High Profile Cases Panama papers: SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea for CBI inquiry May 9, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking CBI inquiry against Indian offshore bank account holders named in the Panama papers. A bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh issued notices to Centre and the CBI on the petition filed by advocate M L Sharma. A Multi Agency […] Read more » CBI Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Panama papers plea Supreme Court
Top Law News Madras HC dismisses review plea against helmet rule May 2, 2016 / May 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has dismissed a review petition against its June, 2015 order making wearing of helmet compulsory for two-wheeler riders in Tamil Nadu. Justice N Kirubakaran also came down heavily on the petitioner, an advocate, for making unnecessary contemptuous and uncharitable remarks against the court and said there was no “unwanted judicial activism” […] Read more » Court featured helmet rule Law Legal News Madras High Court plea
Top Law News SC to hear fresh plea regarding MBBS, BDS entrance test May 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear tomorrow a fresh plea of few states, including Jammu and Kashmir and some private medical colleges, that they be allowed to conduct their pre-scheduled test for admissions in MBBS and BDS courses. “Let these applications be heard tomorrow by the bench concerned,” a three-judge bench headed by […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News MBBS and BDS entrance test plea Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Bihar court rejects regular bail plea of 7 businessmen April 29, 2016 / April 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A district court today rejected a plea for regular bail to seven businessmen, six of them from Gujarat and one from Uttar Pradesh, who were jailed for consuming liquor in breach of total prohibition in Bihar two days ago. Judicial Magistrate of Patna District Court Kiran Chaturvedi rejected the application moved by the jailed persons’ […] Read more » bail BIHAR Bihar court consuming liquor Court featured Law Legal News plea
Top Law News SC reserves order on plea to hold entrance via NEET April 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a plea seeking directions to Centre for holding single common entrance test for MBBS, BDS and PG courses through National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET). The Centre and Medical Council of India (MCI) came out with a schedule that All India PMT exam for May would be treated […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Medical Exam NEET plea Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Chopper case: SC to hear plea against Sonia,Manmohan next week April 28, 2016 by Legal India News | 3 Comments on Chopper case: SC to hear plea against Sonia,Manmohan next week The Supreme Court today said it will hear next week a PIL seeking registration of an FIR against political leaders, including Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in connection with AgustaWestland Chopper case. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and justices R Banumathi and U U Lalit ordered listing […] Read more » Chopper case Court featured Law Legal News Manmohan Singh plea Sonia Gandhi Supreme Court
Top Law News SC dismisses plea against Bombay HC order on IPL matches April 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea ofMaharashtra and Mumbai Cricket Associations against the Bombay High Court order directing shifting of IPLmatches outside the drought-hit state. A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur was initially inclined to allow the matches in Maharashtra with some strict conditions like the stadium authorities will not be […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured IPL matches Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Top Law News Bombay HC rejects plea for policy to regularise illegal bldgs April 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected Maharashtra government’s pleas to go ahead with the draft policy on regularisation of illegal structures in Maharashtra. Calling it “arbitrary, faulty and illegal,” the court directed the state to not go ahead with the policy without its permission. A government petitioner has now told HC that the government will […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured illegal bldgs Law Legal News plea
Top Law News SC refuses to hear plea against SEBI chief reappointment April 26, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea challenging the reappointment of U K Sinha as Chairman of market regulator Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) till 2017, saying there is no bar on it. “We are not inclined to hear this,” a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said, […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News market regulator Security and Exchange Board of India plea SEBI chief Supreme Court U K Sinha
Top Law News TN govt opposes CBI plea into DSP’s death April 21, 2016 / April 22, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Opposing the plea for a CBI probe into the alleged suicide of a woman DSP, Tamil Nadu government has told the Madras High Court that the investigation in the case was being carried out by the police in a “fair and professional” manner without any interference from any quarters. CB-CID was a premier investigating agency […] Read more » CBI Court DSP's death featured Law Legal News plea tamilnadu government
Top Law News J&K HC seeks JK govt’s reply on plea for judicial inquiry April 20, 2016 / April 21, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Jammu and Kashmir High Court today sought the state government’s response on a PIL seeking a high level judicial inquiry into the alleged molestation incident in Handwara and subsequent violence even as it directed the police to facilitate a meeting of the girl and her father with her mother’s counsel. The Kashmir High Court Bar […] Read more » Court featured J&K government Jammu and high court Law Legal News plea
Top Law News Delhi govt withdraws plea from SC April 19, 2016 / April 20, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment AAP-led Delhi government today withdrew from the Supreme Court its plea seeking setting up of a larger bench in the High Court to decide the issue of interpretation of Article 239AA which deals with the powers of Lieutenant Governor on the governance of the national capital. “Learned senior counsel for the petitioner(s) seeks leave to […] Read more » AAP Court Delhi government featured Law Legal News plea Supreme Court