Top Law News Supreme Court rejectes to stay amendments to SC/ST Act September 9, 2018 / September 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, refused to stay the recent amendments brought in to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The bench issued notice to the Centre but refused to stay the amendments, saying “no stay can be granted without hearing the government”. The bench asked the […] Read more » featured Justices A K Sikri justices Ashok Bhushan SC/ST Act Supreme Court
Top Law News J&K Govt Approaches SC in new DGP’s appointment September 8, 2018 / September 8, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir government approached the Supreme Court after violating the Supreme Court guidelines that restricts States from appointing acting and interim police chiefs. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of the state government that in view of the upcoming panchayat polls […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices D Y Chandrachud Supreme Court
Top Law News 1984 anti-Sikh riots: HC seeks CBI reply September 8, 2018 / September 8, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to respond on a bail plea of a convict serving life sentence in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel was seeking on the plea by former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar , which listed it for […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots Delhi High Court featured Justices S. Muralidhar justices Vinod Goel
Top Law News UIDAI’s proposal to hire social media agency is against its submissions, says Supreme Court September 8, 2018 / September 8, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said the proposal of the Unique Identification Authority of India to hire an agency to monitor various social media platforms and monitor such platforms was contrary to its earlier submissions. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked Attorney General KK Venugopal to […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices D Y Chandrachud UIDAI
Top Law News Gujarat Court rejects, Sanjiv Bhatt’s Custody By CID September 7, 2018 / September 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment PALANPUR: A magisterial court in Palanpur,rejected remand application of Gujarat CID (Crime) of former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt and a retired police inspector I B Vyas for 14 days and sent the two to Palanpur sub-jail, with a 22-year-old case of alleged planting of drugs to arrest a man. The CID in its plea while producing both of them […] Read more » Additional Judicial Magistrate V R Charan featured Narendra Modi Sanjiv Bhatt
Top Law News Supreme Court, gave states one week’s time to show exercise To Prevent Mob Lynching September 7, 2018 / September 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday gave states one week’s time to give a report on what steps they have taken to prevent mob lynching. Only nine states have replied to the Supreme Court so far, the top court warned the remaining states that their respective Home Secretaries will be summoned if they fail to file the report within the […] Read more » A M Khawilkar Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured justices D Y Chandrachud Mob Lynching
Top Law News Supreme Court asks, all state to appoint senior police officer to stop cow vigilantism September 7, 2018 / September 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all state governments to appoint a senior police officer for each district to effectively deal with incidents of cow vigilantism. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra the chief secretaries and DGPs of states to file status reports on action taken to prevent such cases. The bench, also comprising Justices Amitava […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra cow vigilantism featured Justices A M Khanwilkar Justices Amitava Roy Supreme Court
Top Law News Hapur lynching case: Supreme Court directs Police IG Zone to supervise the investigation September 6, 2018 / September 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Inspector General of Police of Meerut zone in Uttar Pradesh to directly supervise the probe into the lynching of a Muslim man by a mob in Hapur. A bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, said the officer will also act in accordance with the apex court’s […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Hapur lynching case Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Top Law News Supreme Court dismissed, plea seeking ban the on the book ‘Meesha’said Craftsmanship of writer deserves to be respected September 6, 2018 / September 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A SC Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra expounded that,”Craftsmanship of a writer deserves to be respected, seeking to ban the book ‘Meesha’ for allegedly depicting Hindu women visiting temples in derogatory light, saying the Top court said craftsmanship of a writer deserves to be respected”. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar […] Read more » book 'Meesha' Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices D Y Chandrachud
Top Law News Supreme Court agreed to hear plea on Rafale deal next week September 6, 2018 / September 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the plea of advocate M L Sharma and agreed to hear next week seeking a stay on the Rafale fighter jet deal between India and France. The controversial purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft was deal signed between India and France in […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice Dipak Misra Rafale deal
Intellectual Property News Top Law News Homosexuality is not an offence in India, Supreme Court Ends Section 377 September 6, 2018 / September 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: It is one of the world’s oldest laws criminalizing consensual gay sex, and after weeks of deliberation, Supreme Court has ruled to decriminalise gay sex in a unanimous verdict handed down by a five-judge panel. Chief justices Dipak Misra said “No one can escape from their individualism. Society is now better for individualism. In the present case, our […] Read more » chief justices dipak misra featured Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud justices Rohinton Fali Nariman Section 377 Supreme Court
Top Law News Activists case: PIL in HC seeks action against policemen who briefed media September 5, 2018 / September 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL was filed in the Bombay High Court Tuesday, seeking action against senior IPS officer Parambir Singh and other police officials who briefed the media on their case against some prominent activists arrested over their alleged Maoist links.Singh, state Additional Director General (Law and Order), along with the Pune police had addressed the media […] Read more »
