Top Law News SC frames guidelines to appoint law officers in Punjab March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on SC frames guidelines to appoint law officers in Punjab The Supreme Court today framed guidelines for appointment of law officers in Punjab and Haryana, saying there was neither a criteria nor a policy for the selections of such officials. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices R Banumathi and U U Lalit said a selection committee headed by Secretary, Law Commission […] Read more » featured guidelines to appoint law officers Law Legal News Punjab SC frames guidelines to appoint law officers in Punjab Supreme Court
Top Law News Kingfisher, Mallya propose in SC to repay Rs4k cr March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Liquor baron Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher Airlines Ltd today submitted in a sealed cover a proposal for repayment of Rs 4000 crore out of the loan amount of Rs 6903 crore to the consortium of banks led by State Bank of India by September this year. Along with Mallya and Kingfisher, the proposal was also […] Read more » Court featured Kingfishe Kingfisher Law Legal News Mallya propose in SC to repay Rs4k cr Supreme Court Vijay Mallya
Top Law News SC approves Centre’s guidelines to protect Good Samaritans March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Centre’s guidelines to protect Good Samaritans, who help road accident victims, from being unnecessarily harassed by police or any other authority. A bench comprising justices V Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra asked the Central government to give wide publicity to these guidelines so that people who help others […] Read more » Centre's guidelines to protect Good Samaritans Court featured Law Legal News SC approves Centre's guidelines to protect Good Samaritans Supreme Court
Top Law News Goa Land Act: SC dismisses pleas challenging validity of amendments March 29, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The dismissed petitions challenging the validity of amendments made in the 114-year-old Land Acquisition Act to save a portion of a five-star resort in Goa which was earlier ordered to be demolished. “We find no merit in the petitions. We uphold the validity of the amendments made to the Land Acquisition Act,” a […] Read more » 114-year-old Land Acquisition Act justices Ranjan Gogoi Prafulla C Pant Supreme Court
Top Law News Now CMs, Gov, union & state mins to be in govt ads March 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Pictures of Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and State Ministers can now appear in government advertisements with the Supreme Court today modifying its earlier order and allowing their publication. The verdict came on pleas by Centre and states including poll-bound West Bengal and Tamil Nadu which had sought review of the Supreme Court […] Read more » Advertisements Chief Ministers government advertisements Governors state mins to be in govt ads Supreme Court Union Ministers
Top Law News Uphaar case: SC assures AVUT of early open court hearing March 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The Supreme Court today assured the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) that it will accord an early open court hearing of its plea seeking review of its 2015 verdict by which real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal were required to serve two-year jail term if they failed to pay Rs […] Read more » AVUT Justice A.R. Dave Justice T.S. Thakur Justice U U Lalit Supreme Court Uphaar tragedy
Top Law News SC to hear SGPC’s plea for prohibiting jokes on Sikhs March 17, 2016 / March 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on April 5 the plea of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) along with other petitions seeking ban on circulation of jokes about the Sikh community and said it may act if people are commercially exploiting the jokes. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and […] Read more » Chief Justice T.S. Thakur featured jokes on Sikhs Justice U U Lalit prohibiting jokes on Sikhs Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Supreme Court
Top Law News SC asks Swamy to amend plea on Jet-Etihad deal March 16, 2016 / March 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The Supreme Court today asked BJP leader to amend his plea, seeking quashing of alliance between Jet Airways and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, by also challenging the bilateral agreement between India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on increasing number of flights between the two countries. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur […] Read more » amend plea Chief Justice T.S. Thakur featured Jet-Etihad deal Justice U U Lalit Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
Top Law News Plea in SC for amendment in RTI Act March 15, 2016 / March 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment New Delhi, A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to amend the RTI Act for fixing time limit for disposal of appeals by the Central Information Commission and state information panels. The plea has been filed by an RTI activist against an order of the Allahabad High […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Central Information Commission featured gonda lawyer Shiv Kumar Tripathi Rakesh Kumar Tewari RTI Act. Sarju Nahar Khand Shiv Kumar Tripathi state information panels Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refuses to entertain PIL for dropping action against Gujarat March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking quashing of criminal prosecution, suspension and other action taken against Gujarat cops in the 2004 alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan in view of recent testimony of jailed LeT operative David Headley. “What is the purpose of Article 32. You cannot file such a […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat Law Legal News SC refuses to entertain PIL for dropping action against Gujarat Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Babri case: SC judge recuses from hearing crl appeals March 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court judge today recused from hearing appeals pertaining to dropping of criminal conspiracy charge against L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and other BJP-VHP leaders in the Babri Masjid demolition case. Justice V Gopala Gowda, who was heading the bench also comprising Justice Arun Mishra, recused himself from the hearing without […] Read more » Ayodhya case Babri case Babri case: SC judge recuses from hearing crl appeals Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Centre, 7 states seek review of SC’s verdict on advts March 9, 2016 / March 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Centre and some states including poll-bound West Bengal and Tamil Nadu today sought revision of the Supreme Court verdict barring publication of leaders’ photos in advertisements except those of President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India, saying that it infringed fundamental rights and federal structure. The bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi reserved […] Read more » 7 states seek review of SC's verdict on advts Centre Court featured Legal News SC's verdict on advts Supreme Court
