Top Law News Debts case: Vijay Mallya has left India, Centre informs SC March 9, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is facing legal proceedings for allegedly defaulting loans of over Rs 9,000 crores from various banks, has left the country a week back, government today informed the Supreme Court. “I spoke to the CBI little while ago and it told me that on March 2 he (Mallya) left the country,” […] Read more » Centre informs SC Court Criminal news debts case Debts case: Vijay Mallya has left India featured Law Supreme Court Vijay Mallya
Top Law News SC refers to const. bench pleas on lawmakers facing trial March 8, 2016 / March 9, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today referred to the Chief Justice pleas raising the question as to when lawmakers facing criminal trial would stand disqualified for setting up a constitution bench, saying such issues needed to be decided by larger benches. A three-bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the petitions be sent to Chief Justice T […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News SC refers to const. bench pleas on lawmakers facing trial Supreme Court
Top Law News Plea in SC for restraining Vijay Mallya from leaving India March 8, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a plea filed by a consortium of 17 PSU banks seeking a direction that industrialist Vijay Mallya be restrained from leaving India. “List it for hearing tomorrow,” a bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit said, when Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing […] Read more » featured Legal News Plea in SC for restraining Vijay Mallya from leaving India Supreme Court Vijay Mallya
Top Law News SC concernedn recent incidents involving lawyers March 4, 2016 / March 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the recent incidents involving lawyers which have brought the legal profession into disrepute, saying there was a need for introspection. “It is time that we need to start introspection. It will help Bar Council of India (BCI) also. Some lawyers are now agitating, some are fighting, some are […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News SC concernedn recent incidents involving lawyers Supreme Court
Top Law News Call drops: SC refuses interim stay on HC order March 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday declined any interim relief to telecom companies against the Delhi High Court’s order upholding TRAI’s decision making it mandatory for them to compensate subscribers for call drops from January 1, 2016. “It’s a question of interim order. We will hear it on Thursday (March 10). As of now, no interim […] Read more » Call drops Call drops: SC refuses interim stay on HC order Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Call drops: SC agrees to hear telcos’ plea vs HC order March 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea of two cellular operator associations challenging Delhi High Court order upholding TRAI’s decision making it mandatory for them to compensate subscribers for call drops from January 1, 2016. The plea of the associations was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur seeking urgent […] Read more » Call drops Call drops: SC agrees to hear telcos' plea vs HC order Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Advocacy need reforms, lawyers can’t have free ride : SC March 2, 2016 / March 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The legal profession is “crying for reforms” and lawyers cannot be allowed to a have a “free ride as the administration of justice is a key area”, the Supreme Court observed today and sought response of the Bar Council of India on a plea against the bar examination which has been made mandatory for granting advocacy […] Read more » Advocacy need reforms Court featured Law lawyers can't have free ride : SC Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC seeks BCI reply on AIBE March 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought response from apex bar body Bar Council of India on a plea challenging holding of All India Bar Examination for granting advocacy licences, saying the profession has become “overcrowded” and the system is “crying for reforms”. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit said […] Read more » AIBE BCI Court featured Law Legal News SC seeks BCI reply on AIBE Supreme Court
Top Law News SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea against triple talaq, polygamy March 1, 2016 / March 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s response in a plea challenging the constitutionality of Muslim practices of polygamy, triple talaq (talaq-e-bidat) and nikah halala. Talaq-e-bidat is a Muslim man divorcing his wife by pronouncing more than one talaq in a single tuhr (the period between two menstruations), or in a tuhr after coitus, or […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News polygamy SC seeks Centre's reply on plea against triple talaq Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Ishrat case: SC to hear plea for quashing action against Guj March 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea seeking quashing of criminal prosecution, suspension and other actions taken against Gujarat cops in the 2004 allegedfake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan in view of recent testimony of jailed LeT operative David Headley. Headley, the Pakistani-American terrorist, during his deposition told a special Mumbai court that […] Read more » Criminal news featured Gujarat Ishrat case Ishrat case: SC to hear plea for quashing action against Guj Law Supreme Court
Top Law News SC declines to entertain PIL on new juvenile law February 26, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL filed by a Congress leader and activist challenging the constitutional validity of the recently-passed juvenile lawthat allows delinquent minors of 16 years of age and above to be tried as adults if they commit heinous offences like rape and murder. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection […] Read more » Criminal news featured juvenile law Law Legal News SC declines to entertain PIL on new juvenile law Supreme Court
Top Law News SC to Centre: Suggest steps to ban child pornography February 26, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to suggest ways to ban child pornography in all forms in the country saying that the nation cannot “afford to carry on any experiment” in the name of “liberty or freedom of speech and expression”. “The Centre shall file affidavit to suggest ways and means to curb child […] Read more » ban child pornography Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News SC to Centre: Suggest steps to ban child pornography Supreme Court
