Family Law News Top Law News Supreme Court Seeks Status on Uniform Civil Code in Country October 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has granted three weeks time to the government to come up with a proposal to amend the Divorce Act and inform it whether it was willing to bring the Uniform Civil Code in the country. “We have requested the Solicitor General, who is present in Court, to look into the matter. He […] Read more » amend the Divorce Act Chief Justice Shiva Kirti Singh Justice Shiva Kirti Singh Justice Vikramjit Sen
Top Law News SC decries industry’s tendency to hold back dues & taxes June 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday deprecated the tendency of some industrial houses not to pay the government dues and taxes while lavishly spending on celebrity actors for the advertising their products. A bench of made the observation as it refused to provide any interim relief to cement manufacturer Binani Cement Limited that has been asked by […] Read more » industry's tendency to hold back dues & taxes Justice Shiva Kirti Singh Justice Vikramajit Sen
Top Law News Delhi gang rape: SC extends stay on death sentence of two convicts April 1, 2014 / April 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday extended till April 7 the stay on the execution of the death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta, two of the four convicts in the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape, as it sought a copy of the trial court judgment. The death sentence of the four convicts was upheld by the […] Read more » Counsel M.L. Sharma Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice Shiva Kirti Singh miscarriage of justice news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Lalit Modi will have to wait for RCA poll results March 12, 2014 / March 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi will have to wait for some more time to know the results of the Rajasthan Cricket Association’s presidential election as the Supreme Court Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the matter till March 25. The bench of Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh directed the listing […] Read more » counsel C.A. Sundaram Former Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi Justice Anil R. Dave Justice Shiva Kirti Singh news retd Justice N.M. Kasliwal todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC asks Nokia India to make proposal for settling tax row March 4, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked Nokia India Pvt. Ltd. to make an offer to the Income Tax department for settling their tax row which has raised difficulties in the takeover of the mobile handset manufacturer’s Chennai plant by Microsoft. A bench of Anil R.Dave and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh asked the company to make the […] Read more » Anil R.Dave Justice Shiva Kirti Singh news SC asks Nokia India to make proposal for settling tax row Senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi todays news todays top news Top news
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
