Top Law News SC transfers Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case to CBI November 28, 2018 / November 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the CBI to investigate the allegations of physical and sexual abuse of inmates at 16 shelter homes in Bihar. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur transferred the investigation being conducted by Bihar Police to the CBI, and dismissed the state government’s request not to do so. The CBI is […] Read more » featured Justice Madan B. Lokur
Top Law News SC closed contempt proceedings over sealing drive against Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari November 23, 2018 / November 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday rebuked Delhi BJP chief and Lok Sabha MP Manoj Tiwari for allegedly breaking the seal of premises in New Delhi. The top court, described Mr Tiwari’s action as “misplaced bravado” including his chest thumping and a misplaced political agenda. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur slammed Tiwari, saying the court was […] Read more » featured Justice Madan B. Lokur
Top Law News Framing guidelines for keeping foreigners in detention centres : Supreme Court November 8, 2018 / November 8, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that the process of framing guidelines for keeping foreign nationals in detention centres across the country was “under preparation”. The Centre told a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur that the work of framing detention manual or guidelines was being taken up “very seriously”. It also stated […] Read more » Assam Police Housing Corporation Ltd Justice Madan B. Lokur R Subhash Reddy Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Supreme Court
Top Law News Contempt notice to BJP leader Manoj Tiwari, for breaking lock of sealed house September 19, 2018 / September 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the presence of Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari before it on September 25 for allegedly breaking the lock of a house sealed by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) in Gokulpur. Terming the action of Tiwari “unfortunate”, a bench of Justice Madan B Lokur, Justice Abdul […] Read more » featured Justice Abdul S Nazeer Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur Manoj Tiwari
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC terms use of spikes, fireballs to drive away elephants as barbaric August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today termed the use of spikes and fireballs to drive away elephants as “barbaric”and said that states should be desisted from using any such methods. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed that states have to stop such practice after the apex court was told that these […] Read more » 'West Bengal Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur Odisha
Top Law News SC shows concern over deaths in accidents due to potholes July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed concern over deaths in accident caused by potholes on roads across the country and observed that the number fatalities caused due to such accidents was more than those in terror attacks. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepka Gupta observed that a large number of people were […] Read more » Justice Deepka Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur potholes Road Safety
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Public Utilities Delhi govt informs about timeline in SC for removing traffic bottlenecks July 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi government today informed the Supreme Court about the timeline for removal of traffic bottlenecks at 77 “congested corridors” and said short term measures, like minor improvements in road geometrics to deal with the issue would take six to eight months. Elaborating the measures for removing these bottlenecks, the AAP government said these […] Read more » AAP government Advocate Wasim A Qadri bottlenecks featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur
Top Law News Supreme Court summons chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana: Yamuna water April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the chief secretaries of Haryana and Delhi to appear before it on Monday after the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said it was not receiving enough water to supply to the national capital. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur took a strong note of the apathy shown by authorities […] Read more » featured Haryana Justice Madan B. Lokur the Delhi government Wazirabad reservoir Yamuna water
High Profile Cases CJI first among equals with power to allocate cases: Supreme Court April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the “first among equals” and occupies a unique position having the “exclusive prerogative” to allocate cases and set up benches to hear cases, the Supreme Court ruled today. The verdict assumed significance as it came in the backdrop of the January 12 unprecedented press conference of senior-most judges […] Read more » allocation of cases CJI featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi NGO Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms
High Profile Cases Need to introspect on effectiveness of POCSO Act: Justice Madan B Lokur February 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Madan B Lokur today said time has come to “introspect” on the “effectiveness” of the law to protect children from sexual abuse and what has been achieved in the nearly six years since the enactment of the POCSO Act. He said there is a need to carry out an “assessment of the impact” the […] Read more » featured Justice Madan B. Lokur POCSO POCSO Act
High Profile Cases Use technology for welfare of children : Supreme Court February 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s status as a technological power house in the world would remain on paper if the state does not take advantage of its resources to benefit the children or track the missing ones, the Supreme Court has said. The Supreme court, while stressing the need for use of technology in Juvenile Justice Boards (JJB) and […] Read more » Child Welfare Committees CWC featured JJB Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur Juvenile Justice Boards SC technology track the missing children Use technology for welfare of children welfare of children
Top Law News SC questions Delhi government and DDA over proposed amendments in DMP February 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the Delhi government and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to apprise it whether an environmental impact assessment was conducted before proposing amendments in the Delhi master plan, 2021. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also asked DDA, Delhi government and the municipal agencies to file withing a […] Read more » amendments in DMP DDA Delhi government and DDA featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur proposed amendments in DMP SC SC questions Delhi govt
