Top Law News SC drops contempt charges against Giriraj Kishore July 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday dropped contempt charges against VHP leader Giriraj Kishore, who died after judgement on the issue was reserved, for allegedly making defamatory statement in 1994 on Ayodhya controversy. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha also dropped contempt proceedings against editor and reporter of a daily Khabardar India […] Read more » Ayodhya Babri Masjid case Chief Justice R M Lodha Giriraj Kishore news SC drops contempt charges against Giriraj Kishore Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news VHP
Top Law News 2G: Kanimozhi moves SC seeking urgent hearing July 24, 2014 / July 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK MP Kanimozhi has filed apetition in the the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing on her plea to quash the charges framed against her in the 2G case. In her plea, Kanimozhi said that two-and-a-half years have passed since she first moved the Delhi High Court and later the apex court seeking quashing of […] Read more » 2G 2G spectrum daughter of DMK Chief Karunanidhi DMK MP Kanimozhi Kanimozhi Kanimozhi moves SC seeking urgent hearing news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC refuses to release Subrata Roy on bail or parole July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to release Sahara Chief Subrata Roy, who has been behind bars for nearly five months, on interim bail or parole but allowed selling of his luxury hotels in New York and London to raise money to deposit Rs 10,000 crore with SEBI as directed to get regular bail. The apex […] Read more » news Sahara chief Subrata Roy SC refuses to release Subrata Roy on bail SEBI Subrata Roy Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Seven-week summer vacation for SC July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The practice that Supreme Court has been following for the last eight years for limiting its summer vacation to seven weeks, has been formally made a rule. The rule notified in the gazette said, “the period of the summer vacation shall not exceed seven weeks”. The official gazette notification comes at a time when Chief […] Read more » Chief Justice of India R M Lodha news Seven-week summer vacation for SC Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC/ST promotions: SC restores relaxed norms July 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has allowed a plea for restoring relaxed norms in central government departmental promotion examinations for Scheduled Castes/Tribes employees which was withdrawn in 1997. The apex court termed as “illegal” the 1997 Office Memorandum containing the instructions to withdraw the norms for departmental promotions to SCs/STs. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief […] Read more » Chief Justice R M Lodha news SC restores relaxed norms SC/ST promotions Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Kingfisher Airlines withdraws its plea in SC July 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kingfisher Airlines on Monday withdrew in Supreme Court its appeal against Karnataka High Court’s verdict allowing consortium of banks led by SBI to take possession of its prestigious property Kingfisher House in Mumbai. As soon as the matter came for hearing before a bench headed by Justice J S Khehar, the company pleaded the court […] Read more » Justice J.S. Khehar Karnataka High Court Kingfisher Kingfisher Airlines Kingfisher Airlines withdraws its plea in SC news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Judges of higher judiciary not govt servants: Madras HC RG July 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judges, particularly those of the higher judiciary are constitutional functionaries and not government servants or officials and so no direction can been issued to them, the Registrar General of Madras High Court on Thursday said. He stated this in a counter affidavit in response to a petition by Prisoners Rights Forum, seeking a direction to […] Read more » Indian judiciary Madras High Court news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Difficult to find suitable persons to man tribunals: SC July 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The setting up of tribunals have come under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court which on Thursday cast doubts as to whether they have achieved the desired objectives or not as competent persons are averse to presiding over them and keen ones are not suitable for such assignments. “Many retired judges who are fit to […] Read more » Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi Chief Justice R M Lodha Justice AK Sikri Justice J. Chelameswar Justice JS Khehar justice Rohinton Nariman news Securities Appellate Tribunal Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC perturbed over exploitation of migrant labourers July 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Perturbed over the horrific incident of chopping off hands of migrant labourers from Odisha by contractors in Andhra Pradesh, the Supreme Court today called for having a policy to prevent atrocities and exploitation of such people across the country. The apex court, which in January this year had taken suo motu cognizance of media reports […] Read more » exploitation of migrant labourers justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Justice C Nagappan Justice T.S. Thakur migrant labourers from Odisha news Suprem Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Legalising euthanasia be left for Parliament to debate and decide: Centre July 16, 2014 / July 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre on Tuesday opposed in the Supreme Court the plea for legalising passive euthanasia by allowing a person in vegetative condition to die by withdrawing life-support systems, saying such issues should be debated and decided in Parliament and not by court. Appearing before a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha, Attorney […] Read more » and RF Nariman Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi Chief Justice RM Lodha Justice AK Sikri Justice J. Chelameswar Justice JS Khehar Legalising euthanasia news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Increased workig hours can work successfully: CJI July 15, 2014 / July 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Dispelling doubts of lawyers’ bodies on his proposal to increase court’s working hours to reduce pendency of cases, Chief Justice of India RM Lodha on Monday said that the proposal was successfully first tried in Patna High Court when he was heading it. Justice Lodha said that after getting Bar Associations of Patna High Court […] Read more » Chief Justice of India news RM Lodha Supreme Court Supreme Court Bar Association todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC asks MoEF to decide on clearance to Adani SEZ July 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to take a decision on grant or denial of clearances to Adani Port Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) within eight weeks. A forest bench headed by Justice J S Khehar, expressing unhappiness over delay, said this will be the last chance to the ministry […] Read more » Adani Port Special Economic Zone APSEZ ministry of environment and forests MoEF news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
