Top Law News Supreme Court says Centre should frame guidelines to deal with social media misuse September 26, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that technology has taken a “dangerous turn” and asked the Centre to apprise it within three weeks about the time-frame needed to come up with guidelines to curb misuse of social media in the country. A bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose expressed serious concern over some […] Read more » guidelines to deal with social media misuse Justice Aniruddha Bose Justice Deepak Gupta social media misuse
Top Law News Parity between salaries of police personnel and home guards not possible: Delhi High Court September 26, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Salaries and perks paid to police personnel cannot be equated with that of home guards as there is no parity between their service condition, the Delhi High Court has ruled. Holding that home guards are engaged on temporary basis whereas the employment of the police personnel has a permanent feature, said a bench of Chief […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel Delhi High Court Justice C Hari Shankar Parity between salaries of police personnel and home guards
Top Law News Supreme Court agrees to hear plea of disqualified Karnataka MLAs seeking to contest Assembly by-polls September 23, 2019 / September 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear the plea of 17 disqualified Karnataka MLAs who are seeking to contest by-polls for 15 Assembly seats in the state. A three-judge bench, headed by justice N V Ramana, said it would hear on September 25 the plea in which the disqualified MLAs have sought interim relief to […] Read more » disqualified Karnataka MLA
Top Law News Staying near refineries can pose health & security risks: Bombay High Court September 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Monday said making people stay in the heavily air polluted Mahul area of Mumbai may not only pose health risks, but also increase security concerns on refineries located in the vicinity. A division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre said the Maharashtra government cannot force any […] Read more » Bombay High Court chief justice Pradeep Nandrajog Justice Bharati Dangre Staying near refineries can pose health & security risks
Top Law News Judges should possess sterling quality of integrity: Supreme Court September 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The judiciary is an institution founded on honesty and integrity, the Supreme Court has said, reasserting that it is necessary judicial officers possess the “sterling quality of integrity” to be able to serve the public. It made the observation while refusing to show any leniency to a Maharashtra-based judicial magistrate, who had challenged his 2004 […] Read more » Judges should possess sterling quality of integrity
Top Law News Four Supreme Court judges take oath of office taking total strength to 34 September 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four new Supreme Court judges took oath of office on Monday, taking the total strength of judges in the apex court to 34. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi administered the oath of office and secrecy to justices Krishna Murari, S Ravindra Bhat, V Ramasubramanian and Hrishikesh Roy in a simple function in courtroom […] Read more » justice Hrishikesh Roy justices Krishna Murari Justices Ramasubramanian S Ravindra Bhat supreme court judges V Ramasubramanian
Top Law News Kerala High Court strikes down college hostel rule prohibiting mobile use September 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a significant verdict, the Kerala High Court has held that discipline shall not be be enforced by blocking the ways and means of students to acquire knowledge, as it directed readmission of a girl student expelled from her college hostel for opposing a regulation on use of mobile phones. The court allowed the petition […] Read more » college hostel rule prohibiting mobile use Justice P V Asha
Top Law News Man accused of molesting ex-Bollywood actor gives court statement September 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man accused of molesting a former Bollywood actor on board a flight on Thursday told a court here that be wanted to bring two defence witnesses to record their testimonies in connection with the December 2017 incident. The former actor, then 17, had accused Vikas Sachdev of molesting her on board a Mumbai-bound flight […] Read more » POCSO Vikas Sachdev
Top Law News Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court does not support claims on inability to access court there : Supreme Court September 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday said it has received a report from the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court and claims that people are unable to access the court there are not supported. Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, representing child right activists Inakshi Ganguly and Shanta Sinha who have alleged detention of children in […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi inability to access court Justice S A Nazeer Justices S A Bobde
Top Law News Supreme Court notice to Centre on plea of mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi September 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea filed by mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, who had allegedly committed suicide following alleged caste-based discrimination, seeking to end such bias in universities and other higher education institutions across the country. While Vemula, a Ph.D scholar at Hyderabad Central University had committed suicide […] Read more » Payal Tadvi Rohith Vemula
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear Ayodhya case for an hour more daily from Monday September 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute case for an extra hour from next Monday to conclude the hearing before the October 18 deadline fixed by it. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which was hearing the decades-old politically sensitive land dispute on 28th […] Read more » Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute case
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks report from J&K High Court on claims about people being unable to approach court September 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming as “very very serious” the claim that people are finding it difficult to approach the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the Supreme Court Monday decided to verify it by asking the Chief Justice there to “forthwith” submit a report in this regard. “If you are saying so, we are bound to take serious note […] Read more » Jammu and Kashmir High Court
