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 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 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
Top Law News SC dismisses plea to ban book ‘Meesha’, says craftsmanship of writer deserves to be respected September 5, 2018 / September 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking to ban the book ‘Meesha’ for allegedly depicting Hindu women visiting temples in derogatory light, saying “craftsmanship of a writer deserves to be respected”. A bench headed by Chief justice Dipak Misra said a book must not be read in a “fragmented manner” but as a whole. […] Read more » ban the book 'Meesha' Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Meesha Supreme Court top legal news
Top Law News SC to hear plea against Sharia courts September 2, 2018 / September 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court has considered a fresh plea of a Muslim woman seeking to declare as unconstitutional the setting up of Sharia courts to decide marriage, divorce and other cases. The apex court, which had last year banned the age-old practice of instant ‘triple talaq’ among Sunni Muslims, had on March 26 decided […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud Sharia courts Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Supreme Court, orders house arrest for 5 activist till september 6 in Bhima Koregaon Case August 29, 2018 / August 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Describing dissent as a safety valve, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that the five human rights activists arrested by Maharashtra Police should be kept under house arrest until the next date of hearing on September 6. Bhardwaj, P Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves, be kept under house arrest […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured house arrest for 5 activist till september 6 Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News SC rejects plea for minimum punishment, of two years for electoral offences August 28, 2018 / August 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra refused to entertain plea that sought a minimum punishment of two years for electoral offences by candidates and political parties. The bench refused to entertain a PIL filed by advocate that sought to make electoral offences cognisable. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay that sought to make electoral offences […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices D Y Chandrachud Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Supreme court prohibited NOTA in Upper House Election August 23, 2018 / August 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said that the option of none of the above (NOTA) cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha elections. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the NOTA option was meant only for direct elections and not polls held by the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar NOTA Rajya Sabha elections Supreme Court
