Month: January 2018

Veerappan’s elder brother at SC’s door for remission of life sentence

Source – indialegallive.com The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar on Friday (September 15) started hearing a petition of remission of life sentence from slain forest brigand Veerappan’s elder brother Mathaiyan. Mathaiyan, 69, is the elder brother of the sandalwood smuggler Veerappan and has been in jail since his arrest on

India’s biggest road transport tender gets Supreme Court’s green signal

Source – thehindubusinessline.com MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 15:   The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to proceed with India’s biggest road transport tender yet to evacuate import containers from the four terminals of India’s busiest container port to five locations and their nodes. The tender is part of a plan to speed up imports

Supreme Court to hear plea challenging decision to deport Rohingyas today

Source – financialexpress.com The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a plea filed by the two Rohingya immigrants, Mohammad Salimullah and Mohammad Shaqir. The Rohingya immigrants in their plea have sought apex court’s intervention to direct the Central Government not to deport them and other Rohingyas. The Central Government is also likely to file an affidavit

High court stays construction of residential colony

Source – timesofindia.indiatimes.com Coimbatore: In a relief to the residents of Veerappa Thevar colony, the high court has stayed construction of a residential colony on the 100-feet-scheme road. The road which connects Nanjundapuram to Sungam bypass had been re-designated as 60-feet by the city corporation and the directorate of town and country planning (DTCP) violating norms as it was an open

NRI divorce frauds: Men try to avoid Indian courts

Source – deccanchronicle.com HYDERABAD: Experts from the Telangana State Women’s Commission, which is executing legal battles against NRI grooms who have deserted their wives, say that there must be a legal course of action to address NRI divorce frauds. The Commission has suggested various remedies including the introduction of a treaty to disallow courts abroad from handling