Top Law News Koregaon-Bhima case: SC refuses to interfere with arrests of five activists September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi:The Supreme Court Friday refused to interfere with the arrest of five rights activists by the Maharashtra Police in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case and declined to appoint a SIT to probe their arrest. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a 2:1 verdict, refused the plea seeking the immediate […] Read more » arrests of five activists featured Koregaon-Bhima case SC
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 Man is not owner of wife’s sexuality: Justice DY Chandrachud September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, struck down Indian Penal Code Section 497. Justice D Y Chandrachud while striking down the anti-adultery law said that a married woman can make her own sexual choices. By marrying, she has not consented to refrain from sexual relations outside marriage without the permission of her husband. A husband is […] Read more » Adultery law featured Justice DY Chandrachud
Top Law News PNB case: Choksi gets time till Oct 30 to reply to ED plea September 27, 2018 / September 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai:A special court Wednesday gave diamond jeweller Mehul Choksi, a key accused in the PNB bank fraud case, time till October 30 to file his reply to an Enforcement Directorate (ED) plea seeking to declare him a “fugitive” under a new law. Earlier, the Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court had summoned Choksi […] Read more » Choksi featured PNB case
Top Law News SC declares penal provision on adultery unconstitutional September 27, 2018 / September 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi:The Supreme Court Thursday declared as unconstitutional the penal provision on adultery. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and R F Nariman held that Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offence of adultery is unconstitutional. “We declare Sec 497 IPC and Sec 198 of CrPC dealing with […] Read more » adultery featured penal provision Section 497
Top Law News Vyapam case: Court orders FIR against senior Cong leaders September 27, 2018 / September 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A court here has directed police to register an FIR against senior Congress leaders Digvijay Singh, Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia and an RTI activist on charges of “fabricating evidence” in the Vyapam scam case. The special court of Additional District Judge Suresh Singh here in Madhya Pradesh issued the order Wednesday in […] Read more » Digvijay Singh featured Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia Vyapam case
Top Law News SC declines to refer to five-judge bench whether mosque is integral to Islam September 27, 2018 / September 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday declined to refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgement that a mosque was not integral to Islam which had arisen during the hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute. In a majority verdict of 2:1, an apex court bench headed by Chief […] Read more » featured Islam ive-judge bench mosque mosque is integral to Islam
Top Law News Creamy Layer is Applicable in SC/ST Reservations says Supreme Court September 27, 2018 / September 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday has introduce a framework in reservations in promotions for SC/ST but has also introduced OBC quota type creamy layer principal. The creamy layer is a concept that puts an income ceiling on people availing of caste-wise reservations in government jobs and education. A constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India […] Read more » featured reservation in promotion to SC/ST employees: SC/ST
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
