Top Law News JNU violence: SC rejects plea for SIT probe, contempt action January 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking an SIT probe into the February 2016 violence inside a trial court here during which former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and others were assaulted, saying it would not “flog a dead horse back to life”. A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi did not accept […] Read more » : SC rejects plea for SIT probe Advocate Prashant Bhushan contempt action featured JNU violence Justice R. Banumathi Justice Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Judges row: SC to soon make public work allocation system January 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has examined suggestions from stakeholders to bring transparency in allocation of sensitive PILs to judges and is likely to bring in the public domain soon the system he is going to adopt for it, sources close to him said today. They said that the listing of two petitions demanding […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured Judges row justice Jasti Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi public work allocation system SC SCBA Supreme Court Bar Association
Top Law News BCI panel discusses SC crisis with Justice Arun Mishra January 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bar Council of India panel today met Supreme Court judge Arun Mishra and discussed the crisis in the apex judiciary. Justice Mishra was assigned by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra a PIL relating to the death of special CBI judge B H Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. Four senior […] Read more » Bar Council of India BCI panel featured Justice a J Chelameswar Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice Arun Mishra Justice Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice R.K. Agrawal Justice Ranjan Gogoi SC crisis
Top Law News SC crisis: BCI delegation meeting SC judges January 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bar Council of India delegation led by its chairman Manan Kumar Mishra is meeting Supreme Court judges today to discuss the unprecedented crisis that has hit the judiciary. According to sources, the seven-member delegation has already met some of the judges of the top court and are scheduled to meet remaining judges including Chief […] Read more » featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi SC crisis
Top Law News Four senior judges say situation in SC “not in order” January 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an unprecedented move, four senior most judges of the Supreme Court today called a press conference and said the situation in the top court was “not in order” and many “less than desirable” things have taken place. Unless this institution is preserved, “democracy will not survive in this country,” the four judges said. Justice […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal CJI Dipak Misra featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi situation in SC "not in order" Supreme Court judges’ press conference
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News SC collegium finalises MoP for higher judiciary appointments March 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court collegium has finalised the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges in the higher judiciary resolving a year-long impasse with the executive by agreeing to include the contentious clause of national security in selection of judges. Sources said the collegium, comprising five seniormost judges of the apex court, had met recently […] Read more » Chief Justice J.S. Khehar collegium finalises MoP featured judiciary appointments Justice Dipak Misra Justice J. Chelameswar justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) NJAC case SC
Consumer Law News Family Law News Top Law News Farmer on leased land after expiry period can’t be evicted: SC July 10, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that a farmer, who is in possession of leased land even after expiry of the lease period, cannot be evicted if the owner either acknowledges the tenancy or is accepting the rent. Referring to a provision of the Transfer of Property Act, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi […] Read more » featured Justice Arun Mishra Justice P C Pant Justice Ranjan Gogoi leased land Punjab Security of Land Tenure Act) of 1953 Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 Transfer of Property Act
Bar, Bench & Firm News SC rejects Jat quota plea for PG medical and dental courses April 2, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by a group of Jat students seeking benefits of reservation under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category in the ongoing process of admission in post-graduate medical and dental courses. “No vested rights could be created under the notification (of March 4, 2014) as it was already held […] Read more » admission in post-graduate medical granting OBC status to Jats Jat quota plea Jat quota plea for PG medical Jat quota plea rejected by SC justice R F Nariman Justice Ranjan Gogoi quota plea for PG dental SC rejects Jat quota plea
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC refuses to stop govt ads January 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today refused to direct stopping the publication of government advertisements carrying photos of political figures and sought replies from the Centre and others on a court-appointed panel’s recommendations to regulate such publicity materials. “Before we pass such an order, we should be giving an opportunity to other side,” a bench comprising justices Ranjan […] Read more » Advocate Prashant Bhushan government advertisements Justice Arun Mishra Justice Ranjan Gogoi SC refuses to stop govt ads
Family Law News What should be citizenship of child born out of surrogacy: SC asks Centre September 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Centre on the issue of citizenship of child born in the country out of surrogacy in which biological parents are foreign nationals but the woman who gives birth is Indian. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi also raised question whether such child can be granted […] Read more » ASG Tushar Mehta child born out of surrogacy Justice Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News SC notice to central, state governments on RTE plea April 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Following a plea seeking enforcement of the right of 37.7 million children to be admitted in schools under the Right to Education Act, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the central and state governments, according to news reports. A bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MY Eqbal issued notice […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice MY Eqbal Justice Ranjan Gogoi news NGO national convenor Rama Kant Rai Right to Education Act Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 RTE Act todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC to hear plea against freeing Rajiv case convicts March 6 March 4, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear March 6 the plea challenging the validity of the powers of a state government to grant remission of sentence to prisoners in case of the Tamil Nadu government deciding to release of seven convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Besides others, the petition is by some relatives of the other […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi news Rajiv Gandhi assassination case SC to hear plea against freeing Rajiv case convicts March 6 Sriperumbudur on 21 May 1991 todays news todays top news Top news
