Top Law News Only assembly speaker, deputy speaker enjoy immunity: SC February 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Everyone else falls in the same category and could not claim a privilege that is not available to the common man, an Apex Court bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh said in its judgment on Tuesday. The court also set aside the Madhya Pradesh Assembly’s show cause […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh news Only assembly speaker deputy speaker enjoy immunity todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Make delay a criteria for deciding mercy petition, says SC February 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to include delay as a criteria in deciding the mercy petition of a death row convict. Pointing out that the government has set out certain criteria for deciding mercy petitions, the bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh said: “We hereby […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam delay a criteria for deciding mercy petition Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh
Top Law News Rajiv assassination conspirators escape noose release demanded February 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday commuted the death sentence to three key conspirators in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, holding the 11-year delay in deciding their mercy petitions “unreasonable and dehumanising”. Political parties in Tamil Nadu as well as the elated families have now demanded the trio’s release. A bench of Chief Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh Rajiv assassination conspirators
Top Law News Oppose principle of ‘mercy death’, government to SC February 13, 2014 / February 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it was opposed to pleas for “mercy death” as this was contrary to law and morality and no judicial pronouncement could be made in its favour. Additional Solicitor General Siddhartha Luthra told a bench of Chief Justice P.Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Siddhartha Luthra Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh Oppose principle of 'mercy death'
Top Law News SC to rule Friday on validity of newspaper employees’ wage board February 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will Friday pronounce its verdict on the validity of the Justice G.R. Majithia Wage Board for Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees that has been challenged by several newspaper organisations including their joint body Indian Newspapers Society (INS). A bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice G.R. Majithia Wage Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh news SC to rule Friday on validity of newspaper employees' wage board todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Exercise contempt powers with caution, SC tells high courts February 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the power to punish for contempt, vested in it and the high courts both under the constitution as well as a law, is a “special and rare power” which should be exercised with “greatest of care and caution”. “It (contempt of court) is a drastic power which, if misdirected, […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Exercise contempt powers with caution Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh news ONGC chairman and managing director Sudhir Vasudeva todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Centre may seek review of SC verdict on mercy petition January 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court it was considering to seek a review of the court’s verdict holding that inordinate delay in deciding mercy petitions by the president and insanity were the grounds for courts to commute death sentences to life imprisonment. This was stated to the bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Siddhartha Luthra Centre may seek review of SC verdict on mercy petition Chief Justice P Sathasivam counsel Ram Jethmalani Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC to hear Bhullar’s plea for commuting death sentence January 25, 2014 / January 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said it would hear on January 28 the curative petition by 1993 Delhi blast terror convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar for commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment. A bench of Chief Justice P.Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice M.Y. Eqbal slated the matter for hearing Jan 28 as senior counsel […] Read more » 1993 Delhi blast terror convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar Chief Justice P Sathasivam justice M Y Eqbal Justice Ranjan Gogoi news senior counsel K.T.S. Tulsi todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC frames guidelines for death row convicts, their mercy petitions January 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding the action and procedure adopted to deprive a person of life or liberty must be fair, just and reasonable, the Supreme Court Tuesday framed guidelines for removing the disparities in implementation of existing laws for death row convicts. “It is well-settled law that executive action and legal procedure adopted to deprive a person of […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh news solitary confinement todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC tells government to decide on post reservation in AIIMS January 17, 2014 / January 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said it was for the central government to decide whether there should be reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in super speciality posts in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) as the court declined to revisit its July 2013 judgment. “We clarify (that) it is for the central […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General L. Nageshwar Rao Justice H.L. Dattu justice M Y Eqbal Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice S.S.Nijjar Justice Vikaramajit Sen news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear another intern’s plea against ex-judge January 14, 2014 / January 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear Wednesday a plea by a law intern who has alleged former apex court judge Swatantar Kumar sexually harassed her in 2011 – while he was a sitting judge – while she was doing internship with him. Justice (retd.) Swatanter Kumar has rubbished the allegation. A bench of Chief Justice P. […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam former judge Swatantar Kumar Justice Ranjan Gogoi news Supreme Court to hear another intern's plea against ex-judge todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC issues notice on PIL against pollution of Ganga January 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking direction to halt discharge of sewerage and waste of leather and other industries into the Ganga in the course of its journey from Gangotri in Uttrakhand to Ganga Sagar in West Bengal. A bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam justice M Y Eqbal Justice Ranjan Gogoi news SC issues notice on PIL against pollution of Ganga Special Investigation Team todays news todays top news Top news
