Top Law News Supreme Court voices displeasure at defence ministry: Manipur ‘fake’ encounters May 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has expressed its displeasure that the Ministry of Defence has “not even bothered” to respond to the letters addressed to it by the CBI’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing the alleged extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the Army, Assam Rifles and police in Manipur. A bench comprising justices Madan […] Read more » ASG encounter featured Madan B Lokur National Human Rights Commission NHRC Special Investigation Team U U Lalit
Top Law News Delhi court awards 3 yrs jail to ex-diplomat for spying for Pak ISI May 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former diplomat Madhuri Gupta, who had served at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, was today sentenced to three years in jail by a Delhi court which convicted her for passing on sensitive information to Pakistan’s ISI. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma gave her the maximum sentence for the offences of spying and wrongful communication […] Read more » featured Madhuri Gupta Mubshar Raza Rana Official Secrets Act Pak ISI Sidharth Sharma
Top Law News Supreme Court apprehends more emergency hearings: Karnataka row May 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court, which had to conduct emergency hearings on the bitter power tussle in Karnataka, today apprehended that it might be forced to do it again if this legal fight is not put to rest. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Congress-JD(S) combine, at the outset expressed his regret to a three-judge bench […] Read more » A M Singhvi Attorney General K K Venugopal featured K G Bopaiah S A Bobde
Top Law News Supreme Court apprehends more emergency hearings: Karnataka row May 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court, which had to conduct emergency hearings on the bitter power tussle in Karnataka, today apprehended that it might be forced to do it again if this legal fight is not put to rest. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Congress-JD(S) combine, at the outset expressed his regret to a three-judge bench […] Read more » Apprehend Congress-JD featured senior advocate Kapil Sibal
Top Law News Supreme Court orders live telecast of floor test at K’taka Assembly May 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today ordered live telecast of the floor test in the Karnataka Assembly where Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has to prove his majority. The floor test is scheduled for 4 pm. “Live broadcast of floor test will be the best possible way to ensure transparency in the proceedings,” a bench comprising justices […] Read more » A.K. Sikri Ashok Bhushan B.S. Yeddyurappa featured K'taka S A Bobde
Top Law News Bombay High Court : Form special team to probe emails sent to Tata firm May 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the Mumbai Police to constitute a “special team” of officials, who are experienced in dealing with cyber crimes, to probe into allegations of defamatory emails received by a subsidiary company of the Tata Motors. A vacation bench, presided by Justice SJ Kathawalla, also directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner to […] Read more » Bombay High Court Delhi Police Commissioner featured SJ Kathawalla Supreme Court TMIBASL
Top Law News Collegium: Further deliberation needed for elevating Judge to Supreme Court May 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court collegium has favoured “further deliberation” and “broad-based consideration” of names of Chief Justices of various high courts before sending its decision reiterating the elevation of Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph as a judge of the top court. The resolution of the May 16 collegium meeting, uploaded on the supreme court website […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Chief Justice K M Joseph Collegium featured Indira Banerjee J Chelameswar Kurian Joseph M B Lokur R Subhash Reddy Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Supreme Court witnesses high-voltage hearing on Karnataka crisis May 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The high-voltage hearing on the Karnataka crisis in the Supreme Court today witnessed trading of charges between the BJP and the Congress-JD(S) combine with both claiming to have numbers in their favour. The combine alleged that Governor Vajubhai Vala was not correct in inviting the BJP, which had lesser numbers than the Congress-JD(S) alliance. However, […] Read more » featured Governor Vajubhai Vala Karnataka crisis Mukul Rohatgi
Top Law News Supreme Court approves draft Cauvery Management Scheme May 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today approved the Centre’s draft Cauvery Management Scheme for smooth distribution of water among four southern riparian states. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra rejected the suggestions of Karnataka and Kerala governments over the scheme, terming them as devoid of merits. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar BJP Cauvery Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Congress-JD CWDT Dipak Misra featured Supreme Court
Top Law News Justice Chelameswar shares dias with CJI on his last working day May 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice J Chelameswar, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court who had virtually revolted by holding a controversial January 12 presser, today shared dais with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on his last working day. Justice Chelameswar, who retires on June 22, sat in a bench headed by the CJI along with Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra dias Justice J. Chelameswar
Top Law News Supreme Court orders floor test in Karnataka Assembly at 4pm tomorrow May 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today ordered a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly at 4 PM tomorrow, reducing the 15-day window given by the Governor to BJP Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to prove majority. “Let the House decide and the best course would be floor test,” a three-judge bench headed by Justice A K Sikri […] Read more » featured floor test Karnataka Assembly
Top Law News Supreme Court notice to Centre on fresh plea seeking to decriminalise gay sex May 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre seeking its reply on a plea by a group of 20 former and current students of the prestigious IITs challenging section 377 of the IPC, which criminalises unnatural sex between two consenting adults of the same gender. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices […] Read more » 'Humsafar Trust' A M Khanwilkar Arif Jafar Ashok Row Kavi Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured gay sex LGBT
