Top Law News Collegium: Further deliberation needed for elevating Judge to Supreme Court May 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court collegium has favoured “further deliberation” and “broad-based consideration” of names of Chief Justices of various high courts before sending its decision reiterating the elevation of Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph as a judge of the top court. The resolution of the May 16 collegium meeting, uploaded on the supreme court website […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Chief Justice K M Joseph Collegium featured Indira Banerjee J Chelameswar Kurian Joseph M B Lokur R Subhash Reddy Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Collegium meet on Justice K M Joseph’s elevation to Supreme Court concludes May 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A crucial meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium was held today to discuss the issue of reconsidering the name of Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph for elevation to the apex court, after it was returned by the Centre. Official sources said the members of the Collegium deliberated on the issue for nearly an hour. […] Read more » featured justices J Chelameswar K M Joseph's elevation Kurian Joseph M B Lokur Ranjan Gogoi Supreme Court collegium
High Profile Cases Top Law News PIL in SC over CJI’s administrative authority as of roster April 7, 2018 / April 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior advocate and former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan today filed a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking clarification on the administrative authority of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) as the master of roster and for laying down the principles and procedure to be followed in preparing it for allocation of cases. He filed the […] Read more » Chief Justice of India featured Kurian Joseph law minister M B Lokur PIL Prashant Bhushan Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News SC judges row has been resolved: Bar Council of India January 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India (BCI) today said the crisis, which had erupted after four top Supreme Court judges came out openly against allocation of cases by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, has been resolved internally and the “story is over now”. BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, who led a seven-member delegation and held […] Read more » against allocation of cases by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra featured justices J Chelameswar Kurian Joseph Madan B Lokur Ranjan Gogoi SC crisis
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News CJI refuses to be part of panel to select NJAC members : SC April 28, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a new twist, Chief Justice of India H L Dattu has refused to participate in a three-member panel for selecting two eminent persons in the six-member National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) on whose validity a constitution bench began hearings today. The five-judge constitution bench, headed by Justice J S Khehar, which is hearing the […] Read more » Adarsh Kumar Goel Chief Justice of India H.L.Dattu CJI refuses to be part of panel featured Justice J.S. Khehar justices J Chelameswar Kurian Joseph Madan B Lokur NJAC part of panel to select NJAC members senior advocate Harish Salve Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association
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
Bar, Bench & Firm News Crucial hearing on NJAC by constitution bench of SC April 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two days after the government notified the controversial NJAC law to remove the collegium system of appointment of judges, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will commence hearing from tomorrow to examine the validity of new measure and is likely to consider passing an interim order to staying the operation of the Act. A […] Read more » Adarsh Kumar Goel collegium system of appointment of judges controversial NJAC law to remove the collegium system of appointment of judges Crucial hearing on NJAC featured hearing on NJAC hearing on NJAC by constitution bench of SC J Chelameswar justices A R Dave Kurian Joseph Madan B Lokur
Criminal Law News SC sets free two Italians guilty of friend’s murder January 26, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has set free two Italians, undergoing life imprisonment for murder of their friend in 2010, saying the evidence submitted by the prosecution to suggest motive does not inspire confidence. <a href=”https://jt.india.com/adlink/3.0/1191/5569816/0/165/ADTECH;cookie=info;loc=300;key=key1+key2+key3+key4;rdclick=https://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=L&ai=B5mnPskvFVO7-IpS38AXyi4H4D7ndstEHAAAAEAEg4cuYHzgAWKGW69XGAWDlwuSDpA6yARF6ZWVuZXdzLmluZGlhLmNvbboBCjI1MHgyNTBfYXPIAQnaAWNodHRwOi8vemVlbmV3cy5pbmRpYS5jb20vbmV3cy9pbmRpYS9zYy1zZXRzLWZyZWUtdHdvLWl0YWxpYW5zLWd1aWx0eS1vZi1mcmllbmRzLW11cmRlcl8xNTM1OTI5Lmh0bWypAh4OXQ6nelE-wAIC4AIA6gImLzExNDQwNDY1L1plZU5ld3NfQXJ0aWNsZXNfMjUweDI1MF9CVEb4Av_RHpADmgiYA5oIqAMB0ASQTuAEAaAGFg&num=0&sig=AOD64_32QUhr1r89mVReRZ5TeQequ1avQQ&client=ca-pub-6717584324019958&adurl=” target=”_blank”><img src=”https://jt.india.com/adserv/3.0/1191/5569816/0/165/ADTECH;cookie=info;loc=300;key=key1+key2+key3+key4″ border=”0″ width=”250″ height=”250″></a> A bench of justices A R Dave, Kurian Joseph and R Banumathi set aside the Allahabad […] Read more » Elisa Betta Bon Compagni justices A R Dave Kurian Joseph R Banumathi Tomaso Bruno
Top Law News SC to pronounce verdict on Coal block allocation on Monday August 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Monday its judgement on a batch of petitions seeking quashing of coal blocks allocation during the previous UPA regime. A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha has examined the allegations about alleged irregularities in the allocation of around 194 coal blocks without following proper guidelines. […] Read more » Chief Justice R M Lodha justices M B Lokur Kurian Joseph verdict on Coal block allocation
Top Law News No need of government sanction to probe public servants: SC December 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the approval of the Central Government was not necessary under Section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act (which governs the Central Bureau of Information) for investigation and prosecution of senior officials where inquiry/investigation into the crime under the Prevention of Corruption Act was being monitored by […] Read more » advocate Manohar Lal Sharma CBI coal scam Coalgate justices R M Lodha Kurian Joseph Madan B Lokur news Section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
