Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News NJAC review: SC refuses specific date for hearing plea January 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to give a specific date to hear a plea seeking review of its 2015 verdict striking down the NJAC Act and another related law, which had led to the revival of the collegium system for appointment of judges, saying there was no hurry. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra […] Read more » appointment of judges Chief Justices collegium system for appointment of judges featured Judges of High Courts from one High Court to another Judges to the High Courts National Judicial Appointments Commission NJAC NJAC review revival of the collegium system for appointment of judges Supreme Court transfer of Chief Justices
Top Law News SC grants Rs 15 lakh compensation to deaf & dumb rape victim January 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has granted a one-time compensation of Rs 15 lakh to a deaf and dumb rape victim from Himachal Pradesh who had delivered a girl child, modifying a high court order directing the state government to make monthly payments. The apex court said that it was not initially inclined to interfere with the […] Read more » deaf & dumb rape deaf & dumb rape victim featured grants Rs 15 lakh compensation rape victim Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC to hear today plea on pictorial warning on tobacco products December 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court agreed to hear today itself a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court order which quashed the government regulation that packets of tobacco products must carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of packaging space. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul considered the submission for […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court tobacco products
High Profile Cases No funds shortage: SC on solid waste management December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming solid waste management as a “huge problem” for the country, the Supreme Court has said that there was no shortage of funds under ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ but there was “lack” of willingness on the part of states to take positive steps in this regard . The apex court noted the submissions of the Ministry […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News No funds shortage Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC for relook into 349 FDC medicines by drug advisory board December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pharmaceutical firms have suffered a setback as the Supreme Court has favoured re- examination of 349 fixed dose combination (FDC) medicines, a ban on which was set aside by the Delhi High Court. The FDC medicines, including well-known brands such as Corex cough syrup and Vicks Action 500 Extra and several anti-diabetes drugs, were banned […] Read more » Court drug advisory board FDC medicines featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Aircel-Maxis case: SC seeks status reports on probe December 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the CBI, the ED and the special public prosecutor appointed by it in the 2G spectrum scam case to file a status report on the probe carried out by ED officer Rajeshwar Singh in the Aircel-Maxis deal case. It said that it wanted to know against whom what investigation was […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis case CBI Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC deprecates lawyer for saying her client will be raped December 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today deprecated a lawyer for saying that her client, a fugitive businesswoman residing in London, is getting threats from lenders that she will be molested and raped on arrival in India. The top court asked the woman’s counsel to “behave responsibly” or it will refer her to Bar Council of India for […] Read more » Bar Council of India Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refuses Cong plea for counting of VVPAT slips in Guj December 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of the Gujarat Congress seeking counting of at least 20 per cent of the paper trail slips manually along with votes cast in the EVMs in each constituency of the state. It said that the court cannot interfere unless the Election Commission of India’s decision to […] Read more » Congress Court featured Gujarat Law Legal News plea Supreme Court VVPAT
High Profile Cases Disabled people have right to get higher education: SC December 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment People with disablility have a right to get higher education and not making adequate provisions to facilitate their proper education would amount to “discrimination”, the Supreme Court said today. Ir directed the government institutions of higher education and other such institutions, which were receiving aid from the government, to comply with the provisions of the […] Read more » Court Disabled people have right to get higher education featured Law Legal News Supreme Court UGC University Grants Commission
Top Law News De-freezing of accounts: SC dismisses Teesta Setalvad’s plea December 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed the pleas of activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband and her two NGOs challenging the Gujarat High Court order rejecting their pleas for de-freezing of their personal bank accounts. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the pleas are dismissed. Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and their two NGOs […] Read more » Court De-freezing of accounts featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Teesta Setalvad
Top Law News SC to pronounce order on mandatory linking of Aadhaar tomorrow December 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today reserved its interim order for tomorrow on a batch of pleas seeking a stay on the government’s decision of mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various welfare schemes, as the Centre extended the deadline up to March 31 next year. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the […] Read more » Aadhaar card Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Set up 12 spl courts to hear cases of MPs/MLAs by March 1: SC December 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed that 12 special courts, to be set up to exclusively deal with cases involving lawmakers, should start functioning from March 1 next year and asked the Centre to “forthwith” allocate Rs 7.80 crore proportionately to the respective states. Immediately after the allocation of the funds by the Centre, the concerned […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Set up 12 spl courts to hear cases of MPs/MLAs by March 1 Supreme Court
