Top Law News Another ex-judge backs Justice Katju, alleges ‘political influence’ in high court appointment July 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former law minister HR Bhardwaj, who served from 2004 to 2009, on Monday admitted that a district judge who was appointed as additional judge of Madras high court in 2003 and was later confirmed despite adverse intelligence reports, had significant political backing. However, Bhardwaj, who was law minister when the controversial judge was given extensions […] Read more » Justice Markandey Katju Justice Misra Justice RC Lahoti news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Make serving on bench mandatory for senior counsel July 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment will always be a headache in this country as long as senior lawyers are queasy about crossing over from the bar to the bench. Being a practicing advocate has its advantages: One is free to take up cases one likes, there’s more money to be made, not to speak of the freedom from reading monotonous […] Read more » fill up judicial vacancies to clear pendencies Judicial vacancies Justice Markandey Katju Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman Justice Soumitra Sen of the Kolkata High Court Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Make serving on bench mandatory for senior counsel
Top Law News Press Council chief for probe into charges against Khurshid October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju today urged former Chief Justice of India and National Broadcasting Standard Association (NBSA) chief Justice J S Verma to probe allegations against Law Minister Salman Khurshid as also against India Today group and come out with its report. In a letter to Verma, Katju said, “I would request you […] Read more » charges against Khurshid Justice Markandey Katju
Top Law News Canal water allocation not in judicial domain: Supreme Court July 26, 2011 / July 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said the decision on releasing water from rivers’ canals is in the domain of the government and the judiciary has no role to play in it. The court have the ruling while dismissing an application filed by an organisation from Gujarat’s Kutch region, which sought more water for canals in the […] Read more » Canal water allocation Gujarat High Court judicial domain Justice C.K. Prasad Justice Markandey Katju Kachchh Jal Sankat Nivaran Samiti Narmada canal to Kutch SupremeCourt
Top Law News Apex court appoints panel for sex workers July 19, 2011 / July 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday set up a panel to conduct a survey of sex workers and rehabilitate them. A bench comprising of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra said the panel will be headed by senior counsel Pradeep Ghosh and Jayant Bhushan. It will also include three NGOs engaged in helping sex […] Read more » Human trafficking Jayant Bhushan Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju Rehabilitation of Sex Workers Senior Advocate Pradeep Ghosh senior counsel Pradeep Ghosh sex workers Sex Workers in India
Top Law News Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court July 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court The Supreme Court has said that a person holding a power of attorney but not enrolled as an advocate cannot appear in a case on behalf of another person unless permitted by a court. The apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra in their recent order said that “a power […] Read more » Goa Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju Supreme Court
Top Law News Award death penalty in staged shootout cases: Supreme Court May 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said Friday that staged shootouts involving contract killings by policemen should be counted in the category of rarest of rare cases and those found guilty should be sentenced to death. “We are of the view that in cases where a fake encounter is proved against policemen in a trial, they must be […] Read more » Award death penalty Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju staged shootout cases Supreme Court
Top Law News Throw out corrupt subordinate court judges: Apex court May 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Subordinate court judges who indulge in corruption should be “thrown out”, an irate Supreme Court said Tuesday while criticising a woman additional district judge who superseded an apex court order directing a tenant to vacate premises. It also directed the Delhi High Court to take disciplinary action against her. The apex court bench of […] Read more » Additional District Judge apex court Archana Sinha Corrupt court judges Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju subordinate Supreme Court
Top Law News Rehabilitate sex workers, Supreme Court tells states May 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the states to comply with its earlier order on rehabilitating sex workers, failing which it will summon the chief secretaries of the errant states and seek an explanation. The apex court by its February 14 directions had asked the central and state governments to prepare schemes for giving technical and […] Read more » Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju Rehabilitate sex workers Supreme Court
Top Law News Khap panchayats’ diktats must be ruthlessly stamped out: Apex court April 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday held that diktats by ‘khap panchayats’ (caste councils) — aimed at coercing or committing atrocities on young boys and girls who wish to marry inter-caste/religion — were wholly illegal and should be ruthlessly stamped out. ‘We have, in recent years, heard of ‘Khap Panchayats’ (katta panchayats in Tamil Nadu) which often […] Read more » apex court diktats Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju khap panchayats ruthlessly stamped out
Top Law News Supreme Court warns police against custodial violence March 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday warned the police that acts of custodial violence will not be tolerated as they cannot behave like the “oppressors of the people”. An apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, while warning the police, said: “Policemen must learn how to behave as public servants in a […] Read more » custodial violence Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju Mahboob Batcha police Supreme Court warns
