Top Law News SC stays NGT’s direction to open new path to Vaishno Devi November 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order directing opening of a new path to Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu for pedestrians and battery-operated cars from November 24. A bench comprising Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta passed the order after the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board told the apex […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News National Green Tribunal NGT Supreme Court Vaishno Devi
Top Law News Create awareness among school kids on Blue Whale: SC to states November 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed all state governments to make school children aware of the dangers posed by virtual dare games like Blue Whale Challenge. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said school-going children should be made aware about the “beauty of life” and the […] Read more » Blue Whale Challenge Blue Whale: Supreme Court Court featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases SC rejects plea to objectionable scenes from Padmavati November 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking deletion of certain alleged objectionable scenes from the upcoming movie ‘Padmavati’, terming it as premature. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was informed that the film has not yet received the certification from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). “Our interference in this writ […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Padmavati plea Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Conciliatory procedure needed to settle matrimonial disputes’ November 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Conciliatory procedure is needed to settle matrimonial disputes between couples, the Delhi High Court has said while highlighting the role of mediation in resolving such issues. It said the constitutional mandate is for speedy disposal of matrimonial disputes and to grant quick justice to litigants, but the courts here are already “overburdened due to pendency […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News matrimonial disputes
Consumer Law News Top Law News Duty to remove defects is of car manufacturer: NCDRC November 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It’s the duty of a car manufacturer to remove the defects in a vehicle and make it roadworthy, the apex consumer commission has said while asking Maruti Suzuki India Limited to refund the price of one of its models to a customer for failing to rectify the complaint. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) […] Read more » apex consumer commission Consumer Law news Court featured Law Legal News Maruti-Suzuki India Limited NCDRC
Top Law News ‘Litigant cannot be put at peril for raising public cause’ November 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A litigant cannot be put at peril because he or she has raised a public cause, the Delhi High Court has said taking note of a recent assault on two persons, one an elderly woman, who filed PILs against unauthorised constructions and encroachments in the national capital. The incidents came to light after both the […] Read more » Court Delhi Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News unauthorised constructions
Top Law News Jantar Mantar bungalow never alloted to Agnivesh, NGO: Centre November 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that its records show a bungalow on Jantar Mantar Road in the heart of the national capital was allotted to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Smarak Trust and was not allocated to either activist Swami Agnivesh or his NGO. The response of the Ministry of Urban Development to […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Jantar Mantar Law Legal News Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Smarak Trust Swami Agnivesh
High Profile Cases Abusing SC/ST person over phone in public place an offence: SC November 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has ruled that using castiest remarks over phone in a public place against the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category amount to criminal offence warranting a jail of a maximum five years. The apex court refused to stay the criminal proceedings and quash an FIR lodged against a person, who allegedly used […] Read more » Abusing SC/ST person over phone in public place an offence apex court Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News DDA’s record in securing its lands appalling: Delhi HC November 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming the record of the DDA in securing lands acquired by it “appalling”, the Delhi High Court has directed creation of a unit for evolving land management policies and clear encroachments on public land. The direction was issued to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the Delhi government and the Centre by a bench of Justices […] Read more » Court DDA Delhi Development Authority Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Court asks Peter, CBI to file replies on Indrani’s application November 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court today asked the CBI and former media baron Peter Mukerjea to file their replies on an application filed by key accused Indrani Mukerjea in which she said her husband might have caused her daughter Sheena Bora’s disappearance. Special CBI judge Jayendra C Jagdale, who is recording the statement of Indrani Mukerjea’s former […] Read more » CBI Court Criminal news featured Indrani Mukerjea Law Legal News PETER MUKERJEA Sheena Bora murder case
Top Law News Madras HC direction to Centre on transgenders bill November 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Voicing concern over the plight of transgenders, the Madras High Court today directed the Centre to inform it whether a follow up action would be taken to make the transgender bill pending in the parliament a statute. Giving the direction on a petition filed by two trangenders, Justice N Kirubakaran said a decision on the […] Read more » Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News Karnataka HC directs striking private doctors to resume work November 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court today passed an interim order directing the agitating private doctors to restore forthwith their medical services. A Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice H G Ramesh and Justice P S Dinesh Kumar observed that basic medical services were a right to life for every citizen. The bench also observed that disobeying […] Read more » Court featured Karnataka High Court Law Legal News medical services Siddaramaiah
