Top Law News BCCI administrators matter: SC replaces Nariman with Divan January 3, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today replaced noted jurist F S Nariman with senior lawyer Anil Divan after he expressed his inability to assist the court in suggesting names for BCCI administrators. Nariman told a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur that he had represented the cricket body as a lawyer in 2009 and hence, […] Read more » Anil Divan BCCI administrators matter Court F S Nariman featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News CJI questions Centre over transfer of HC judges January 3, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today questioned the Centre as to why judges and chief justices of high courts are not being transfered despite the recommendations of the collegium and asked it to file a status report on such pending transfers with detailed reasons in two weeks. The apex court said it gives rise to “speculation and […] Read more » Centre government CJI Court featured Law Legal News transfer of HC judges
Top Law News Madras HC ‘closes’ suit filed by Sasikala Pushpa January 3, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today “closed” a civil suit filed by Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa, who has been expelled from the AIADMK, seeking to restrain the party from appointing late chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s aide V K Sasikala as party General Secretary. Justice K Kalyanasundaram had on December 23 reserved his orders on an […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Sasikala Pushpa suit
Top Law News Cricket field is not a personal turf or fiefdom: SC January 3, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The turf of cricket field is not a personal turf or fiefdom, said the Supreme Court today while noting that no persons would continue to be or be entitled for appointment as the office bearer of BCCI or a state association in breach of the Lodha panel norms accepted by it. The court was at […] Read more » Court Cricket field is not a personal turf or fiefdom featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News There should not be judicial redrafting of law: SC January 3, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment No form of government is perfect but these imperfections cannot be remedied by “judicial redrafting” of a legislative provision, the Supreme Court, in its minority verdict, today said while holding that the term “his religion” meant the faith of candidates only in the election law. The seven-judge bench, in a majority 4:3 verdict, took a […] Read more » Court featured judicial redrafting of law Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Repromulgation of ordinances “fraud” on the Constitution: SC January 3, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Repromulgation of ordinances is a “fraud” on the Constitution and a sub-version of democratic legislative processes, especially when the government persistently avoids the placing the ordinances before the legislature, the Supreme Court today ruled. A seven-judge Constitution bench, by a majority of 6:1, held that repromulgation is constitutionally “impermissible” and “defeats constitutional scheme” under which […] Read more » Constitution Court featured Law Legal News Repromulgation of ordinances Supreme Court
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Solar scam:Ex-CM Chandy appears in B’luru court January 2, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today appeared in a city civil court in connection with a solar project cheating case, with the court directing him to be present before it on every hearing to begin the process of cross-examination. Additional City Civil and Sessions Court Judge N R Channakeshava had directed the Congress leader […] Read more » B'luru court Court Ex-CM Chandy featured Law Legal News solar scam
Top Law News ‘Do J&K HC judges take oath to uphold Constitution’ January 2, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Does the non-applicability of any Constitutional amendment in Jammu and Kashmir without a Presidential order under Article 370 of Constitution make it non-obligatory for judges there to uphold Indian Constitution was the question before the Delhi High Court today. However, without going into its merit, the high court said it would like to get a […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured J&K high court Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Cannot seek votes in name of religion, caste: SC January 2, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court today held that any appeal for votes on the ground of “religion, race, caste, community or language” amounted to “corrupt practice” under the election law provision. Referring to the term ‘his religion’ used in section 123(3) of the Representation of The Peoples (RP) Act, which deals with ‘corrupt […] Read more » Cannot seek votes in name of religion Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Top Law News “Death due to mosquito bite an accident” January 2, 2017 / January 2, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a ruling that will benefit many insurance holders, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held that death due to mosquito bite causing malaria is an accident. “It is difficult for us to accept that the death due to a mosquito bite would not be a death due to an accident,” Justice V K […] Read more » consumer law court Court Death due to mosquito bite an accident featured insurance Law Legal News
Top Law News Govt junks plan for new law on grant of bail January 2, 2017 / January 2, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Just over a year after it was conceived, the government has junked a plan to come out with a new law that clearly sets out conditions for grant of bail as it now feels that amendments in CrPC can help do away with cumbersome procedures involved in getting the relief. In September last year, the […] Read more » Court featured Govt junks plan Law Legal News new law on grant of bail
Criminal Law News Two men get 10-yr jail term for possessing 100 kg ‘ganja’ January 2, 2017 / January 2, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has sentenced two persons to ten years rigorous imprisonment for possessing and conspiring to transport 100 kg ‘ganja’, saying the crime entails a harsh punishment. The court handed down the jail term to Bihar native Vir Bahadur and Jamshed from Delhi for offences under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act and also […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Two men get 10-yr jail term
