Top Law News SC satisfied with police handling of Kejriwal’s dharna January 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday expressed satisfaction with the response of the Delhi Police and its handling of the two-day dharna by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Jan 20-21. Accepting the response of Delhi Policean apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh said: “They have acted reasonably fast, and did not […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Delhi Police news SC satisfied with police handling of Kejriwal's dharna Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC reserves verdict on interpretation of ‘juvenile’ January 30, 2014 / January 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court n Wednesday reserved its verdict on the pleas seeking fresh interpretation of the term ‘juvenile’ in the statute and leaving it to the criminal court, instead of Juvenile Justice Board, to determine the juvenility of an offender in heinous crimes. Two petitions, filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and parents of the […] Read more » December 16 gang-rape by Taboola Sponsored Content Delhi gang-rape juvenile news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Want to table illegal mining report in parliament first, government to SC January 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government has moved the Supreme Court urging it to modify its Jan 13 order so that Shah Commission report on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand could be placed first before parliament before it could be submitted to the court as directed by it. “Modify directions contained in the order dated Jan 13 […] Read more » Goa illegal mining Jharkhand news Odisha Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Amnesty welcomes SC death row decision January 23, 2014 / January 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court’s decision to commute the death sentences of 15 convicts was a positive step for human rights in India, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Amnesty in a statement termed the apex court’s decision “historic” and also welcomed the setting down of guidelines to safeguard the rights of prisoners on death row and their families. […] Read more » Amnesty Amnesty International death row decision death sentence Human Rights news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Apex court relief to death row convicts welcomed January 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human rights group People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgment commuting the death sentence of 15 convicts to life imprisonment. The PUCL said it was a historic judgment as it has held that – apart from delay – the mental health condition of the convict, including schizophrenia and mental illness, […] Read more » death row death row convicts People's Union for Civil Liberties PUCL PUCL president Prabhakar Sinha Rajiv Gandhi assassins Supreme Court
Top Law News Decide Sangma’s tribal status, says Supreme Court January 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed the National Commission on Scheduled Tribes to decide the tribal status of Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma within eight weeks. A division bench comprising Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MY Eqbal directed the Commission to give its verdict within the stipulated time. “The Supreme […] Read more » Meghalaya Mukul Sangma news Shillong Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Swatanter Kumar files defamation case against media, intern January 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Supreme Court judge and National Green Tribunal chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court for a defamation case against media organisations and an intern who accused him of sexual harassment. Mentioning the matter before Justice G.S. Sistani, the bunch of lawyers appearing for Justice Kumar also sought an order restraining […] Read more » National Green news sexual harassment Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news Tribunal chairman
Top Law News SC asks government to file Justice Shah’s illegal mining report January 15, 2014 / January 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed the central government to file before it the report of Justice (retd.) M.B.Shah on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand by Jan 27. The green bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik, Justice S.S.Nijjar and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla sought copies of Justice Shah’s report on illegal mining be placed before […] Read more » illegal mining Jharkhand Justice Shah report news Odisha Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC stays Madras High Court order on judges appointment January 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday stayed the Madras High Court order to maintain status quo on the process of appointing 12 judges, saying it is a “serious matter” which will be taken up by the apex court. The apex court also took exception to the conduct of a judge of the Madras High Court who on […] Read more » judges appointment Madras High Court New Delhi news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News CBI files another status report on coal scam probe January 14, 2014 / January 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation will on Monday file its fresh status report on coalgate before the Supreme Court. Notably, the CBI has found no criminality in the allocation of about 60 coal blocks, which are likely to be taken out of the purview of its ongoing probe after taking the Supreme Court’s permission. Although […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party Central Bureau of Investigation Coal Manmohan Singh news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Promotion fundamental right for eligible candidate: SC January 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that an eligible candidate has fundamental right to be considered for promotion against the available vacancy and promoted if adjudged suitable. The ruling from a bench of Justice AK Patnailk and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar came as they set aside as “invalid” the order of the cabinet’s appointment committee not […] Read more » Defence Research and Development Organisation news promotion Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Person not named in FIR, charge sheet can be tried: SC January 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said Friday that someone whose name does not figure either in an FIR or a chargesheet but whose role in an alleged crime surfaces during the course of a trial would be subjected to the said trial. A constitution bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justice BS Chauhan, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, […] Read more » chargesheet Crime FIR news P Sathasivam Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
