Top Law News Supreme Court allows live streaming Of Hearings September 26, 2018 / September 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: In a string of verdicts on Wednesday, the Supreme Court has allowed live webcast of court proceedings in the court. The Top Court said that “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,”and added that it will promote transparency in the judiciary. The bench chaired by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra hoped that the rules for live streaming […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured
Top Law News Taking Note of ‘Misuse’ of Section 498A, SC restores police power to act in Dowry Cases September 14, 2018 / September 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Advocating for balancing interests of both the sides in dowry harassment cases, Supreme Court restored the powers of the police to act on complaints of dowry harassment under Section 498A OF IPC. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra restored the power of the police to decide whether or not to make […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured Justice AM Khanwilkar Justice DY Chandrachud Section 498A
Top Law News Every right matters, balancing rights can sometimes be a difficult task: CJI September 9, 2018 / September 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment PUNE: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra while delevering his speech at Dr Patangrao Kadam Memorial Public Lecture Series at Bharti Vidyapeeth in Pune, said “balancing of rights” is sometimes a difficult task. Dipak Misra, who among the five-member constitution bench that decriminalised consensual gay sex and finished section 377 making homosexuality legal across the country. There is no […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured
Top Law News Supreme Court adjourn hearing on Article 35 A to January after government argued of security issue August 31, 2018 / August 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday has put off hearing petitions against the Constitution’s Article 35A till January 19, 2019. The Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government argued that any decision on Article 35A could lead to deterioration of law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir where panchayat elections are scheduled to be held soon. Article 35A, […] Read more » Article 35-A Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System CJI Misra asks budding lawyers, judges to not get swayed away by infighting August 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today asked budding lawyers and judges not to get swayed away by infighting and distractions that come their way and suggested them to deal with such situations courageously. He was addressing law students at the sixth convocation of the National Law University here. “You are required to develop […] Read more » budding lawyers Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra National law university
Top Law News SC says ‘Mobocracy Can’t Become New Norm’ July 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: On mob killings in the name of cow protection, the Supreme Court today said no citizen can take the law into their hands and the government must act. “It is the state’s duty to ensure order and prevent mobocracy,” the court said today. “In case of fear and anarchy, the state has to […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured mob killings mobocracy social activist Tehseen Poonawalla social activist Tushar Gandhi
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 likely to decide tomorrow: Kathua case transfer to CBI May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court is likely to hear tomorrow the Kathua gangrape-and-murder case along with the petitions seeking shifting of the trial to Chandigarh and handing over the investigation to the CBI. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, which had stayed the trial in the case till tomorrow, would deal with the […] Read more » CBI Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured Kathua case Supreme Court
Top Law News Indu Malhotra takes oath as Supreme Court judge April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior advocate Indu Malhotra was today administered the oath of office as a Supreme Court judge by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, making her the first woman lawyer to enter the top judiciary directly. With Malhotra joining the bench, the strength of the Supreme Court is now 25, against the sanctioned strength of 31, […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra CJI featured Indu Malhotra Supreme Court
Top Law News Judges row: SC to soon make public work allocation system January 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has examined suggestions from stakeholders to bring transparency in allocation of sensitive PILs to judges and is likely to bring in the public domain soon the system he is going to adopt for it, sources close to him said today. They said that the listing of two petitions demanding […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured Judges row justice Jasti Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi public work allocation system SC SCBA Supreme Court Bar Association
