Top Law News CJM court fixes May 22 as next date of hearing May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court today posted for May 22 the hearing in the case of the juvenile accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua. Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) A S Langeh fixed the hearing for May 22. Earlier on April 25, the juvenile presented himself before the court amid heavy security. CJM […] Read more » Chief Judicial Magistrate CJM Langeh featured Kathua gang Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court strikes down UP law allowing ex-CMs to keep govt house May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today struck down the amendment to a Uttar Pradesh legislation which allowed former chief ministers retain government accommodation even after demitting office, saying it violated the concept of equality, A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the amendment in the legislation was ultra vires to the Constitution since it transgresses the […] Read more » Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions featured Justice Ranjan Gogo salaries Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court likely to decide tomorrow: Kathua case transfer to CBI May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court is likely to hear tomorrow the Kathua gangrape-and-murder case along with the petitions seeking shifting of the trial to Chandigarh and handing over the investigation to the CBI. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, which had stayed the trial in the case till tomorrow, would deal with the […] Read more » CBI Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured Kathua case Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court: Adult couple can live together without marriage May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An adult couple has a right to live together without marriage, the Supreme Court said, while asserting that a 20-year-old Kerala woman, whose marriage had been annulled, could choose whom she wanted to live with. The top court held that live-in relationships were now even recognized by the Legislature and they had found a place […] Read more » 2005 ct Domestic Violence A featured High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court: Centre seeks stay of SC order on SC/ST law May 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today demanded a stay on the Supreme Court order on the SC/ST Act, with the top court saying it was “100 per cent” in favour of protecting the rights of these communities and punishing those guilty of atrocities against them. The observations by a bench of Justices A K Goel and U U […] Read more » A K Goel Attorney General K K Venugopal featured SC/ST law Supreme Court U U Lalit
Top Law News Non-implementation of laws leads officer’s death in Kasauli, says Supreme Court May 3, 2018 / May 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “The unfortunate death of a woman government official, allegedly shot dead by a hotel owner in Kasauli during a demolition drive, was the result of “non-implementation of the law,” the Supreme Court stated. The apex court, while seeking the status of investigation in the case, directed the Himachal Pradesh government to apprise it about the […] Read more » featured kasauli death kasauli murder case kasauli murder case accussed kasauli officer murder Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court stays trial in Kathua case till May 7 April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed till May 7 the trial in the Kathua gangrape and murder case, after being seized with petitions seeking shifting of the trial to Chandigarh and handing over the investigation to the CBI. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra said it will […] Read more » featured kathua gangrape Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear review pleas on SC/ST verdict on May 3 April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear the Centre’s plea seeking review of its judgment on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC/ST Act) on May 3. Attorney General K K Venugopal mentioned the matter for early hearing before a bench comprising Justices A K Goel and Deepak Gupta and said he […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal featured pleas on SC/ST pleas on SC/ST verdict Supreme Court
Top Law News Indu Malhotra takes oath as Supreme Court judge April 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior advocate Indu Malhotra was today administered the oath of office as a Supreme Court judge by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, making her the first woman lawyer to enter the top judiciary directly. With Malhotra joining the bench, the strength of the Supreme Court is now 25, against the sanctioned strength of 31, […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra CJI featured Indu Malhotra Supreme Court
Top Law News Govt asks Supreme Court collegium to reconsider recommendation on Joseph April 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government on Thursday returned to the Supreme Court collegium its recommendation to elevate Justice KM Joseph to the supreme court and asked it to reconsider it, a move which may widen rift between the judiciary and the executive. This comes a day after the government cleared the appointment of senior advocate Indu Malhotra as […] Read more » featured Supreme Court Supreme Court collegium Uttarakhand High Court
Top Law News Supreme Court: Our “real concern” is fair trial is conducted in Kathua case April 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said its “real concern” was to see that a fair trial was conducted in the Kathua case after the Bar Council of India said the lawyers’ body in the district had neither obstructed the Crime Branch from filing the charge sheet nor the advocate representing the victim’s family. A bench headed […] Read more » Kathua case Supreme Court
Top Law News Two accused in Kathua gangrape-murder case move Supreme Court for CBI probe April 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two prime accused in the sensational Kathua gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl today moved the Supreme Court opposing the plea of the victim’s father seeking transfer of trial outside the state, preferably to Chandigarh. Sanji Ram and Vishal Jangotra, who have been chargesheeted by the crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Jammu and Kashmir Police kathua gangrape Sanji Ram Supreme Court Vishal Jangotra
