featured Law ULFA
Top Law News SC to conduct day-to-day hearing on pleas in Jaya’s DA case November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to conduct day-to-day hearing on appeals filed against the Karnataka High Court judgement acquitting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and three others in a disproportionate assets case. A bench, comprising justices P C Ghose and R K Agrawal, which while admitting the appeals in July this year had not […] Read more » AIDMK featured Jaya's DA case Law Legal News SC to conduct day-to-day hearing on pleas in Jaya's DA case Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court today concluded recording of prosecution evidence in a coal block allocation scam case in which accused firm Rathi Steel and Power Limited (RSPL) and its three officials are facing trial. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar has now fixed the matter for recording of statements of accused on December 15. The court had […] Read more » coal scam Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence Court Criminal news featured Law
Top Law News Builder’s suicide: Bombay HC extends interim bail of 4 corporators November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today extended till November 26 the interim bail granted to four corporators of the adjoiningThane city who had sought anticipatory bail in the suicide case of builder Suraj Parmar. Justice A S Gadkari asked the four corporators of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) – Vikrant Chavan (Congress), Najib Mulla, Hanumant Jagdale […] Read more » Bombay High Court Builder's suicide: Bombay HC extends interim bail of 4 corporators Court featured Law Legal News NCP
Top Law News SC to examine issue of discrimination against Muslim women November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would hear after three weeks a PIL, instituted by the court itself, to examine whether Muslim women were facing gender discrimination in cases of divorce or due to other marriages of their husbands. The apex court, on being told that Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi whose assistance has been sought […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Muslim women SC to examine issue of discrimination against Muslim women Supreme Court
High Profile Cases CWG street lighting scam: Delhi HC grants bail to three convicts November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A bench of Justice Indermeet Kaur enlarged MCD Executive Engineer O P Mahla, the civic body’s tender clerk Gurcharan Singh and private firm Sweka Powertech Engineering Pvt Ltd’s Director J P Singh on bail asking them to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each to the satisfaction of the trial court. Besides these three, […] Read more » CWG street lighting scam: Delhi HC grants bail to three convicts CWG street-lighting scam Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Raja arbitrarily subverted procedures for dual technology: CBI November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Former Telecom Minister A. Raja had “arbitrarily” subverted procedures while giving approvals for dual technology licences to favour accused Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd (STPL), the Cenral Bureau of Investigation on Monday claimed in a special court. During the final arguments in 2G spectrum allocation case, special public prosecutor Anand Grover said that Raja had not […] Read more » A. Raja CBI Court featured Law Legal News Raja arbitrarily subverted procedures for dual technology: CBI
Top Law News SC to hear on Nov 26 the plea of Swamy on Rama Sethu November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Thursday BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea to withdraw his 2009 petition against the Sethusamudram project, following a recent decision of the Centre that the mythological bridge Rama Sethu would not be dismantled. “List it for hearing on Thursday. We will hear it provided all parties agree,” a bench […] Read more » BJP Court featured H L Dattu Law Legal News Rama Sethu SC to hear on Nov 26 the plea of Swamy on Rama Sethu Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
