High Profile Cases Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Minority Status For Hindus In 9 States. February 28, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Central Government in a plea seeking minority status for Hindus living in 7 States in India. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar will next take up the matter on May 4. Filed by Ashwini Upadhyay, the plea seeks minority […] Read more » 'West Bengal Arunachal Pradesh Assam Chief Justice DN Patel Goa hindus becoming minority Hindus in Arunachal Pradesh (29%) Hindus in J&K (28.44%) Hindus in Lakshadweep (2.5%) Hindus in Manipur (31.39%) Hindus in Meghalaya (11.53%) Hindus in Mizoram (2.75%) Hindus in Nagaland (8.75%) Hindus in Punjab (38.40%). Jammu & Kashmir Justice Hari Shankar Kerala Lakshadweep Manipur Meghalaya minority status for Hindus Mizoram Nagaland Punjab Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Debate over Uttar Pradesh move to add 17 OBC castes in Supreme Court list July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Days after the Uttar Pradesh government included 17 castes under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category to the list of Scheduled Castes (SCs), officials in the Union social justice & empowerment ministry said the move is illegal & can be challenged in the court. The ministry, which is the nodal ministry for issues related to […] Read more » add 17 OBC castes castes Uttar Pradesh
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC seeks reply from UP govt in Convict’s appeal against death penalty June 10, 2018 / June 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea by a death-row convict challenging the Allahabad High Court’s judgement upholding the capital punishment awarded to him for burning alive his son and two brothers. A vacation bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan issued notice to the […] Read more » featured justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Justice Ashok Bhushan Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Ex-CMs Mulayam, Akhilesh move Supreme Court for time to vacate official homes May 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former UP chief ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav today moved the Supreme Court seeking “appropriate time” for vacating their official residences allotted by the Uttar Pradesh government. The top court had on May 7 held that former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh cannot retain government accommodation after demitting office and said […] Read more » Akhilesh Yadav featured Mulayam Singh Yadav NGO Lok Prahari Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh vacate
High Profile Cases HC dismisses petition in 2007 Gorakhpur riot case February 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea seeking an independent probe into an FIR related to the 2007 Gorakhpur riot case in which the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and the then Gorakhpur MP, Yogi Adityanath, was one of the accused. A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Akhilesh Chandra Sharma dismissed the petition filed […] Read more » 2007 Gorakhpur riot case Allahabad High Court Anju Chaudhri chief minister featured Gorakhpur MP Justice Akhilesh Chandra Sharma Justice Krishna Murari the then MLA Radha Mohan Agarwal then mayor of the city Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath
Environment Law News Top Law News ‘Install online air monitoring systems, RO in Singrauli’ December 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh governments to to install online air quality monitoring systems in Singrauli and Sonebhadra districts after a plea alleged pollution in these areas due to industrial and mining activities. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also ordered installation of reverse osmosis […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured Law Legal News Madhya Pradesh National Green Tribunal NGT Singrauli Uttar Pradesh
High Profile Cases Urban homeless: SC pulls up UP & WB, summons chief secretaries December 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today pulled up governments of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal for showing “lack of concern” over the issue of providing shelter to urban homeless in their states and asked their chief secretaries to appear before it. The top court, after going through the affidavit filed by Uttar Pradesh, observed it was quite […] Read more » 'West Bengal apex court Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Urban homeless Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Special schools for children with disability needed: SC to UP December 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked Uttar Pradesh to come up a mechanism for promotion and facilitation of inclusive education, so that students suffering from disability are not kept away from mainstream education. The court sought a reply from the state government on how it would work out the provisions of the Rights of Persons with […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court UP governmennt Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News SC notice to govt, Amrapali on plea of home buyers October 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought the response of the government and two Amrapali Group firms on a plea by over 100 hassled home buyers seeking that their interests be safeguarded by treating them as secured creditors like banks and financial institutions. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D […] Read more » Amrapali Group Court featured Greater Noida Law Legal News Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh
Criminal Law News Top Law News Ex-principal of BRD medical college, his wife sent to custody August 31, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former principal of BRD Medical College Rajiv Mishra and his wife Purnima Shukla were today sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a local court in connection with the deaths of scores of children in the state-run medical college hospital. The doctor couple, arrested on Tuesday by Uttar Pradesh’s Special Task Force (STF), was […] Read more » BRD Medical College Court Ex-principal of BRD medical college and his wife sent to custody featured Law Legal News Purnima Shukla Rajiv Mishra STF Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Court orders fresh probe in case against Azam Khan June 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today came down heavily on police for its shoddy probe into a case against former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan, and directed a fresh investigation into it. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Arvind Mishra also asked the district police chief to initiate action against the investigating officer, J P Tyagi, for not acting […] Read more » 2014 Lok Sabha polls Amit Shah Azam Khan BJP Court featured Law Legal News Narendra Modi Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Look into ‘discrimination’ agst medical students from outside May 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has directed the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh to look into alleged debarment of medical students belonging to other states from counselling sessions for admission to post- graduate courses. Passing the order, a division bench comprising Justice Arun Tandon and Justice Rekha Dixit asked the Chief Secretary to take action against […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News Medical Council of India post- graduate courses Uttar Pradesh
