Top Law News The Bar Council of India asks lawyers not to wear coat and long gowns during COVID-19. May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India asked lawyers across the country on Thursday not to wear coats and long gowns during the hearings through video conferencing before any court or tribunal as a precautionary measure to check the spread of coronavirus infection . The apex bar body’s direction came a day after the Supreme Court issued […] Read more » justice Hrishikesh Roy Justice Indu Malhotra lawyers not to wear coat and long gowns not to wear coat and long gowns during COVID-19 The Bar Council of India
Criminal Law News Bihar Shelter Home Rape: Supreme Court Grants CBI 3 Months To Complete Investigation June 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has granted a further period of three months to the CBI to complete its investigation in Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case. The vacation bench of Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice MR Shah took note of interim status report filed by the CBI in this case. The bench also directed the investigating agency […] Read more » 3 Months To Complete Investigation Bihar Shelter Home Rape Justice Indu Malhotra Justice MR Shah Supreme Court Grants
Top Law News Sabarimala Case: SC Agrees to Hear Review Petitions on Jan 22 November 14, 2018 / November 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear in open court review petitions challenging its verdict allowing entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala temple. Hearing a bunch of petitions seeking a review of the court’s verdict, the Supreme Court said it will now hear the matter on January 22 in an open court. The […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice AM Khanwilkar Justice DY Chandrachud Justice Indu Malhotra
Public Utilities Top Law News Sabarimala temple case: Kerala govt to SC ‘ban on women unconstitutional’ August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Kerala government today told the Supreme Court that the custom of barring entry of women between the age group of 10 to 50 years into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala is not permissible under the Constitution. It said that celibate status of deity cannot be a ground for barring entry of women as […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Justice Indu Malhotra justice R F Nariman Shri Ramakrishna Paramhans
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC rejects bail plea of juvenile accused in Gurgaon schoolboy killing July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today rejected a bail plea of a juvenile, accused of killing a seven-year-old boy in a private school in Gurgaon. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra rejected the plea which sought default bail on the ground that charge sheet was not filed within 60 days. The bench […] Read more » Gurgaon Justice Indu Malhotra justice R F Nariman juvenile killing
High Profile Cases Aircel-Maxis case: SC recuses from hearing Swamy’s plea June 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Supreme Court judge today recused herself from hearing a plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking to implead himself as a party in a case related to probe into alleged disproportionate assets of an ED officer investigating the Aircel-Maxis deal case. Swamy said the petition filed by Rajneesh Kapur seeking investigation of assets […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis deal case BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Justice Indu Malhotra Justice S Abdul Nazeer
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Collegium clears Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph as judges of SC January 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the name of senior advocate Indu Malhotra as the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a judge of the apex court, sources said today. Along with her, Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph, who was part of the bench which in 2016 had quashed the […] Read more » featured Justice Indu Malhotra Justice K M Joseph Justice R. Banumathi Supreme Court collegium