International Trade Law Oil spill Mumbai coast, Qatar co be made party: NGT February 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Qatar-based shipping enterprise has been directed by the National Green Tribunal has directed to be made a party in the case of oil spill caused after a cargo vessel sank off coast of Mumbai in 2011. Panama-flagged M V Rak, which sank 20 nautical miles off the South Mumbai coast in the Arabian Sea on […] Read more » Adani Enterprises Ltd's thermal power plant case of oil spill Delta Group International Delta Navigation Delta Shipping Marine Services SA Justice Swatanter Kumar Maharashtra government ministry of environment and forests Mumbai Maritime Board National Green Tribunal Oil spill Mumbai coast power plant at Dahej in Gujarat Qatar Qatar based shipping enterprise
Top Law News Ration cards can be linked with Aadhar: Maha to HC January 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Ration cards can be linked with Aadhar: Maha to HC The Maharashtra government on Monday told the Bombay High Court that though ration cards could be linked with the newly introduced Aadhar cards, it was not possible to appoint a nodal agency to supervise the verification process. A division bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and KK Tated was hearing a public interest litigation filed by […] Read more » Aadhar cards Additional public prosecutor Aruna Kamat Pai Bombay High Court India Kevic Setalvad Justices AM Khanwilkar and KK Tated Maharashtra government public interest litigation ration cards
Environment Law News Top Law News Grampanchayat opposes sugar factory January 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government has been asked by the Bombay High Court and others to file a response to a petition opposing construction of a sugar factory in Aashti village of Solapur district on the grounds that it would damage ecology and pollute environment. The petition filed by Aashti Grampanchayat alleges that the factory was being […] Read more » Aashti Grampanchayat Aashti village air pollution Ashti Talao Audumberraoji Patil Sakhar Karkhana Bombay High Court Commissioner of Sugar grampanchayat Maharashtra government Maharashtra Minister Harshvardhan Patil Mohol Tahsildar noise pollution Solapur Collector Solapur district Solapur Zilla Parishad sugar factory sugar factory in Aashti village sugar factory in Solapur district water pollution wife of Maharashtra Minister Harshvardhan Patil
Criminal Law News Will you object to Sadhvi’s bail on health ground: HC January 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra Government has been asked by the Bombay High Court whether it had any objection in granting bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, one of the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast, on medical grounds. If she wants bail to get herself treated, would you object to it? Justice R C Chavan sought […] Read more » 2008 Malegaon blast Advocate Ganesh Sovani Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani bail of Sadhvi Pragya bail to Sadhvi Pragya Bhopal Bombay High Court Central Jail Jawaharlal hospital in Bhopal Justice R.C. Chavan Lt Col Prasad Purohit Maharashtra government Maharashtra Police medical grounds RSS worker Sunil Joshi Sadhvi Pragya Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Sadhvi's lawyers Mahesh Jethmalani and Ganesh Sovani treatment in police custody
Top Law News What action on arrest of girls: HC to Maha on FB row January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government has been asked by the Bombay High Court that what action it had taken against policemen who arrested two girls from nearby Palghar district for posting comments on Facebook against the bandh observed in Mumbai during Bal Thackeray’s funeral in November last year. A Bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka asked prosecutor Konde-Deshmukh […] Read more » Bal Thackeray Bombay High Court chief minister Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Home Minister R R Patil Inspector General of Police journalist Ketan Tirodkar Maharashtra government Sukhwinder Singh Tirodkar
Top Law News High Court sets January 15 deadline for meters recalibration December 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court set a deadline till January 15 for the Maharashtra government to complete the process of recalibration of meters in autos and taxis across the city pursuant to the fare hike in October. The state government faced flak from the High Court for poor implementation of calibrating meters, and basing its decision […] Read more » autos and taxis Bandra Bombay High Court Byculla Justices D Y Chandrachud and Amjad Sayed Kandivli Maharashtra government NGO public interest litigation recalibrate meters
Top Law News Ensure safety of whistleblowers, activists: High Court December 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Criticising the Maharashtra government for failing to frame guidelines on safety of social activists and organisations that face threat due to their activism, the Bombay High Court asked the state to take immediate steps to ensure their security. a division bench of acting Chief Justice D D Sinha and Justice K K Tated said, “It is […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice D D Sinha and Justice K K Tated High Court Maharashtra government Nitin Deshpande Pune-based RTI activist Satish Shetty
Criminal Law News High Court to look into MCOCA provisions for granting bail December 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “It will have to look into the provision under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) which says an accused can be granted bail if there is reasonable doubt that he or she did not commit the offence”, said by the Bombay High Court. A division bench of justices V M Kanade and P […] Read more » Arif Abubakar Sayyed Chhota Rajan fire at Kaskar's vehicle Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Maharashtra government murder case of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey Paulson Joseph Palitra section 21(4) of MCOCA
Top Law News Supreme Court forms panel on road mishap December 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra Government has been suggested by Bombay High Court to consider linking ration cards with the newly introduced Aadhar cards so as to ascertain bogus and duplicate ration cards in the state. A division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and R D Dhanuka took a serious view of the issue of bogus ration cards and questioned […] Read more » Aadhar cards Bombay High Court Justices A M Khanwilkar and R D Dhanuka Maharashtra government public interest litigation
Top Law News White paper on Mah irrigation scam within 3 weeks November 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court informed by Maharashtra government that a white paper on the alleged multi-crore irrigation scam, involving bureaucrats of Water Resources Department and Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation (KIDC), would be ready within three weeks. This statement was made by Advocate General Darius Khambata before a division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and […] Read more » Bombay High Court CBI Justices A M Khanwilkar and Mridula Bhatkar Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation Maharashtra government Water Resources Department
Top Law News Guv rejects aged convicts premature release plea November 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has been informed by the Maharashtra government that the plea of two women convicts, aged 80 and 90, seeking premature release from prison on account of old age, had been rejected by Governor K Sankaranarayanan. A High Court bench had recently asked the state to urgently consider the plea of the two […] Read more » Bombay High Court Maharashtra government plea of aged women convicts premature release from prison rejected by Governor K Sankaranarayanan
Top Law News Maha says CBI can’t probe Adarsh scam July 4, 2012 / July 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even as the CBI today filed its charge sheet in the Adarsh scam, the Bombay High Court allowed Ministry of Defence to submit within two weeks its response to Maharashtra government’s claim that the central agency had no jurisdiction to probe it. The Maharashtra government and the Adarsh society filed their affidavits before the court […] Read more » Adarsh Inquiry Commission Adarsh scam Adarsh scam case Adarsh society Bombay High Court CBI CBI on Adarsh scam Maha Maha govt Maharashtra Maharashtra government PMLA Prevention of Corruption Act Prevention of Money Laundering Act