Top Law News Never blamed RSS as a body for Gandhi’s killing: Rahul to SC August 24, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today told the Supreme Court that he had never blamed RSS as an institution that killed Mahatma Gandhi but had stated that a person associated with it was responsible for his assassination. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R F Nariman, which was hearing the petition filed by Gandhi challenging […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Mahatma Gandhi Rahul Gandhi RSS Supreme Court
Top Law News SC to hear fresh plea on human pyramid during ‘Dahi Handi’ August 24, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a fresh plea seeking to relax the cap of 20-feet height of the human pyramid fixed by it for the Dahi Handi ritual during Janmashtami festival in Maharashtra. A bench comprising justices A R Dave, U U Lalit and L Nageswara Rao said that it will hear today […] Read more » Court Dahi Handi featured Law Legal News plea on human pyramid during 'Dahi Handi' Supreme Court
Top Law News Fresh pleas in SC against B’bay HC order on beef ban August 23, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Two fresh petitions were filed today in the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding the ban on beef imposed by Maharashtra government through an enactment. The pleas filed by All India Jamiatul Quresh of Maharashtra and Delhi respectively alleged that politics was being played on the issue of slaughtering cows. They also […] Read more » ban on beef Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Debate over SC verdict on reforms in BCCI unending August 21, 2016 / August 22, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A month after the historic apex court verdict favouring a clean-up operation in the BCCI, debate over it seems to be unending with some experts terming it as “glaring unconstitutionality” while others think the judgement has basis as the question of public interest and public money is involved in the matter. The cricket body chose […] Read more » BCCI Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court verdict on reforms in BCCI unending
High Profile Cases UP govt attempts to skirt SC order against bungalows to ex-CMs August 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a move aimed at circumventing the Supreme Court order on eviction of former chief ministers from state bungalows within two months, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved crucial changes in a legislation allowing them to occupy the accommodation for life. The proposed amendments would now be placed before the Assembly during the upcoming session which […] Read more » bungalows to ex-CMs Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court UP government
Top Law News Under 18 cannot participate in Dahi Handi festival in Maha: SC August 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said that youth below 18 years of age cannot participate in the Dahi Handi ritual, part of the Janmashtami festival, in Maharashtra and the height of the human pyramid for it cannot exceed 20 feet, a limit fixed by the Bombay High Court. A bench comprising justices A R Dave and […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Dahi Handi Janmashtami festival featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Criminal Law News SC asks Guj to reply on pleas to defreeze a/c of Teesta,others August 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought the response of Gujarat Government on the pleas filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and two NGOs challenging the freezing of their accounts by the Crime Branch of Ahmedabad Police. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit issued notice to the state and […] Read more » ciminal law Court featured Law news Supreme Court
Top Law News HC partly quashes law abolishing NRI quota in Guj August 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today partly quashed a government ordinance abolishing all NRI quota in colleges offering medical courses in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi held unconstitutional the government’s decision to cancel quota for “genuine” NRIs seeking admission in colleges in the state, while […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat High Court Law Legal News NRI Supreme Court
Top Law News Centre’s stand to withdraw appeal is “political”: AMU to SC August 17, 2016 / August 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) today opposed in the Supreme Court the NDA government’s stand to withdraw the appeal filed by the erstwhile UPA regime against the Allahabad High Court order divesting the varsity of its minority tag, saying the decision was based on “political considerations.” AMU, in its affidavit, said a decision taken at the […] Read more » Aligarh Muslim University Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases CJI not happy with PM skipping issues of judiciary in I-Day speech August 16, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on CJI not happy with PM skipping issues of judiciary in I-Day speech Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today expressed dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi not mentioning the problems faced by the judiciary in his speech on the occasion of 70th Independence Day, and said he was expecting some words about the judges’ appointments. “I think I have reached the peak of my career, so […] Read more » Chief Justice of India CJI Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court T S Thakur
Top Law News SC fines Rs 25K to Centre for not replying to PIL August 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Centre and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on it for not replying to a plea seeking framing of guidelines for vehicles carrying protruding objects like iron rods and stationary ones which cause thousands of fatal mishaps across the country. “Innocents are dying from haphazardly parked […] Read more » Court featured fines Rs 25000 Law Legal News PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News Have no money to refund to home buyers: Unitech August 13, 2016 / August 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Beleaguered real estate firm Unitech Ltd today expressed its inability before the Supreme Court to refund money to the home buyers over its two delayed housing projects in Noida and Gurgaon. “We don’t have money. If we had money, we would have constructed the flats and buildings and given to them,” senior advocated A M […] Read more » Beleaguered real estate Court featured Law Legal News NCDRC Supreme Court
