Top Law News Supreme Court rejects PIL to frame rules to regulate composition of benches April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a PIL seeking the framing of rules to regulate the composition of benches, including constitution benches, and the allocation of work. Junking the PIL by advocate Asok Pande, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said that the CJI was the head […] Read more » advocate Asok Pande Chief Justice Dipak Misra CJI featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice Chandrachud Justice D.Y. Chandrachud PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to order CBI probe into cases of fuel adulteration April 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to order a CBI probe into cases of fuel adulteration, saying that the law was already in place to enable the authorities to take action against such malpractices. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra noted that the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has filed an affidavit stating […] Read more » CBI CBI probe into fuel adulteration Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel
Top Law News Aadhaar law is just, fair & reasonable: Centre to SC April 4, 2018 / April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today justified the Aadhaar Act in the Supreme Court, saying it was a “fair and reasonable law” which complied with the tests prescribed by the historic verdict on the right to privacy. A nine-judge constitution bench, on August 24 last year, had declared the right to privacy as a fundamental right and termed […] Read more » Aadhaar Ac Ajay Bhushan Pandey Attorney general Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud UIDAI
High Profile Cases ‘Khap panchayat’ interference in marriage of two consenting adults absolutely illegal : SC March 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to inter-faith or inter-caste couples who often face threat to their lives due to their relationship, the Supreme Court today banned any interference by illegal assemblies like khap panchayats into their marriages, terming the intrusions as “absolutely illegal.” A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud khap panchayat
High Profile Cases Supreme Court extends protection to Karti Chidambaram till April 2. March 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today extended the interim protection against arrest to Karti Chidambaram, granted by the Delhi High Court in the INX Media money laundering case, till April 2. The order came as the Enforcement Directorate sought an authoritative pronouncement from the top court in view of several conflicting orders of different high courts on […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured INX Media money laundering case Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Karti Chidambaram protection to Karti chidambaram
High Profile Cases The Supreme Court closes proceedings against Tej Pratap in murder case. March 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today closed proceedings against former Bihar minister Tej Pratap, son of jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, in the murder case of a Siwan-based journalist. The Supreme Court had asked the CBI to investigate allegations relating to media reports featuring photographs and videos that showed Pratap, former Bihar health minister, along with […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud murder case Rajdeo Ranjan murder case Tej Pratap Tej Pratap in murder case The Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Jaiprakash Associates Ltd to deposit Rs 200 crore by May 10 March 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the embattled realty firm Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) to deposit Rs 200 crore in two installments by May 10. The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked the real-estate major to deposit Rs 100 crore by April 6 and the rest by May 10. The bench, comprising justices A […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Justices A M Khanwilkar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court asks all High Courts to give details on setting up of children’s courts March 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed all High Courts in the country to give details on whether special courts to ensure speedy trial of offences against children have been set up in each district. The court considered Section 25 and 26 of the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 which provide that there has […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra children's courts Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act 2005 featured High Courts Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Centre for report on conditions in Rohingya camps March 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to file a “comprehensive status report” giving details of conditions in Rohingya refugee camps in various states. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of senior advocate Colin Gonsalves that conditions at the camps are unhygienic […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra conditions in Rohingya camps featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Rohingya Rohingya camps Supreme Court
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Supreme Court reserves verdict on pleas for probe into judge Loya’s death March 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged mysterious death of special CBI judge B H Loya. Loya, who was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, had allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014 when he had gone […] Read more » alleged mysterious death of special CBI judge B H Loya Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice A M Khanwilkar featured high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Loya's death Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear pleas against Karnataka High Court order on warnings on tobacco products March 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would hear all 45 petitions together including the one filed by the Centre against a Karnataka High Court order quashing the 2014 government regulation that packets of tobacco products must carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of the packaging space. The bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Supreme Court t Karnataka High Court tobacco products
High Profile Cases Supreme Court seeks details of unencumbered assets of Unitech Ltd March 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought details of all unencumbered assets of embattled real estate major Unitech Limited and said that they would be auctioned to refund money to home buyers. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also imposed a cost of Rs 25 lakh on J M Financial Asset Reconstruction Company, which had […] Read more » embattled real estate major Unitech Limited featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Justices A M Khanwilkar unencumbered assets unencumbered assets of embattled real estate major Unitech Limited Unitech Limited
