Top Law News Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking immediate execution of death row convicts in December 16 gangrape case December 13, 2018 / December 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking directions for the immediate execution of the four men convicted in December 16 gangrape. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta asked the petitioner, “What kind of prayer are you making?” It further said, “You are making the court a joke.” The PIL filed […] Read more » featured Justices deepak gupta justices Madan B Lokur nirbhaya rape case
Top Law News Identity of rape victim can’t be disclosed says SC December 12, 2018 / December 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court issued important directives to protect privacy and reputation of victims of rape crimes including those who have died, cannot be disclosed “even in a remote manner. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said this while refusing to agree with an argument that in certain matters, the victim’s name should […] Read more » Justices deepak gupta justices Madan B Lokur
Top Law News Funds for Durga Puja committees: SC refuses to stay WB decision to grant Rs 28 crore October 12, 2018 / October 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday refused to stay the decision of the West Bengal government to grant 28 crore rupees Durga puja committees across the state. The court, however, refused to interfere with the decision, saying the amount must be distributed only through the state police. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, however, […] Read more » featured Justices deepak gupta justices Madan B Lokur
Top Law News Muzaffarpur shelter home case: SC lifts ban on reporting September 20, 2018 / September 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court with an instruction for the media to exercise restraint and not to misreport or sensationalise such news, lifts the ban on reporting in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse case. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta vacated the August 23 order of the Patna High Court. The Patna […] Read more » featured Justices deepak gupta justices Madan B Lokur Muzaffarpur shelter home case
Top Law News Odd-Even’ for two-wheelers in Delhi, SC stays NGT order September 17, 2018 / September 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today stayed NGT order directing that odd-even vehicle rotation scheme be implemented for two-wheelers too in Delhi. Earlier National Green Tribunal’s 2017 order had directed that odd-even vehicle rotation scheme be made applicable to two-wheelers also in Delhi. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Dipak Gupta was told by […] Read more » featured justices Dipak Gupta justices Madan B Lokur NGT
Top Law News SC refuses to extend deadline for third-party insurance for vehicles September 1, 2018 / September 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to extend cars and two-wheelers third-party insurance cover from September 1. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and S Abdul Nazeer dismissed a petition filed by the General Insurance Council, which had sought an extension of the deadline. The current insurance cover period is one year. The apex court had on […] Read more » featured justices Madan B Lokur justices S Abdul Nazeer Supreme Court third-party insurance
Top Law News SC shows displeasure as states not appointments the board of visitors for jails by states August 6, 2018 / August 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed its disappointment that several states have not yet appointed the board of visitors who regularly inspect prisons to ensure that they are being run in accordance with rules. While terming the appointment of board of visitors “an absolute necessity”, a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta […] Read more » Deepak Gupta featured justices Madan B Lokur
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Rajasthan to file affidavit in a matter pertaining pollution from buses. March 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Rajasthan government to file an affidavit within three weeks in a matter pertaining to pollution from buses operating to the state from Bikaner House near the India Gate here. The apex court ordered that if the state does not file an affidavit in three weeks, all the buses originating […] Read more » Bikaner House environmentalist M C Mehta featured Justice Deepak Gupta justices Madan B Lokur pollution Rajasthan Supreme Court
Top Law News Iron ore mining leases of 88 companies in Goa cancels : Supreme Court February 8, 2018 / February 8, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today quashed the second renewal of iron ore mining leases given to 88 companies in Goa in 2015. The Supreme court directed the Centre and the Goa government to grant fresh environmental clearances to them. It said the state government was obliged to grant fresh mining leases in accordance with law, in […] Read more » 88 companies in Goa featured Iron ore mining leases Justice Deepak Gupta justices Madan B Lokur second renewal of iron ore mining leases Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Justice Khehar to head the Constitution bench April 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Justice Khehar to head the Constitution bench Setting at rest issues, the Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the decks for commencing the hearing on the validity of the new law on appointment of judges with a Constitution Bench rejecting demands for recusal of judges. “Justice J S Khehar will not recuse himself from hearing,” Justice J Chelameswar said on behalf of the […] Read more » Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi featured justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Justice J.S. Khehar Justice Khehar Justice Khehar to head the Constitution bench justices Madan B Lokur Kurian Joseph
Top Law News Yamuna water worsened in 10 years: SC October 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the quality of Yamuna water deteriorating in the last decade despite it’s intervention to clean the river and hundreds of crores spent on the project. “It is unfortunate that huge public fund has been spent without showing any improvement in the quality of water in Yamuna,” a bench […] Read more » Delhi Jal Board to file personal affidavits direct discharge of waste in the river drains discharging industrial effluent treatment plants justices Madan B Lokur justices Swatanter Kumar making the river pollution free municipal waste water directly sewage treatment plants tackling discharge of waste in the river Yamuna water deteriorating Yamuna water worsened Yamuna water worsened in 10 years: SC
Top Law News SC pulls up Centre on Endosulfan use October 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for not taking a clear stand on banning Endosulfan and appointed an expert committee to submit a report on whether use and manufacture of the pesticide can be stopped forever. “Why does Centre not take a stand on this issue and why it is left for the […] Read more » banning Endosulfan and appointed an expert committee causing health hazards including genetic disorders countrywide ban on sale and production of Endosulfan CPI-M's youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India Director General of Health Services endosulfan Joint Secretary of Plant Protection form Agriculture Ministry justices Madan B Lokur justices Swatanter Kumar Kasaragod district have linked Endosulfan exposure Member Secretary of Centre Pollution Control Board researchers studying children from an isolated village SC pulls up Centre on Endosulfan use
