High Profile Cases Banks reject in SC Mallya’s proposal to pay back Rs 4000 crore April 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A consortium of banks led by State Bank of India today rejected the proposal in the current form offered by liquor baron Vijay Mallya and his companies to pay Rs 4,000 crore by September towards settlement of his loan before the Supreme Court, which directed him to disclose his total assets by April 21. The consortium […] Read more » Bank of India Court featured Law Legal News SBI State Bank of India Supreme Court Vijay Mallya
High Profile Cases Coal: Panel probing ex-CBI chief gives report to SC April 6, 2016 / April 7, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Coal: Panel probing ex-CBI chief gives report to SC Supreme Court today received an initial report of the panel appointed by it to probe the alleged scuttling of probe into the coal block allocation scam by then CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, whose meetings with accused persons have been held as “completely inappropriate”. A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur declined to make the report […] Read more » CBI coal scam Criminal news featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Government lab submits report on Maggi in SC April 5, 2016 / April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A government laboratory today submitted its test report on Maggi noodles in a sealed cover in the Supreme Court which directed that copies of it be given to the Centre and Nestle India. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh directed the registry to give the report of the Mysore-based institute to […] Read more » Centre government Consumer news featured Legal News Maggi noodle Nestle India Supreme Court
Top Law News SC slams BCCI for not checking how hefty sums are being spent April 5, 2016 / April 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today came down heavily on cash-rich BCCI, saying the cricket body was running like a “mutually beneficial society” and “practically corrupting” its members by not seeking any explanation on how crores of rupees allotted to them were being spent. While scrutinising the fund allocation and expenses of the Board of Control for […] Read more » BCCI Court featured Law Legal News SC slams BCCI for not checking how hefty sums are being spent Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refuses early hearing to Swamy’s plea for facilities at Ayodhya April 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to give an early hearing to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking facilities for the devotees visiting the disputed site in Ayodhya. “You (Swamy) are just an intervener and your plea will be heard along with that of other aggrieved parties,” a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur […] Read more » Ayodhya Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Swamy's plea for facilities at Ayodhya
Top Law News Electoral reforms are long-awaited: SC April 1, 2016 / April 2, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Electoral reforms are long-awaited: SC Supreme Court today accepted that electoral reforms are “long awaited” but refused to entertain a PIL of several eminent citizens, including former air chief S Krishnaswamy and top cop Julio F Ribeiro, seeking a direction to Election Commission to verify details of persons contesting polls. The apex court also said poll reforms have to be […] Read more » Court Electoral reforms Electoral reforms are long-awaited: SC featured Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Viral video: SC junks compensation plea of city cop April 1, 2016 / April 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of a Delhi Police head constable seeking compensation for his “wrong” portrayal in a video that went viral on social media last year showing him swaying and collapsing in a metro coach in an alleged drunken state. A bench of Justices J S Khehar and C […] Read more » Criminal news Delhi Police featured Law Legal News Supreme Court viral video
High Profile Cases Jat group files caveat in SC on quota issue April 1, 2016 / April 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Jat community representatives filed a caveat plea in the Supreme Court on Friday, saying they need to be heard first in case of a challenge to grant of reservation benefits to the community in Haryana. “In case of filing of petition for stay [of decision to grant reservation] on behalf of the respondent [Raj Kumar […] Read more » Court featured jat quota issue jat reservation Jat stir Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC okays Centre’s norms to protect Good Samaritans March 31, 2016 / April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment By-standers and passers-by who render help to victims of road accidents will not be unnecessarily harrassed, with the Supreme Court giving its nod to government’s guidelines to shield good samaritans from harassment at the hands of cops and other authorities. A bench of justices V Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra said the “Good Samaritans should […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News SC okays Centre's norms to protect Good Samaritans Supreme Court
Top Law News Auto majors didn’t get relief as ban on big cars, SUVs remain March 31, 2016 / April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Automobile giants like Mercedes, Toyota, Mahindra and General Motors today failed to get any relief from the Supreme Court, which extended till April 30 the bar on registration of diesel-run SUVs and high-end cars with engine capacity of 2000 CC and above in the National Capital Region. “The interim order banning registration of diesel-run vehicles […] Read more » Auto majors didn't get relief as ban on big cars Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court SUVs remain
Top Law News We have neutral stand on SYL issue, Centre tells SC March 31, 2016 / April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it was maintaining a “neutral” stand in the tussle between Punjab and Haryana over sharing of water through the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal. “We are neutral. We cannot take a stand,” Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice A R Dave which […] Read more » Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court SYL issue
Top Law News Suicide by farmers given low damage is a reality: SC March 30, 2016 / March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment It is a reality that low compensation paid to calamity-hit farmers was leading some of them to commit suicide, the Supreme Court observed today. “This is a reality. It needs to be corrected. It’s not against one government or other government. The central government always says they are doing good things but some people are […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Suicide by farmers given low damage is a reality: SC Supreme Court
