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 Top Law News SC terms use of spikes, fireballs to drive away elephants as barbaric August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today termed the use of spikes and fireballs to drive away elephants as “barbaric”and said that states should be desisted from using any such methods. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed that states have to stop such practice after the apex court was told that these […] Read more » 'West Bengal Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur Odisha
Top Law News Calcutta High Court asks CPI(M) to produce documents of those who failed to file nominations May 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta HC on Thursday directed petitioner Communist Party of India (Maoist) (CPI-M) to produce documents of individuals who, the party claimed, had failed to file nominations for the panchayat polls in West Bengal due to extraneous intervention. The CPI(M) has moved the appeal before a division bench of the court, praying for allowing such […] Read more » 'West Bengal Calcutta High Court Communist Party of India featured kalkatta high court kolkata high court West Bengal Panchayat polls
Top Law News Failure of states to respond to Centre’s communication on elephant corridors irks Supreme Court April 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it was “extremely unfortunate” that several states have not responded to two communications sent by the Centre on the issue of elephant corridors to curb human-animal conflict and reduce animal fatalities. The apex court pulled up these states and noted that only three — Kerala, West Bengal and Meghalaya — […] Read more » 'West Bengal featured Kerala Meghalaya Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Calcutta HC rejects ISIS operative’s bail prayer December 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today rejected the bail prayer of suspected ISIS operative Musa, who had allegedly planned to attack Mother House here and other places in West Bengal. Musa alias Md Mosiuddin had allegedly attacked a jail warden on December 4 inside the correctional home where he is lodged on judicial remand. The suspected […] Read more » 'West Bengal Calcutta High Court Court Criminal news featured ISIS operative's bail prayer Law Legal News
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 SC directs UP, WB, Haryana to give roadmap on urban homeless November 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and West Bengal to place before it a roadmap on implementation of a scheme for urban homeless, saying it was the government’s “obligation” to help these poor people. The top court perused the affidavits filed by the three states on the implementation of the […] Read more » 'West Bengal Court featured Haryana Law Legal News Supreme Court UP government
Top Law News Delhi HC asks Centre, WB Govt if Mukul Roy was being monitored November 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre and the West Bengal government to “unambiguously” inform whether politician Mukul Roy, who recently joined BJP, was being monitored or his calls being intercepted allegedly by the state police. The court’s direction came when it was hearing the former Trinamool Congress MP’s plea seeking a CBI probe […] Read more » 'West Bengal Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Mukul Roy
Criminal Law News Top Law News Kolkata court convicts Bangladeshi for raping nun in convent November 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court today convicted a Bangladeshi man for raping a septuagenarian nun in West Bengal’s Ranaghat town during a dacoity at a convent in 2015. Additional Sessions Judge Kumkum Sinha termed the incident as a matter of shame in a state where Sister Nivedita and Mother Teresa had worked for the people. The quantum […] Read more » 'West Bengal Court Criminal news featured Gangrape Kolkata Law Legal News
Top Law News SC allows Centre to withdraw force from trouble-hit Darjeeling October 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today permitted the Centre to withdraw seven of the 15 companies of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) from strife-torn Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal for deployment in poll-bound states of Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Observing that law and order was a “state subject”, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak […] Read more » 'West Bengal Centre government Court Darjeeling featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Woman’s plea for abortion: SC forms 7-doctor medical board June 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today constituted a medical board of seven doctors of the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata to ascertain health of a 24-week pregnant woman wanting to undergo abortion on the grounds of foetus abnormality. A vacation bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul directed the medical board to submit the report […] Read more » 'West Bengal Court featured Law Legal News SC forms 7-doctor medical board Supreme Court Woman's plea for abortion
High Profile Cases Mamata condoles death of ex-CJI Altamas Kabir February 20, 2017 / February 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed deep condolences at the sad demise of former Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir. In her condolence message, Banerjee said with the passing away of Kabir the country has lost a legal luminary. “Condolences on the passing of fmr CJ Altamas Kabir ji. My thoughts with his […] Read more » 'West Bengal Court death of ex-CJI Altamas Kabir featured Law Legal News Mamata Banerjee
