Top Law News Failure of states to respond to Centre’s communication on elephant corridors irks Supreme Court April 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it was “extremely unfortunate” that several states have not responded to two communications sent by the Centre on the issue of elephant corridors to curb human-animal conflict and reduce animal fatalities. The apex court pulled up these states and noted that only three — Kerala, West Bengal and Meghalaya — […] Read more » 'West Bengal featured Kerala Meghalaya Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court notice to Centre on plea against criminalisation of homosexuality April 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a plea filed by hotelier Kesav Suri challenging the criminalisation of gay sex between two consenting adults. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked the Centre to file the response within a week on the plea. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Chief Justice Dipak Misra D Y Chandrachud featured hotelier Kesav Suri Supreme Court
Top Law News Opposition to move Supreme Court against impeachment rejection April 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Opposition members will move the Supreme Court against the rejection by Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu of the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India, Congress leader Kapil Sibal said on Monday. The former Union Law Minister told the media: “The order by the Chairman is unprecedented, illegal, wrong and unconstitutional.” He said […] Read more » featured Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear Aadhaar-voter ID link PIL after verdict on pleas challenging Aadhaar April 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said that it will hear a petition seeking linking of Aadhaar cards with voter identity cards and property documents after it verdict on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the 12-digit unique identification number. The plea, filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, has sought a direction to the […] Read more » Aadhaar-voter ID BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay featured Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court terms public statements on impeachment of judges unfortunate April 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today termed as very unfortunate the public statements, including those made by lawmakers, on impeachment of judges. “We are all very disturbed about it,” a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said after the counsel appearing for the petitioner raised the issue of politicians making public statements on impeachment […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal featured impeachment Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court website down amidst fears of hacking April 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The official website of the Supreme Court was suspected to have been hacked this morning, but the court officials did not confirm it. The top court officials confirmed that the website had become “non-functional” from 11.35 am and said all efforts were being made to restore normalcy. One of the screen shots of the top […] Read more » "hackeado por HighTech Brazil HacTeam" Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court summons chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana: Yamuna water April 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the chief secretaries of Haryana and Delhi to appear before it on Monday after the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said it was not receiving enough water to supply to the national capital. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur took a strong note of the apathy shown by authorities […] Read more » Delhi Jal Board featured Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Jay Shah, web portal to try to settle defamation case April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked Jay Shah, son of BJP president Amit Shah and ‘The Wire’ and its scribes, to try to amicably settle the criminal defamation case lodged by the former against the news portal and others. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also extended its interim order that had asked the […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Gujarat High Court public domain electronically Rohini Singh Supreme Court
Top Law News Task force to examine safety of buildings, Centre tells Supreme Court: Sealing April 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the special task force (STF), which would be set up to oversee the enforcement of laws to deal with unauthorised constructions and encroachments in Delhi, would also look into the safety aspects of buildings which have been built legally. The government told a bench of Justices Madan […] Read more » ASG Bhure Lal chairman of Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority Deepak Gupta Election Commissioner featured Madan B Lokur Major General (Retd) Som Jhingan MCD STF Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court orders demolition of illegal constructions in Kasauli hotels April 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today ordered demolition of illegal constructions at several hotels and resorts in the picturesque Himachal Pradesh town of Kasauli, saying the life of people cannot be endangered for making money. The apex court observed that the illegal constructions had put the entire city in danger, causing landslides, and ordered the demolition of […] Read more » AAA Guest House featured NGT Supreme Court
Top Law News Centre tells Supreme Court: Process to appoint eminent jurist to select Lokpal underway April 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the process to fill up the vacancy of an eminent jurist in the selection committee for appointing Lokpal was going on. Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi that recommendation for induction of an eminent jurist in the panel has been […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Justice Ranjan Gogoi Lokpal Supreme Court
Top Law News BCI asks Jammu, Kathua bar bodies to call off strike April 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India (BCI) today asked the Jammu and Kathua bar associations to call off their strike and decided to send a five-member team headed by a former high court chief justice to investigate the alleged incident of misconduct on part of the lawyers there in connection with the Kathua rape-murder case. BCI […] Read more » Bar Council of India Crime Branch of J-K Police featured Supreme Court
