Top Law News Supreme Court junks plea to nationalise rivers April 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today junked a plea seeking nationalisation of all the rivers and dams in the country and handing over their operation and control to the Centre. A bench of Chief Justice Diak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud dismissed the plea, saying it cannot nationalise all the rivers and […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Chief Justice Diak Misra D Y Chandrachud public interest litigation Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Centre
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Bengal panchayat poll process April 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to extend the last date for the filing of nominations for panchayat polls in West Bengal, saying it could not interfere with the election process. The top court, however, granted liberty to all candidates to approach the West Bengal State Election Commission for appropriate relief. “We have not interfered with […] Read more » Bengal panchayat poll process BJP featured Supreme Court
Top Law News SC: Wife not a chattel, husband can’t force her to live with him April 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A wife is not a “chattel” or an “object” and she cannot be forced to reside with her husband even if the man desires to live with her, the Supreme Court has said. The supreme court observed this while hearing a matter in which a woman, who lodged a criminal case against her husband alleging […] Read more » featured IPC case Madan B Lokur SC Supreme Court
Top Law News Aadhaar details help mentally-ill woman reunite with family April 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Enrolment of a mentally-ill woman under the Aadhaar scheme came handy as it helped her reunite with her family after she went missing over four months ago. The 31-year-old woman was found abandoned on Delhi roads and after being rescued by police, she was sent to short-stay home ‘Nirmal Chhaya’ by a court which had […] Read more » 'Nirmal Chhaya' Aadhaar scheme abandoned woman featured Kashmere Gate Police Station Supreme Court UIDAI
Top Law News Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court April 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its Aadhaar scheme has been approved by experts and was not open to judicial review as it was a policy decision. The government told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra which is examining the validity of Aadhaar scheme and its enabling 2016 law […] Read more » Aadhaar scheme Chief Justice Dipak Misra Supreme Court US courts
Top Law News SC dismisses five petitions challenging CBSE’s retest decision April 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed five petitions challenging the CBSE’s decision to conduct a re-examination of the Class 12 economics paper after an alleged leak. The top court said it is the discretion of the Central Board of Secondary Education to conduct the re-examination and can’t be challenged in the court. A bench of Justices […] Read more » CBSE L Nageswara Rao S A Bobde Supreme Court
Top Law News SC: Article 370 not a temporary provision April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said that Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir is not a temporary provision. The Supreme court said that in its earlier verdict of 2017 in the SARFESI case, it has been already held that Article 370 was “not a temporary provision”. “The issue concerned […] Read more » Article 370 Constituent Assembly of J&K Constitution featured Kumari Vijayalakshmi Jha SARFESI case Supreme Court
Top Law News DND flyway toll issue would be hear in July: SC April 4, 2018 / April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would hear in July the matter related to the Allahabad High Court ruling which stated that no toll should be collected from the commuters using the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said that report filed in the matter by the […] Read more » Allahabad High Court CAG Deepak Gupta Delhi-Noida Direct featured Madan B Lokur NTBCL Supreme Court
Top Law News Govt legalising illegalities, traders holding Delhi to ransom: SC April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today lambasted the government for legalising the illegalities perpetuated so far by protecting illegal construction and now letting the traders hold the capital to ransom by their agitation against the sealing drive. The supreme court took strong exception to the protests and ‘dharnas’ by the traders and pulled up the Centre for […] Read more » ASG Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court declines to stay its 20 March verdict on SC/ST verdict April 3, 2018 / April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to keep in abeyance its 20 March order on the SC/ST Act but said it will consider in detail the Centre’s review petition. A bench of Justices A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit, while referring to the large-scale nationwide violence during the protest against the verdict, said that people who […] Read more » A K Goel featured Maharashtra government SC/ST Act Supreme Court U U Lalit
Top Law News Cauvery dispute: SC agrees to hear Centre’s plea on Apr 9 April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the Centre’s plea seeking clarification on the February 16 verdict regarding setting up of a Cauvery management scheme in the decades-old river water sharing dispute. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud kept for hearing on April 9 the […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Chief Justice Dipak Misra higher pedestal Supreme Court
Top Law News Jat quota in Haryana: Supreme Court continues status quo order April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today continued its interim order granting status quo on the operation of the Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict upholding the constitutional validity of the law providing ten per cent reservation to Jats and five other communities in Haryana. A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul asked Haryana to […] Read more » Punjab and Haryana High Court Supreme Court
