Top Law News Sohrabuddin encounter: SC seeks CBI reply August 28, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought response of CBI on the plea of IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian, accused in the alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kauserbi, seeking relaxation in his bail barring him from leaving Mumbai during pendency of trial. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and P C Pant issued […] Read more » CBI featured Law Legal News Sohrabuddin encounter Sohrabuddin encounter: SC seeks CBI reply Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Despite SC order, transgenders still feel discriminated’ August 27, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Transgenders continue to face social exclusion and find it difficult to get official documents including ID cards even after the landmark Supreme Court verdict recognising the ‘third gender’, participants at a recent conference said. Several participants said the apex court verdict of April 15 last year was not being implemented in several states and felt […] Read more » 'Despite SC order featured Law Legal News news Supreme Court Transgenders transgenders still feel discriminated'
Top Law News Threat letter: Supreme Court curbs visitors’ entry August 18, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In the wake of heightened threat perception, the Supreme Court has curtailed the entry of visitors including law interns in the high security complex and requested advocates to be extra-cautious of any suspicious activity within its premises. The directions came after Delhi Police received an anonymous email yesterday threatening a bomb attack on the Supreme […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News news Supreme Court Threat letter: Supreme Court curbs visitors' entry
Top Law News SC stays Guj HC order on judges’ plot allotment PIL August 12, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed the Gujarat High Court order issuing notices to its sitting and former judges and also a sitting apex court judge over the allotment of residential plots to them by the state government in a posh locality in Sola area in Ahmedabad. “The high court was in mortal hurry. This should […] Read more » Court featured judge Law Legal News news PIL plot allotment PIL SC stays Guj HC order on judges' plot allotment PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court stays HC’s order cancelling Dayanidhi Maran’s bail August 12, 2015 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Supreme Court stays HC’s order cancelling Dayanidhi Maran’s bail The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Madras High Court ordercancelling former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran’s anticipatory bail. Issuing notice to the CBI, the court asked the probe agency to respond to Maran’s challenge in two weeks. The court posted the next hearing on September 14. Justice T.S. Thakur asked whether political vendetta was behind […] Read more » bail Dayanidhi Maran featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Supreme Court stays HC's order cancelling Dayanidhi Maran's bail
Top Law News Aadhar will be optional for availing various govt schemes: SC August 11, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Aadhar card will be optional for availing various welfare schemes of the government, the Supreme Court today said and ordered that no personal information of the holders of such cards shall be shared by any authority. A three-judge bench, which in the forenoon referred to a larger Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the […] Read more » Aadhar card Aadhar will be optional for availing various govt schemes: SC Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refers Aadhar card matter to Constitution Bench August 11, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s ambitious scheme to provide Aadhar card to all citizens and decide whether right to privacy is a fundamental right. Allowing the Centre’s plea, a three-judge bench comprising Justices J Chelameswar, S A Bobde and C Nagappan, framed various questions, […] Read more » Aadhar card constitution bench featured Law Legal News SC refers Aadhar card matter to Constitution Bench Supreme Court
Top Law News Maran moves Supreme Court against Madras HC’s order cancelling his bail August 11, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Former Union Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran today moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court’s decision to cancel his bail and asking him to surrender in a case related to alleged installation of telephone exchange at his residence A three-judge bench comprising justices T S Thakur, V Gopala Gowda and R Banumathi allowed the […] Read more » Dayanidhi Maran featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Maran moves Supreme Court against Madras HC's order cancelling his bail Supreme Court
Top Law News 1,598 PILs pending before SC; oldest goes back 23 yrs August 10, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment There are 1,598 public interest litigations pending before Supreme Court with the oldest of them having been filed 23 years ago, the apex court has said in its response to an RTI query. The oldest pending PIL with WP(C) 537/1992 was filed by Sureshwar D Sinha and relates to water pollution linked to industries, domestic […] Read more » 1 598 PILs pending before SC; oldest goes back 23 yrs Court featured Law Legal News PIL Supreme Court
Criminal Law News CBI probe against Yadav Singh justified : Supreme Court August 7, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition of U P government challenging the order of the Allahabad High Court directing CBI investigation into corruption charges against former NOIDA Chief Engineer Yadav Singh, saying the state government should instead be happy. “We sincerely feel that the case requires investigation by the CBI. Let the CBI investigate […] Read more » CBI CBI probe against Yadav Singh justified : Supreme Court coruption featured Supreme Court UP govt Yadav Singh
Top Law News JBT scam: SC upholds jail term of O P Chautala, his son August 3, 2015 / August 3, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and others, challenging their conviction and award of 10-year jail term in the teachers’ recruitment scam case. “We are not inclined to entertain any of these appeals and they are dismissed,” a bench of Justices F M I Kalifulla and Shiva […] Read more » Court Criminal news his son JBT scam JBT scam: SC upholds jail term of O P Chautala Law O P Chautala Supreme Court
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases SC’s larger bench hears afresh Yakub Memon’s plea July 29, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A three-judge newly constituted bench of the Supreme Courttoday rejected the plea filed by Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. This virtually ends any hope for Memon who is scheduled to be hanged tommorow as per the death warrant issued on July 13. The apex court in […] Read more » featured Law Legal News SC's larger bench hears afresh Yakub Memon's plea Supreme Court Yakub Memon's plea
