High Profile Cases Madras High Court Gets Its First All-Women Bench ahead of the International Women’s Day March 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For the first time in the history of 157 years of the Madras HC that an all-women Full Bench has been constituted to hear a case. Chief Justice of Madras High Court Amreshwar Pratap Sahi took this step ahead of the International Women’s Day when he established the women justices-led bench composing of Justices Pushpa […] Read more » Anita Sumanth Madras HC Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana Madras Hc Madras High Court Madras High Court Gets Its First All-Women Bench PT Asha Madras HC
High Profile Cases Delhi High Court bids Farewell to Justice G.S. Sistani. March 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi HC on Friday bid farewell to Justice G.S. Sistani, the 2nd senior most judge, whose retirement brings down the total number of judges in the court to 33 as against the sanctioned strength of 60. The HC organised a farewell for Justice Sistani, who will retire on Mar 10, on Friday owing to the […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Additional Solicitor General Maninder Acharya bar association Bar Council of Delhi Central Government Chief Justice D.N. Patel Delhi High Court Justice G.S. Sistani Madras High Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Shortcomings in trial of criminal cases to be submitted before Supreme Court. March 7, 2020 / March 7, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three Supreme Court-appointed Amici Curiae (friends of the court) placed before the top court on Thursday, “Draft Rules of Criminal Practice, 2020”, outlining measures aimed to address shortcomings in the trial of criminal cases and to bring about uniformity across the country in criminal probes and trials. The measures suggested in the draft rules include […] Read more » shortcomings in the trial of criminal cases
Top Law News SC notice to UP Govt on plea seeking transfer of Kamlesh Tiwari Murder Case to Delhi March 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Thursday, the Apex Court issued a notice to the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh on a petition filed by an accused in the murder case of Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari, seeking transfer of the trial from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi. A 3-Judge bench headed by CJI SA Bobde, & also comprising Justice BR Gavai & Justice Surya Kant, […] Read more » Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari Kamlesh Tiwari murder case of Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari
High Profile Cases Top Law News Delhi Court : Nirbhaya Convicts to Hang on March 20 at 5:30 am March 5, 2020 / March 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 4 convicts, who got death penalty for the gangrape & murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi – dubbed Nirbhaya – more than 7 years ago, will be hanged on March 20, at 5:30 am. This is the 4th death warrant issued by a Delhi court. The death warrant was issued a day after […] Read more » Nirbhaya Convicts President Ram Nath Kovind President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy plea of Pawan Gupta rejected the mercy plea of Pawan Gupta
High Profile Cases Top Law News One is entitled to earned leave only if he works: Karnataka High Court March 5, 2020 / March 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Earned leave is a privilege a workman would be entitled to only if he actually works & can’t be earned as a matter of right if he hasn’t worked. The Karnataka HC made this observation while upholding the contention put forward by Vijaya Bank in connection with one of its reinstated employees. “If he doesn’t […] Read more » Industrial Disputes Act 1947 Karnataka HC
High Profile Cases Top Law News Five Judges of High Court to be made Permanent by Supreme Court Collegium. March 5, 2020 / March 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday approved the proposal for the appointment of five judges as the permanent judges of the Karnataka HC. Justice Mohammad Nawaz, Justice HT Gowda Narendra Prasad, Justice Ashok G Nijagannavar, Justice Hethur P Sandesh & Justice Krishnan Natarajan have been made as permanent judges of the Karnataka HC. The Karnataka […] Read more » appointment of five judges as the permanent judges of the Karnataka HC. Justice Ashok G Nijagannavar Justice Hethur P Sandesh Justice HT Gowda Narendra Prasad Justice Krishnan Natarajan Justice Mohammad Nawaz Karnataka HC Supreme Court collegium
High Profile Cases Do we really need proof that non-Muslims in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are persecuted? : Harish Salve March 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior Lawyer Harish Salve, one of India’s biggest names in national & international law, has written an article explaining the importance of the CAA & how the arguments against the law are baseless. In the article, the senior Lawyer has written that though much has been said against the law & a lot of controversies has been […] Read more » detractors of CAA: Harish Salve harish salve on importance of the CAA Harish Salve slams detractors of CAA:
High Profile Cases Punjab & Haryana HC : Working of Senior Judicial Officer comes under Lens March 4, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The functioning of senior Punjab superior judicial services officer Tejwinder Singh has come under the Punjab & Haryana HC scanner. It is believed that a preliminary inquiry has been ordered by the HC & proceedings in the matter are pending. Posted as District & Sessions Judge at Pathankot earlier, Tejwinder Singh had conducted trial in […] Read more » Working of Senior Judicial Officer comes under Lens
High Profile Cases Punjab & Haryana High Court gives Police two days to take Necessary Action Case of Assault on a Lawyer. March 4, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The District Bar Association (DBA) today continued its dharna on Ferozepur Road near the DC office to press for their demand for registration of an First Information Report (FIR) against STF in-charge Harbans Singh & his dismissal from the service on the accusations of beating a city-based lawyer, Varun Gupta. Meanwhile, Justice Lisa Gill of […] Read more » Necessary Action Case of Assault on a Lawyer. Punjab & Haryana High Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Mercy petition of Nirbhaya convict Pawan Gupta rejected by President Ramnath Kovind. March 4, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Wednesday, President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy plea of Pawan Gupta, 1 of the 4 death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape & murder case. Pawan Gupta was the last convict to file a mercy plea. This comes after a Delhi Court, on Monday, stayed for the third time the death sentence of 4 convicts […] Read more » Mercy petition of Nirbhaya convict Pawan Gupta rejected
High Profile Cases Petitioners can directly move High Court for Anticipatory Bail : Allahabad High Court March 4, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A five-judge bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday ruled it’s not mandatory to approach the sessions court first, before moving the High Court for anticipatory bail. The bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur, Justice Ramesh Sinha, Justice Sunita Agarwal, Justice Yashwant Verma & Justice Rahul Chaturvedi observed, “Section 438 of CrPC doesn’t mandate or require an individual to be relegated […] Read more » Allahabad High Court anticipatory bail Chief Justice Govind Mathur Justice Rahul Chaturvedi Justice Ramesh Sinha Justice Sunita Agarwal justice Yashwant Verma move High Court for Anticipatory Bail
