Top Law News SC for centralised system for lower judiciary appointments August 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today indicated that it was inclined to go ahead with a proposal for a centralised selection mechanism for appointment of judicial officers in the subordinate judiciary even if there was no amicable consensus among various the high courts and the states. It said that if the need arose it might accord a […] Read more » centralised system for lower judiciary appointments Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC gives nod to new outdoor advertisement policy in Delhi August 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today accepted the environment pollution authority’s new outdoor advertisemenmt policy aimed at curbing illegal hoardings and giving Delhi an aesthetic look while ensuring safety of road commuters. A bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta directed expeditious implementation of the new policy framed by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News outdoor advertisement policy in Delhi Supreme Court
Top Law News Another HC bench recuses from hearing MP minister’s plea August 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Another bench of the Delhi High Court today recused from hearing Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra’s plea against an Election Commission (EC) order disqualifying him on charges of paid news. The matter was listed before a bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Navin Chawla, one of whom recused from hearing the BJP leader’s petition. No […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Madhya Pradesh Narottam Mishra plea against an Election Commission
Top Law News Orissa HC orders for second JEE to fill up vacant B.Tech seats August 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court today ordered the state government to hold second Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) of the year to fill up huge vacancies of B.Tech and MCA seats in both government and private engineering colleges. Adjudicating over a petition of OPECA (Odisha Private Engineering College Association), a division bench headed by Chief Justice Vineet […] Read more » Court featured JEE Joint Entrance Examination Law Legal News Odisha Private Engineering College Association OPECA Orissa High Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Tharoor in Delhi HC to stop TV channel from misreporting wife’s case August 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction to journalist Arnab Goswami and his news channel Republic TV to refrain from “misreporting” the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death. Tharoor alleged that despite assurance given in the court on May 29 by the counsel for Goswami and the news channel, […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News misreporting Republic tv Shashi Tharoor Sunanda Pushkar
High Profile Cases Defamation case: Court slaps Rs 10K fine on Medha Patkar, warns her August 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today imposed Rs 10,000 as costs on NBA activist Medha Patkar for her repeated failure to appear before it in defamation cases filed by her and KVIC Chairman V K Saxena against each other. Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid granted one last opportunity to the activist while warning that he will dismiss her […] Read more » Court Court slaps Rs 10K fine on Medha Patkar defamation case featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Giving basic personal info can’t be covered under right to privacy, Gujarat tells SC August 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat government today told the Supreme Court that transparency is a key component in the technological era and providing basic personal information could not be covered under the right to privacy. A nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar has been grappling with the contentious issue whether right to privacy can […] Read more » Court featured Giving basic personal info can't be covered under right to privacy Gujarat government Law Legal News Right to privacy Supreme Court
Top Law News Noida land scam: SC reduces sentence of ex-UP chief secy August 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of former UP chief secretary Neera Yadav in a land allotment scam from 1993-95 in Noida but reduced her jail term from three to two years. A bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and R Banumathi also upheld the conviction of former IAS officer Rajiv Kumar in the case […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Neera Yadav Noida land scam Supreme Court reduces sentence of ex-UP chief secy
High Profile Cases SC to hear Congress plea against use of NOTA in RS polls August 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea moved by the Gujarat Congress challenging the decision to use None of the Above (NOTA) option in the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in the state. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra agreed to hear the plea after senior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before […] Read more » Congress plea against use of NOTA in RS polls Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Bombay HC raps MHADA for inaction against builder August 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today pulled up the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) for not initiating action against a city-based developer, which failed to pay transit rent to the tenants of a building taken up for redevelopment. A division bench of justices R M Savant and Sadhana Jadhav also alluded that the MHADA […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority MHADA Shree Swami Samarth Builders
Top Law News Key accused in Dadri lynching case granted bail by Allahabad HC August 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to Vishal Rana, one of the main accused in the infamous Dadri lynching case in which a middle-aged man was beaten to death by a mob on the suspicion that beef was consumed. Justice Pratyush Kumar granted bail to Rana yesterday. Rana is the son of a Noida-based […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Key accused in Dadri lynching case granted bail Law Legal News vishal rana
Top Law News CBI argues for framing of charges in Madan Tamang case August 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI today sought framing of charges for murder and criminal conspiracy against 46 accused, including Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung, in the All India Gorkha League leader Madan Tamang’s killing in Darjeeling. During a hearing in the city sessions court, CBI counsel Arun Bhagat prayed for framing of charges against the accused, among […] Read more » CBI Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Madan Tamang case
