Top Law News Supreme Court extends NRC deadline to December 31 December 13, 2018 / December 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the last date to file claims and objections on inclusion of names in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) to December 31, 2018. Earlier, the last date for submission was December 15. The draft NRC was published on July 30 in which names of 2.89 crore of the 3.29 […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman NRC
Bar, Bench & Firm News Resolution of election disputes take long periods in India: SC February 28, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The resolution of election disputes in this country takes unacceptably long periods in most cases, which “reduces the adjudicatory process into a mockery of justice”, the Supreme Court today said while advocating setting up of benches in high courts to exclusively deal with election petitions. “We are sad to state that invariably the resolution of […] Read more » against repeated adjournments Chhattisgarh High Court Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman mockery of justice Resolution of election disputes
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Release undertrial prisoners in jail for half their likely term: SC September 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said those undertrial prisoners, who have already spent in jail half the period of the sentence they would have got if convicted for the offences they have been charged with, would now be released. A bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman said judicial […] Read more » 436-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure Chief Justice R M Lodha Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman Release undertrial prisoners
Top Law News SC notice to EC on PIL seeking candidates photos on EVMs July 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government and the Election Commission on a PIL seeking to address the problem of namesakes eating into votes of main candidates by inclusion of photograph of the contesting candidates on the EVMs’ balloting unit.A bench of Chief Justice R.M.Lodha, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Rohinton Fali […] Read more » Chief Justice R M Lodha Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman PIL seeking candidates photos on EVMs SC notice to EC on PIL
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
