Bar, Bench & Firm News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Couple living together will be presumed married: SC April 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Couple living together will be presumed married: SC If an unmarried couple is living together as husband and wife, then they would be presumed to be legally married and the woman would be eligible to inherit the property after death of her partner, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench of Justice MY Eqbal and Justice Amitava Roy said continuous cohabitation of a […] Read more » Couple living together Couple living together will be presumed married featured Justice Amitava Roy Justice MY Eqbal legally married living together unmarried couple living together unmarried couple living together legally married
Bar, Bench & Firm News Crucial hearing on NJAC by constitution bench of SC April 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two days after the government notified the controversial NJAC law to remove the collegium system of appointment of judges, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will commence hearing from tomorrow to examine the validity of new measure and is likely to consider passing an interim order to staying the operation of the Act. A […] Read more » Adarsh Kumar Goel collegium system of appointment of judges controversial NJAC law to remove the collegium system of appointment of judges Crucial hearing on NJAC featured hearing on NJAC hearing on NJAC by constitution bench of SC J Chelameswar justices A R Dave Kurian Joseph Madan B Lokur
Bar, Bench & Firm News Government to soon appoint more law officers April 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Government is likely to appoint new Additional Solicitors General in different High Courts to deal with increasing number of cases. An official said that names of some senior advocates have been cleared for their appointment in High Courts of Punjab and Haryana, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Patna and Gujarat. Efforts are also underway to appoint an ASG […] Read more » Additional Solicitors General appoint more law officers appoint new Additional Solicitors General appoint new Additional Solicitors General in different High Courts featured increasing number of litigations law officers to tackle the increasing number of litigations
Bar, Bench & Firm News Wife and sister-in-law kill former bar association president April 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment former bar association president of Haridwar district was murdered allegedly by his wife and sister-in-law after they learned about his illicit relationship with another woman, police said today. Surendra Pal Singh Virk was murdered on Saturday night by his wife Richpal Kaur along with her brother’s wife Soni and Richpal has confessed to the crime, […] Read more » featured former bar association president Former bar association president of Haridwar district Surendra Pal Singh Virk Wife and sister-in-law kill former bar association
Bar, Bench & Firm News Chief Justice of Karnataka HC transferred April 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On a day it brought into force a law to appoint members to the higher judiciary, government appointed 22 Additional Judges and transferred the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court based on recommendations of the collegium which the new legislation seeks to replace. Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court […] Read more » Chief Justice of Karnataka HC transferred featured Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
Bar, Bench & Firm News Orissa High Court gets 3 more additional judges April 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three more additional judges have been appointed to Orissa High Court. Presidential warrants of appointment of the additional judges reached the HC Registry here today, informed the Registrar General of the HC Jatindra Prasad Das. Das himself has been elevated to the bench along with two others. Khurda district sessions Judge Durga Prasanna Choudhury and […] Read more » additional judges in Orrisa HC featured former additional standing counsel Krushnaram Judge Durga Prasanna Choudhury Lok Pal Justice Sarat Chandra Mohapatra Orissa High Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Lok Adalats dispose off 3509 cases in JK April 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lok Adalats have disposed off 3509 cases in Jammu and Kashmir on a single day. “As many as 3509 cases were disposed off in the Lok Adalats convened throughout the state on Saturday”, an official spokesman said. The cases include 3031 labour and 478 family matters, he said, adding, an amount of Rs 57,17,080 […] Read more » dispose off 3509 cases in JK featured J&K State Legal Services Authority Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar lok adalats Lok Adalats dispose off 3509 cases Lok Adalats dispose off cases
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Complaint against judges must come with verifiable material:HC April 11, 2015 / April 11, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Complaint against judges must come with verifiable material:HC To prevent frivolous complaint against judges, the Bombay High Court has made it mandatory that a complaint on an affidavit must be submitted along with “verifiable material” substantiating the allegation. “A complaint making allegations against members of the district judiciary will not be entertained and no action will be taken thereon unless it is accompanied […] Read more » Bombay High Court Complaint against high court judges Complaint against judges featured high court's registrar general Mangesh Patil verifiable material
Bar, Bench & Firm News Navin Sinha sworn-in as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh HC April 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Navin Sinha today took oath as the new Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court. Governor Balram Das Tandon administered him the oath of office at a function at Raj Bhawan here. Chief Minister Raman Singh, Speaker of the state Assembly Gourishankar Agarwal, ministers, former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and others were present on […] Read more » Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh HC Navin Sinha Navin Sinha as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh HC Navin Sinha sworn-in as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh
Bar, Bench & Firm News Strengthen CB-CID wing of state police: HC suggestion to govt April 8, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court bench today suggested to Tamil Nadu government to strengthen the CB-CID wing of police and modernise it with the latest gadgets and ensure technically sound persons could handle them. Justice S Nagamuthu gave the direction after CB-CID conveyed to it that they had closed as unsolved a 10-year-old case relating to […] Read more » CB-CID wing CB-CID wing of state police featured Justice S Nagamuthu Madras High Court Strengthen CB-CID wing
Bar, Bench & Firm News HC frames time-frame for release of prisoners granted bail April 8, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court has set a time- frame for release of prisoners granted bail, saying such persons ought not to remain behind bars “even for a minute more than necessary”. Observing that there can be “absolutely no justification for delays in verification of sureties”, a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini Delhi High Court featured Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Bar, Bench & Firm News SC seeks Centre’s response on a PIL challenging penal laws on defamation April 8, 2015 / April 8, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to respond to a plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging constitutional validity of two penal provisions relating to the offence of defamation. A bench of also asked senior advocates K Parasaran and T R Andhyarujina to assist it as amicus curiae in the case. SC seeks Centre’s […] Read more » featured Justice Dipak Misra Justice Prafulla C. Pant plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy
