Category: Legal News

The hearing of the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute in Varanasi will take place in the Allahabad High Court on January 27. The High Court, while revising its order of January 20, said the interim order was not in progress. A single-judge bench of Justice Prakash Padiya is hearing a petition filed against the order…

The Supreme Court directed Faculty of Law, University of Delhi to declare the 5th Semester Supplementary Examination results of the petitioner and issue the provisional degree along with necessary certificates. The Court was hearing an SLP and an Interlocutory Application in it on Saturday. The decision was pronounced by the Bench comprising Chief Justice of India…

The Delhi High Court has acquitted Assistant Commissioner-V, Sales Tax for allegedly demanding Rs 4,000 as illegal gratification from Gulshan Sikri, the proprietor of M/s Filtrex India, for favouring him in a matter pending before him in 1996. A single-judge bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait while hearing the appeal through video conferencing observed, “The…

By Inderjit Badhwar In the most recent issue of India Legal, one article which attracted serious attention and comment was a piece by our regular contributor, Chennai-based barrister Shaan Katari Libby: Amid WhatsApp privacy concerns, the draft Data Protection Bill comes to mind, which raised a national issue that needs front-page attention: The Justice BN…

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea alleging that a Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) dispensary has dispensed the wrong medicine to the petitioner, who is a Government employee. A single-judge bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh issued notice in the plea and has directed the counsel present to seek instructions as…

By Sujit Bhar Bounced” or dishonoured cheques are anathema to a business transaction. This historically repetitive occurrence has been met with scorn within the commerce ecosphere, and among ordinary folk, somewhat rightly so. Cheques that bounce for insufficiency of funds hit the trust that exists within a business transaction. Trust is the lubricant to any…

No additional opportunity will be given for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination, Central Government gave information to Supreme Court. Corona was demanded to be given additional opportunity. Supreme Court on Formula One race said Entertainment tax exemption petition of 2011 not hearable, JP Sports sought back the deposit. Supreme Court allows journalist Siddique Kappan to…

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has refused to direct a bank to release loan instalment to pay the fee of a medical aspirant stating courts cannot interfere in matters of contractual obligations of parties.  It was the case of a student that she had secured admission in the Community Based Medical College, Bangladesh but…

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response from state governments in a plea challenging the reservation acts in Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh. The petitioners alleged that the the same is against the mandate laid down in Indra Sawhney V Union of India, 1992 (Supp.) 3 SCC 217 whereby a nine-judge Constitution Bench strictly prohibited…

The Supreme Court has adjourned hearing on a plea filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt challenging the Gujarat High Court’s order, which declined to suspend his sentence of life imprisonment awarded by a Jamnagar court on June 20, 2019, in a 30-year-old custodial death case of 1990. A three-judge bench headed by Justices Ashok…

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in a recent order gave two weeks time to the state government to file a reply in the matter of merging Kolar Municipality with the Bhopal Municipal Corporation. The division bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafique and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla scheduled the next hearing of the case on February…

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea by a BJP Councillor in the Mumbai Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) against the order of Bombay High Court which had dismissed his plea to recognize him as a Leader of Opposition (LOP). A three-judge bench of Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, A.S. Bopanna and V….

The Supreme Court appointed panel on Farm laws begins consultations with Farmers Unions. Ten different farmers organisations from eight states namely Karnataka, Kerala, MP, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and UP participate in the discussion. In a press brief issued by the “Committee on Farm Laws” it said a meeting was held today on 21.01.2021,…

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has written to Union Minister for Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad with a request to include judges, judicial staff and members of the legal fraternity in the category of frontline workers so that appropriate remedial measures are taken to prioritize and extend Covid-19 vaccination programme to them. The Association lauded the government for launching…

The Supreme Court on Monday said the Delhi Police should itself decide on allowing the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day. Supreme Court has sought the Bar Council of India’s reply on a petition challenging the All India Bar Examination Rules 2010. The Bombay High Court has cracked down on media trials and has laid…