High Profile Cases Outgoing CJI Gogoi declines requests for interviews and lauds media for maturity in trying times of Supreme Court. November 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Outgoing Chief Justice India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Friday expressed his inability to have one-to-one interview with scribes and lauded the press for its “maturity” and “character” in preventing “canards and falsehood” in “trying times” of the judiciary. Justice Gogoi, the 46th CJI and the first from a north-eastern state, said it was not the […] Read more » CJI Dipak Misra Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Madan B Lokur Outgoing Chief Justice India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Indian judiciary strongest, most robust institution in world: CJI Dipak Misra October 1, 2018 / October 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: As Justice Dipak Misra’s term comes to an end the outgoing Chief Justice on Monday said that Indian judiciary is the “most robust institution” in the world. Our judiciary has been strongest judiciary in the world having capability to handle mind boggling number of cases,” Justice Misra, who will retire as the CJI Tuesday, said while […] Read more » CJI Dipak Misra featured justices Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Explore use of advanced technology to give RTI replies to differently-able’ says SC September 30, 2018 / September 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court directed the Centre as well as the stste to explore the use of advanced technology in providing information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to differently-abled persons. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said such people should have a functional-facility to receive the information as […] Read more » CJI Dipak Misra featured Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud RTI
Top Law News Bhima-Koregaon Case: Supreme Court extends house arrest of five activists, rules out SIT probe September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday extended the house arrest of five rights activists who were taken into custody by the Pune Police in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case. The plea for an SIT was not entertained, with the accused given the liberty to pursue other appropriate remedies and the top court declined to appoint a SIT […] Read more » Bhima-Koregaon Case CJI Dipak Misra featured Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud
Top Law News Supreme Court lifts ban on entry of women to Sabarimala Temple September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Friday pronounced its verdict on entry of women into the Sabarimala temple of Kerala. While reading out the verdict, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said, “The practice of barring women in age group of 10-50 to go inside the temple is violative of constitutional […] Read more » CJI Dipak Misra featured Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud justices Indu Malhotra Sabarimala temple
Top Law News Bhima-Koregaon case: Supreme Court To Deliver Verdict on the arrest of five activists today September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will be going to pronounce its verdict on the arrest of five rights activists in Bhima-Koregaon violence case on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of five activists. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had reserved the judgment on September 20 after counsel […] Read more » Bhima-Koregaon Case CJI Dipak Misra featured Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud
Top Law News Will women be allowed entry at Sabarimala temple? Supreme Court to Decide Today September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will on Friday is likely to pronounce a verdict on the Sabarimala case of petitions challenging restrictions on the entry of women between the ages of 10 and 50 inside Kerala’s Sabarimala temple. Women of menstrual age are restricted from entering the temple as its presiding deity, Lord Ayyappa, is considered to be a […] Read more » CJI Dipak Misra featured Sabarimala temple
Top Law News Adultery law verdict: SC Strikes Down Section 497 September 27, 2018 / September 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously declared that Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code which deals with adultery. A bench of CJI Dipak Misra, Justices Rohinton Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra. SC strikes down Section 497. The five-judge Supreme Court bench is unanimous in ruling that Section 497 of the IPC that makes […] Read more » Adultery law CJI Dipak Misra featured Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud justices Indu Malhotra Justices Rohinton Nariman
Top Law News Four senior judges say situation in SC “not in order” January 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an unprecedented move, four senior most judges of the Supreme Court today called a press conference and said the situation in the top court was “not in order” and many “less than desirable” things have taken place. Unless this institution is preserved, “democracy will not survive in this country,” the four judges said. Justice […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal CJI Dipak Misra featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi situation in SC "not in order" Supreme Court judges’ press conference
