Top Law News Why women prisoners denied open jail benefit: HC to Delhi Govt September 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Why are women prisoners in Tihar Jail being denied the benefit of semi-open and open prisons, the Delhi High Court today asked the AAP government and the jail authorities. The high court sought responses from the Delhi government, Lieutenant Governor and Director General of Prisons on a PIL seeking direction to them to extend the […] Read more » AAP government Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Tihar Jail
Top Law News Sanjiv Chaturvedi using PIL for personal dispute: Govt to HC September 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today alleged in Delhi High Court that an NGO was being “used as a proxy litigant” by IFoS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi to raise the agenda of alleged corruption in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare alleged in the court that the Centre for Public Interest […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Sanjiv Chaturvedi
Top Law News Explore possibility of banning Blue Whale game : Madras HC September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking a serious view of the Blue Whale Challenge game, the Madras High Court today directed the Central and Tamil Nadu governments to explore possibilities of banning it. Initiating suo motu proceedings in the matter, Justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan of Madurai bench issued notice to the Union Information and Broadcasting Secretary […] Read more » Blue Whale game Central Government Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil Nadu government
Top Law News Naveen Jindal, others granted bail in coal scam case September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Industrialist Naveen Jindal and others were today granted bail by a special court in a case related to the allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh. Special Judge Bharat Parashar granted the relief to them on a personal bond of Rs one lakh each and one surety of like amount. The court has now […] Read more » Coal scam case Court featured Law Legal News Madhya Pradesh Naveen Jindal
Top Law News Madras HC directs holding of TN civic polls by November 17 September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to complete the local body elections by November 17. The first bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar ordered the SEC to issue by September 18 the notification for the elections, originally slated to be held in October last year, […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil Nadu TN civic polls
Top Law News Second defamation suit by Jaitley: HC imposes cost on Kejriwal September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today imposed another Rs 5,000 as cost on Arvind Kejriwal over delay in filing his reply to a fresh Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Union minister Arun Jaitley over use of an objectionable word allegedly by the CM’s former lawyer. Joint Registrar Pankaj Gupta directed Kejriwal, who was earlier […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Second defamation suit by Jaitley
Top Law News Calling woman “chammakchallo” amounts to insulting her modesty September 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The use of the Hindi word “chhammakchhallo” may seem cool in a Bollywood song, but its use in real life can land you in legal trouble. A court in Thane has held that the use of the word amounts to “insulting a woman’s modesty”. Incidentally, the word was part of a hit song in the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Thane
Top Law News Explain logic behind appointing senior lawyers for petty matters September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irked by the “lackadaisical response” of the BMC lawyers in “several important” cases, the Bombay High Court has directed the civic body to explain the logic it employs for leaving these cases to “not-so-capable” advocates while engaging services of “senior counsel for petty matters”. The court directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Ajoy Mehta to […] Read more » Ajoy Mehta BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Court featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Can’t control nature but haven’t moved an inch: Bombay HC on Mumbai floods September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has said we cannot control nature but the situation in the city of Mumbai which has been facing floods during monsoons regularly has not improved in the past few years. The remarks were made by a division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice N M Jamdar while hearing a […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government Mumbai floods
Top Law News Madras HC issues notice to Union law secretary on PIL September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Union law secretary and the secretary of the social justice and empowerment ministry on a PIL, urging for a section of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), providing for a “mandatory death penalty”, to be declared as null and void. The petitioner, Shazim Sagar, a law […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court notice to Union law secretary on PIL social justice and empowerment ministry
Top Law News Old age homes in each dist: SC seeks replies from States September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought the response from the states with regard to the status of old age homes in every district on a plea filed by former union minister Ashwini Kumar for protection of rights of senior citizens. The apex court said it was looking into what all could be done for the elderly […] Read more » Ashwini Kumar Court featured Law Legal News Old age homes rights of senior citizens Supreme Court
Top Law News No threat to man for complaining against CM, says ACB September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government today told a court here that there was no threat to the life of a man who had complained against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others alleging irregularities in grant of contracts for roads and sewer lines. The submission was made in a status report of the investigating officer on the behalf […] Read more » ACB Anti-Corruption Branch Arvind Kejriwal Court featured Law Legal News No threat to man for complaining against CM
