High Profile Cases Symbol case: Court seeks police reply on bail plea of accused June 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Special court today sought a response from Delhi Police on the bail application of an alleged middleman arrested in the Election Commission bribery case involving AIADMK (Amma) faction leader T T V Dhinakaran. Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry issued a notice to Delhi Police’s Crime Branch on the plea and posted the matter for arguments […] Read more » AIADMK (Amma) bail Bribery case Court Election Commission featured Law Legal News plea Symbol case T T V Dhinakaran
Top Law News SC seeks reply from Assam govt on IPS officer’s bail plea June 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has sought the Assam government’s response on a bail plea by suspended IPS officer N Rajamarthandan, accused of providing information to a member of a socio-political organisation flouting RTI Act rules. A vacation bench of justices M M Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta issued notice to the state government and listed the matter […] Read more » Assam government bail Court featured IPS Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Top Law News SC rejects review plea of man who raped, killed 4-yr-old May 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a review petition of a 55-year-old man and sent him to gallows for raping and stoning to death a four-year-old girl in 2008. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said “no case is made out” and dismissed the review petition. The bench, which also comprised Justices R F Nariman […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News murder case plea rape case Supreme Court
Top Law News Rail scam: Delhi HC upholds trial court order allowing CBI plea May 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court order allowing the CBI to place on record two CDs containing purported telephonic conversations intercepted during its probe in the cash-for-post bribery case in the railways. The case allegedly involves former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla and others. Besides Singla, the other accused […] Read more » CBI Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News plea Rail scam trial court
Top Law News Relief for Jagan as court refuses to cancel bail April 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court today dismissed the central agency’s plea seeking cancellation of YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s bail in cases related to alleged quid pro quo investments in his companies. The CBI had last month sought cancellation of Jagan’s bail alleging that he had violated the conditions by trying to influence a […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News plea Relief for Jagan special CBI court Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy YSR Congress
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT issues notice to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on contempt plea April 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today issued notice to spiritual figure Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on a contempt plea against him for blaming the Centre and the panel for damaging Yamuna floodplains by allowing his NGO’s cultural extravaganza held there. “Notice to the respondent,” a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said while seeking […] Read more » damaging Yamuna floodplain Environment Law News featured Legal News National Green Tribunal NGT issues notice to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar plea Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Top Law News Delhi HC dismisses plea for uniform syllabus for children April 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today dismissed a plea seeking a uniform curriculum for all children aged between 6 and 14 years across India. Terming the plea as not maintainable, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra said this court has no competence to decide whether “History should be taught or […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News plea syllabus for children
Environment Law News High Profile Cases SC transfers to NGT plea over Yamuna river pollution April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today transferred to the National Green Tribunal a 23-year-old PIL on pollution in River Yamuna. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said there cannot be two parallel jurisdictions to deal with the same issue. It transferred the PIL, which was instituted after taking suo motu […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured Law Legal News NGT plea Supreme Court Yamuna river pollution
Top Law News Plea in HC accuses EC of “dereliction of duty” April 22, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A poll activist has moved the Madras High Court accusing the Election Commission of committing “dereliction of duty” in not lodging complaint against bribe- taking voters and has sought remedial action over the matter. Acting on the plea by activist Arun Natarajan, a bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar issued notice […] Read more » Court Election Commission featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Nalini Chidambaram plea
High Profile Cases SC may set up Constitution bench to hear AAP govt’s pleas soon April 17, 2017 / April 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government requested the Supreme Court today to set up a five-judge Constitution bench at the earliest to decide its pleas challenging the Delhi High Court verdict that the Lieutenant Governor is the administrative head of the national capital territory. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and […] Read more » AAP government constitution bench Court featured Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Top Law News SC rejects plea to try officials for mishaps due to bad roads April 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has declined to entertain an appeal against a Punjab and Haryana High Court order refusing to prosecute officials for accidents caused due to poorly-constructed and maintained roads and bridges. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul dismissed the plea at the threshold […] Read more » bad roads Court featured Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC slaps Rs 1 lakh cost on Rajasthan govt for “frivolous” plea April 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has slapped Rs one lakh cost on the Rajasthan government for filing “frivolous and unjustified petitions” in an arbitration case, saying such tendencies need to be stopped. The apex court also granted liberty to the state government to recover the cost from those officers who had authorised for filing of appeal against […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News plea Rajasthan government Supreme Court
