Top Law News Visually impaired cannot recognise new Rs 50 note: PIL in HC November 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The newly issued Rs 50 currency notes cannot be differentiated from others by visually impaired persons, a PIL today claimed in the Delhi High Court which sought the RBI and the Centre’s stand on the issue. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the matter needed urgent attention […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News PIL RBI Visually impaired cannot recognise new Rs 50 note
Top Law News No fin assistance by govt to bonded labourers: PIL in Delhi HC November 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government is not providing financial assistance to people rescued from bondage, a victim of bonded labour today said in a PIL in the Delhi High Court. Taking note of the seriousness of the issue, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Centre and […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News No fin assistance by govt to bonded labourers PIL
Top Law News PIL in Delhi HC to stop regularisation of unauthorised colonies October 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL was today moved in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the local authorities not to regularise unauthorised colonies till proper infrastructure is developed in such areas and the buildings conform to safety norms. Claiming that there were over 1,700 illegal colonies in the national capital which have come up with the alleged […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News PIL unauthorised colonies
High Profile Cases Ban tobacco products outside schools: PIL in Delhi HC October 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the Centre and city government on a PIL seeking to enforce a complete ban on sale of tobacco and cigarettes near educational institutions in the national capital. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also issued notice to the governments’ […] Read more » Ban tobacco products outside schools Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News PIL
Top Law News PIL in SC to bar people from contesting polls from two seats October 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrict candidates from contesting elections for the same office simultaneously from more than one constituency. The PIL has also sought a direction to the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take appropriate steps to discourage independent candidates from contesting Parliament and […] Read more » Centre government Court Election Commission of India featured Law Legal News PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News No law to protect parents who are not sr. citizens: PIL in HC October 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 57-year-old man has moved the Delhi High Court claiming absence of a law for the protection of parents, who are not yet senior citizens, from hostility and violence by their children. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar sought the AAP government’s stand on the plea which also […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News No law to protect parents who are not sr. citizens PIL
Criminal Law News Family Law News Top Law News HC seeks govt reply on plea to fast-track child custody cases September 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s response on a PIL seeking direction to formulate guidelines for expeditiously resolving issues of custody and maintenance concerning minors arising from the now rampant practice of “inter-parental child abduction”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar has issued notice to the […] Read more » Art of Learning Foundation child custody child custody cases fast-track child custody cases featured HC PIL
High Profile Cases SC closes PIL on fund misuse in Indira Awas Yojna in Bihar July 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today brought the curtains down on a plea seeking CBI probe into allegations brought out in a 2011 CAG report regarding gross misuse of public funds in the implementation of Indira Awas Yojna in Bihar. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud took note of the […] Read more » BIHAR Court featured Indira Awas Yojna Law Legal News PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News SC to hear PIL to make law for appointments to poll panel July 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre as to why no enabling law as mandated under the Constitution has been made for the appointment of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners in the poll panel. The court, however, acknowledged that till now good persons have been appointed in the poll panel. A bench comprising […] Read more » Court election commissioners featured Law Legal News PIL Poll panel Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Was there a second assassin of Gandhi: PIL in SC questions May 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Was there a second assassin of Mahatma Gandhi? Though the police went by the theory that three bullets were fired upon him, was there a fourth bullet also which was fired by someone apart from Nathuram Godse? These questions are among several which have been raised in a petition before the Supreme Court with a […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Mahatma Gandhi PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News SC dismisses PIL seeking implementation of fundamental duties April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre for implemention of the recommendations of the Justice J S Verma committee to bring into force fundamental duties of citizens. “This report is of 1999. How can a court direct the government to implement fundamental duties,” a bench comprising Chief […] Read more » Court featured fundamental duties Law Legal News PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News PIL challenges AAP govt’s education policy April 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court challenging the AAP government’s education policy under which vocational subjects would replace languages like Sanskrit as the sixth compulsory subject at the secondary level. The public interest litigation filed by a society claims that the decision, which would be applicable on government schools, would result […] Read more » AAP AAP government on education policy AAP government's education policy AAP govt's education policy Delhi High Court featured National Skills Qualifications Framework NSQF PIL
