Environment Law News Bawana power purchase dispute: NGT directs DERC to fix rates April 6, 2016 / April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Miffed over a dispute between parties for purchase of power from the Bawana waste-to-energy plant here, the National Green Tribunal has directed Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to fix the rates at which electricity is to be purchased by discoms. The tribunal expressed concern over the fact that there was only one functional waste-to-energy plant at […] Read more » Delhi Municipal Corporation DERC Electricity Regulatory Commission Environment news featured Legal News NGT
Environment Law News NGT seeks govt reply on plea against 13 cement firms April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today took exception over the Centre’s delay in filing reply on a plea alleging that cement companies were violating its orders on overloading of trucks and causing air pollution. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar which had issued notice to the Centre and 13 cement companies, made it […] Read more » Centre government Court Environment news featured Law Legal News NGT
Top Law News Married woman gets Rs 51.75L compensation April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Awarding Rs 51.75 lakh to a married woman for the accidental death of her brother, a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has held that legal heirs, even if not dependent on the deceased, are eligible for compensation. The claimant, Divya Alok Srivastav informed Thane MACT that on May 23, 2007, her brother 237-year-old brother Abhisek Kumar, who […] Read more » Compensation Consumer news Court featured insurance Law Legal News Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
High Profile Cases Delhi HC asks Virbhadra to join probe, directs CBI not to arrest him April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | 7 Comments on Delhi HC asks Virbhadra to join probe, directs CBI not to arrest him The Delhi High Court today asked Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, an accused in a disproportionate assets case along with others, to join the probe in the matter and directed CBI not to arrest him. Justice Pratibha Rani said this after Singh told the court that he was willing to join the investigation and […] Read more » CBI Court Delhi High Court featured Himachal Pradesh Law Legal News Virbhadra Singh
Top Law News Madras HC grants advance bail to mentally ill man April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today granted anticipatory bail to a 61-year-old mentally challenged man, who allegedly murdered his wife and inflicted injury on himself last year. Granting anticipatory bail to the man, on a petition by one of his sons Kamaraj fearing arrest of his father, Justice S Vimala said, “putting the senior citizen behind […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras HC grants advance bail to mentally ill man Madras High Court
Top Law News PIL filed in Patna High Court challenging total ban on alcohol April 6, 2016 / April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed today in the Patna High Court challenging the Bihar governments decision to clamp total ban on sale and consumption of alcohol in the state. An ex-serviceman A N Singh filed the PIL in the Patna High Court, a day after the Nitish Kumar ministry declared Bihar a total […] Read more » ban on alcohol BIHAR Court featured Law Legal News Patna High Court PIL filed in Patna High Court challenging total ban on alcohol
Top Law News Two Delhi HC judges transferred April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Two judges of the Delhi High Court — Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Rajiv Shakder — were today transferred to the High Courts of Andhra Pradesh-Telangana and the Madras respectively. A Law Ministry statement said here that Justice Kait has been transferred to the High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and directed to […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Two Delhi HC judges transferred
Top Law News Delhi HC refuses to grant interim protection to Virbhadra’s children April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today refused to grant any interim protection to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s two children, who have challenged the Enforcement Directorates provisional attachment of some of their assets in a money laundering case. “We will give them (ED, Ministry of Finance) an opportunity to file response and then we will […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Himachal Pradesh Law Legal News Virbhadra Singh
Top Law News Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila April 5, 2016 / April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila A local court today appointed a free legal aid counsel for rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu. Sharmila had submitted an affidavit at the chief judifical magistrate court, Imphal West, stating that she wanted to fight her case against the state government without a counsel. The hunger striker, who was present in the court, talking to […] Read more » Court featured Free legal aid counsel Law Legal News Manipur Sharmila chanu
Top Law News Government lab submits report on Maggi in SC April 5, 2016 / April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A government laboratory today submitted its test report on Maggi noodles in a sealed cover in the Supreme Court which directed that copies of it be given to the Centre and Nestle India. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh directed the registry to give the report of the Mysore-based institute to […] Read more » Centre government Consumer news featured Legal News Maggi noodle Nestle India Supreme Court
Top Law News SC slams BCCI for not checking how hefty sums are being spent April 5, 2016 / April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today came down heavily on cash-rich BCCI, saying the cricket body was running like a “mutually beneficial society” and “practically corrupting” its members by not seeking any explanation on how crores of rupees allotted to them were being spent. While scrutinising the fund allocation and expenses of the Board of Control for […] Read more » BCCI Court featured Law Legal News SC slams BCCI for not checking how hefty sums are being spent Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Madras HC suspends life term of 6 in PMK cadre murder case April 5, 2016 / April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today suspended the life sentence awarded to six men by a lower court in a case related to the murder of a PMK worker during clashes in Marakkanam town in Villupuram district in 2013. A bench comprising justices M Jaichandren and S Nagamuthu suspended the sentence when appeals filed by the […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Madras High Court murder case PMK
