Top Law News Missing kids: SC seeks states’ compliance reports July 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan to file a report giving details of the states that have complied with its earlier order on recovering missing children. A bench of Justice H.L.Dattu and Justice Arun Mishra asked senior counsel H.S.Phoolka to prepare a report after compiling the status reports filed by the different […] Read more » Justice Arun Mishra Justice H.L. Dattu NALSA National Legal Services Authority news NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC dismisses PIL challenging special status to J-K July 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL challenging special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution. A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha refused to entertain the PIL which alleged that Article 370 was a temporary provision which was valid only till constituent Assembly ratified the accession of […] Read more » Article 370 of the Constitution Justice R.M. Lodha news SC dismisses PIL challenging special status to J-K Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Workload on the highest judiciary is excessive: SC July 11, 2014 / July 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday said that workload on it is “excessive” and inflow of cases before it is “uncontrolled” and asked the Bar to suggest measures for speedy disposal of cases. “Load of work, which is flowing in the highest judiciary, is uncontrolled and excessive. We are not finding ways and means to deal […] Read more » five-judge Constitution bench news speedy disposal of cases Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news workload of judges
Top Law News Shariat courts have no legal sanction: Supreme Court July 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today ruled that Shariat courts have no legal sanction and no one is bound to accept a fatwa or diktat pronounced by them. The court decided on a petition by a Delhi-based advocate who challenged parallel religious courts run by institutions like the Darul Qaza and Darul-Iftaa. “No religion is allowed to […] Read more » AIMPLB Darul Qaza Darul-Iftaa Fatwa Muslim Personal Law Board news Shariat court Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC refuses to stay appointment of next Army Chief July 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday said pendency of Lt Gen Ravi Dastane’s petition challenging promotion of Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag as commander of Eastern Command would not hinder Lt Gen Suhag from becoming the next Army chief. Lt Gen Dastane had sought a stay on the UPA government’s decision, reiterated by the NDA regime, […] Read more » Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag Lt Gen Ravi Dastane news SC refuses to stay appointment of next Army Chief Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Ex-minister, in custody for 27 months, seeks bail July 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Maharashtra Housing Minister Suresh Dada Jain has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking bail on health and compassionate grounds in the infamous Jalgaon housing scam case. The petition would come up for hearing in due course, court sources said. Jain, 71, in the petition, has prayed that he has been in […] Read more » Former Maharashtra Housing Minister Suresh Dada Jain Bombay High Court Jalgaon housing scam case news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Subrata Roy urges SC to show ”mercy” by granting interim bail July 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today reserved its order on interim bail plea of Sahara Chief Subrata Roy who pleaded to the court to show ‘raham'(mercy) and allow him to come out of jail to sell off his properties to deposit Rs 10,000 crore with SEBI as directed to get regular bail. “Raham is what is required […] Read more » advocate Rajiv Dhawan Justice T.S. Thakur news Sahara chief Subrata Roy Subrata Roy Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news urges SC to show mercy
Top Law News Life term, jail terms for other offences can’t run together:SC July 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has reiterated that life imprisonment means imprisonment for full and complete span of life and jail terms for other offences cannot run consecutively. A bench headed by S J Mukhopadhaya set aside the Orissa high court verdict which directed that various jail terms, including life term imprisonment, awarded to a convict to […] Read more » Criminal Procedure Code news Orissa High Court S J Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC commutes death sentence of police constable July 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court of India in a recent judgment has commuted the death sentence of Amar Singh Yadav , convicted for the death of his wife and two children to life in jail. The Division bench said that death sentence awarded by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is not warranted in this particular […] Read more » Amar Singh Yadav news SC commutes death sentence of police constable Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear Tejpal plea on Jun 27 June 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear the regular bail plea of Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal in a sexual assault case on June 27, the day when his interim bail expires. A bench of justices Vikramajit Sen and S K Singh posted the case for hearing on June 27 after senior advocate Salman Khurshid, appearing for […] Read more » advocate Salman Khurshid justice S K Singh Justice Vikramajit Sen news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Rationale behind passing judgement can’t be revealed under RTI: SC June 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The rationale behind passing judgements or orders by courts cannot be disclosed to litigants under the Right to Information Act, Supreme Court has said. An appellate authority of the Supreme Court, constituted under the RTI Act, dismissed the plea of an RTI activist who had sought information on the rationale for passing orders on review […] Read more » news Rationale behind passing judgement Right to Information Act RTI Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Grounds for imposing ban on Lt Gen Suhag was ‘premeditated’: Centre to SC June 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the alleged lapses which were made as grounds to impose disciplinary ban on Army Vice Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag by then Army Chief V K Singh between April and May 2012 were “premeditated”, “vague” and “illegal”. Gen Singh, who is a now Minister of State in the […] Read more » Bikram Singh Grounds for imposing ban on Lt Gen Suhag Insurability Lt Gen Suhag net worth news Ravi Dastane Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
