Top Law News Par may amend law to award harsh punishment in child rapes: SC January 11, 2016 / January 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said Parliament could consider amending the penal provisions to award harsh punishments to persons convicted of raping a girl child and also define the term ‘child’ in respect of rape as the offence. The court, which refused to entertain a plea of a women lawyers’ body seeking castration of those convicted […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Par may amend law to award harsh punishment in child rapes: SC Supreme Court
Top Law News PETA files petition in SC, demands notification on Jallikattu be “struck down” January 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India along with other groups on Monday filed petitions in the Supreme Court demanding that the Centre’s recent notification allowing Jallikattu and bullock cart races be “struck down”. PETA India claimed that a battery of urgent petitions led by the government advisory body Animal Welfare Board of […] Read more » Court demands notification on Jallikattu be "struck down" featured Law Legal News PETA PETA files petition in SC Supreme Court
High Profile Cases DA case: SC to commence hearing agst Jaya’s acquittal on Feb 2 January 8, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today decided to commence final hearing from February 2 on various appeals including the one filed by Karnataka against acquittal of AIADMK Chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and others in the disproportionate assets case. “We will start the hearing from February 2 and will hear the matter on February […] Read more » AIDMK Court Criminal news DA case DA case: SC to commence hearing agst Jaya's acquittal on Feb 2 featured Jaya Supreme Court
Top Law News SC asks govt to appoint 3 Info Commissioners in 6 weeks January 8, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the government to appoint three Information Commissioners (ICs) in the Central Information Commission (CIC), whose posts are lying vacant for quite some time, within six weeks. A bench comprising Justices J S Khehar and C Nagappan said it has already granted the time sought by the Centre, which should now […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News SC asks govt to appoint 3 Info Commissioners in 6 weeks Supreme Court
Top Law News SC to hear SEBI on appointing Sahara case Receiver January 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on February 2 the plea of market regulator SEBI seeking an interim order with regard to repayment of money by the beleaguered Sahara Group, whose chief Subrata Roy has been in jail since March 2014. “We will hear it at 3.30 pm on February 2,” a bench […] Read more » featured Law Legal News SC to hear SEBI on appointing Sahara case Receiver shara case Supreme Court
Top Law News Ban on diesel vehicles; SC agrees to hear plea January 5, 2016 / January 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked auto giants — Mercedes-Benz India, Toyota and Mahindra and Mahindra — whether their heavy diesel vehicles were less polluting than those run on petrol even as it agreed to hear their pleas seeking lifting of the ban on registration of diesel automobiles of 2000 CC and above. “How will you […] Read more » Ban on diesel vehicle Ban on diesel vehicles; SC agrees to hear plea Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refers to earlier bench plea on appointment of UP Lokayukta January 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The plea challenging appointment of Justice Virendra Singh, a former judge of Allahabad High Court, as Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta was today referred by the Supreme Court to a bench which has been hearing various petitions on the issue. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur, Justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi said the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News SC refers to earlier bench plea on appointment of UP Lokayukta Supreme Court UP Lokayukta
Top Law News Justice Lodha panel submits report to SC for reforms in BCCI January 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Justice RM Lodha Committee on Monday submitted its report suggesting reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to the Supreme Court. The committee, which was last year appointed by the apex court to make recommendations to the BCCI in order to prevent frauds and conflict of interest in cricket administration, […] Read more » BCCI Court featured Justice Lodha pane Justice Lodha panel submits report to SC for reforms in BCCI Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News 2015: Essar e-mail leak, other corporate houses engaged SC January 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A verdict castigating RBI for “withholding” information about defaulters, failed bid of jailed Sahara chief Subrata Roy to walk out of prison and matters of Tatas, Birlas, Ambanis and Adanis engaged the Supreme Court in 2015 which also saw the Essar e-mail leak case alleging a political-bureaucratic-corporate nexus. The year gone by also brought huge […] Read more » 2015: Essar e-mail leak Court Essar e-mail leak featured Law Legal News other corporate houses engaged SC Supreme Court
Top Law News SC nod to Kerala govt liquor policy December 29, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today upheld the Kerala government’s liquor policy restricting issuance of bar licenses to five star hotels only. A bench of justices Vikramjit Sen and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh passed the order on a batch of pleas by Kerala bar owners, who had challenged the liquor policy claiming it to be discriminatory. Earlier […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News liquor policy SC nod to Kerala govt liquor policy Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Dec 16 case; SC rejects plea against release of juvenile December 21, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea of DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal against the release of the juvenile offender in the December 16 gang rape case, saying “there has to be a clear legislative sanction” in this regard. “If anything has to be done, it has to be done according to the law. We have […] Read more » Court Criminal news Dec 16 case Dec 16 case; SC rejects plea against release of juvenile featured Law Legal News rape case Supreme Court
Environment Law News Row over diesel vehicles; NGT refuses to tinker with SC order December 18, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today refused to vacate its order banning registration of new diesel-run vehicles, saying it won’t interfere with the Supreme Court order which has taken a similar stand. In contrast to the prior NGT order banning registration of all diesel vehicles, the Supreme Court, on December 16, though exempted small ones and […] Read more » Environment news featured Law NGT Row over diesel vehicles; NGT refuses to tinker with SC order Supreme Court
