Court, Judiciary & Legal System Suggest measuress for speedy disposal of cases : CJI to HCs June 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has asked the high courts across the country to suggest measures for speedy disposal of cases to curb pendency and filling up of vacancies in the subordinate judiciary. In a communication to the chief justices of the high courts, the CJI has suggested that a disposal review […] Read more » Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra featured High Court Orissa High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Madras High Court: Seven newly appointed judges sworn in June 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CHENNAI: Seven newly appointed judges of the Madras High Court were sworn in today. Chief Justice Indira Banerjee administered the oath of office to them. With this, the total strength of the Madras High Court has reached 63 out of the sanctioned strength of 75. All the judges are from the Bar. The Law Ministry had […] Read more » Chennai Chief Justice Indira Banerjee featured High Court judges Madras
Top Law News High Court extends stay on launch of Nifty-based products by SGX May 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today extended its interim stay on the launch of Nifty-based new derivative contracts by Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) till May 31. A vacation bench of Justice S J Kathawalla deferred the hearing on the dispute between the National Stock Exchange India Ltd (NSE) and the SGX after the parties sought time […] Read more » Abhishek Manu Singhvi Bombay High Court featured High Court National Stock Exchange India Ltd NSE S J Kathawalla SGX
High Profile Cases Top Law News Mumbai municipal commissioner appears before high court May 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta today appeared before the Bombay High Court and assured that the court’s directions on a plea by some tenants of a building in south Mumbai would be complied with. Vacation judge Justice S J Kathawala had summoned Mehta after the civic body failed to comply with directions passed by the […] Read more » Ajoy Mehta featured High Court S J Kathawala
Top Law News High Court raps police for seeking remand of people even for petty offences May 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has slammed police for invoking powers vested with them during “pre-independence era” and seeking remand of people even for petty offences. Justice M S Ramesh said the Supreme Court has time and again reiterated the cardinal principles, namely, “bail is the rule and jail is an exception and that persons accused […] Read more » featured High Court M S Ramesh Madras High Court police remand
Top Law News High Court’s notice drawn to panchayat poll violence May 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Alleging widespread violence and deaths during the West Bengal panchayat polls today, a lawyer showed videos to the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and prayed for summoning the State Election Commissioner (SEC) and the state home secretary to ensure a peaceful election. A division bench of Chief Justice J Bhattacharya and Justice Arijit […] Read more » featured High Court J Bhattacharya Justice Arijit Banerjee panchayat poll panchayat poll violence
Top Law News Man moves High Court in search of ‘wife’, woman denies wedlock May 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man knocked the doors of the Delhi High Court in search of a woman whom he claimed to be his wife but she refused to go with him telling the court that she never married him. The woman also denied the man’s claim that she was detained illegally by her brother and maintained that […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured High Court wedlock
Top Law News Supreme Court asks HCs to form anti-sexual harassment panels in all courts within 2 months May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked chief justices or acting chief justices of all high courts to set up anti-sexual harassment committees in courts across the country within two months in accordance with a 2013 law. It also requested Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal of the Delhi High Court to constitute the panel in the high […] Read more » anti-sexual anti-sexual harassment panels Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured High Court panel's Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court stays High Court order to accept nominations through e-mail: Panchayat polls May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed the Calcutta High Court order asking the West Bengal State Election Commission to accept the nomination papers filed through e-mail for the panchayat elections and directed the poll body not to declare s those candidates who have won unopposed as winners. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra termed […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured High Court panchayat polls Supreme Court
Top Law News Wife’s allegation of infidelity is cruelty, says High Court; grants divorce to husband May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has granted divorce to a man holding that his estranged wife’s false allegation of illicit relation between him and his widowed sister-in-law amounted to cruelty. Holding that the allegations of illicit relations were not true, Justice J R Midha granted divorce to the man while setting aside a trial court’s order […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured High Court Justice J.R. Midha
Top Law News Supreme Court: Adult couple can live together without marriage May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An adult couple has a right to live together without marriage, the Supreme Court said, while asserting that a 20-year-old Kerala woman, whose marriage had been annulled, could choose whom she wanted to live with. The top court held that live-in relationships were now even recognized by the Legislature and they had found a place […] Read more » 2005 ct Domestic Violence A featured High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court tells Maha govt: List steps taken to tackle malnutrition May 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to list down the steps taken by it to implement previous orders of the court on tackling malnutrition in the state. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni earlier this week gave the directions while taking note of the information given by petitioners […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured G S Kulkarni High Court Melghat and Nandurbar Naresh Patil
