High Profile Cases Outgoing CJI Gogoi declines requests for interviews and lauds media for maturity in trying times of Supreme Court. November 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Outgoing Chief Justice India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Friday expressed his inability to have one-to-one interview with scribes and lauded the press for its “maturity” and “character” in preventing “canards and falsehood” in “trying times” of the judiciary. Justice Gogoi, the 46th CJI and the first from a north-eastern state, said it was not the […] Read more » CJI Dipak Misra Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Madan B Lokur Outgoing Chief Justice India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Supreme Court voices displeasure at defence ministry: Manipur ‘fake’ encounters May 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has expressed its displeasure that the Ministry of Defence has “not even bothered” to respond to the letters addressed to it by the CBI’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing the alleged extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the Army, Assam Rifles and police in Manipur. A bench comprising justices Madan […] Read more » ASG encounter featured Madan B Lokur National Human Rights Commission NHRC Special Investigation Team U U Lalit
Top Law News Supreme Court concerned about overcrowding in prisons, asks HCs to look into issue May 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has expressed concern about overcrowding in prisons across the country, in some cases beyond 150 per cent of the capacity, and asked all the high courts to consider the issue as it involves “violation of human rights”. The supreme court requested the chief justices of the high courts to take up the […] Read more » Deepak Gupta featured High Court Legal Services Committee Madan B Lokur State Legal Services Authority suo motu Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court: Open up Eastern Expressway for public by May 31 May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to throw open the Eastern Peripheral Expressway for the public by May 31, asking why were they “waiting” for its inauguration by the Prime Minister. The apex court said if the 135-km expressway, which envisages signal-free connectivity between Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gautam Budh Nagar […] Read more » ANS Nadkarni Deepak Gupta Eastern Expressway featured Madan B Lokur Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court: Take action against officials responsible for illegal constructions May 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today suggested that the Himachal Pradesh government should take action against those officials who were posted in Kasauli when illegal constructions came up there and sought their names and designations. The apex court also asked the state what action it has taken against those officials who were responsible for the unauthorised constructions […] Read more » Deepak Gupta featured illegal constructions Kasauli Kasauli's Narayani Guest House Madan B Lokur Public Works Department
Top Law News NALSA to Supreme Court: 5-10 per cent sexual assault victims get compensation May 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a “startling” revelation, the Supreme Court was today told that hardly 5-10 per cent sexual assault victims across the country were getting compensation under the relevant schemes in various states. The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) told a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta that as per the available data of […] Read more » Deepak Gupta featured Madan B Lokur NALSA National Legal Services Authority POCSO Supreme Court
Top Law News Task force to examine safety of buildings, Centre tells Supreme Court: Sealing April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the special task force (STF), which would be set up to oversee the enforcement of laws to deal with unauthorised constructions and encroachments in Delhi, would also look into the safety aspects of buildings which have been built legally. The government told a bench of Justices Madan […] Read more » ASG Bhure Lal chairman of Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority Deepak Gupta Election Commissioner featured Madan B Lokur Major General (Retd) Som Jhingan MCD STF Supreme Court
Top Law News SC: Wife not a chattel, husband can’t force her to live with him April 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A wife is not a “chattel” or an “object” and she cannot be forced to reside with her husband even if the man desires to live with her, the Supreme Court has said. The supreme court observed this while hearing a matter in which a woman, who lodged a criminal case against her husband alleging […] Read more » featured IPC case Madan B Lokur SC Supreme Court
Top Law News DND flyway toll issue would be hear in July: SC April 4, 2018 / April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would hear in July the matter related to the Allahabad High Court ruling which stated that no toll should be collected from the commuters using the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said that report filed in the matter by the […] Read more » Allahabad High Court CAG Deepak Gupta Delhi-Noida Direct featured Madan B Lokur NTBCL Supreme Court
Top Law News SC protest: Complete breakdown of law and order in Delhi April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There is a “complete breakdown” of law and order in Delhi, the Supreme Court said today, expressing anguish over the strikes and ‘dharnas’ against the ongoing sealing drive in the national capital. The top court came down heavily on the Centre and other authorities for their “failure” to do their job, saying due to this, […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) A N S Nadkrani Bhure Lal Deepak Gupta Election Commissioner EPCA featured Madan B Lokur Major General (Retd) Som Jhingan Parliament Supreme Court
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
