Court, Judiciary & Legal System Triple Talaq: SC agrees to examine validity of new law; issues notice to Centre August 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday agreed to examine the validity of a newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq among Muslims a punishable offence entailing imprisonment of up to three years. A bench of justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi issued notice to the Centre on a batch of […] Read more » Supreme Court triple talaq validity of new law
Bar, Bench & Firm News Justice Patnaik completes probe into larger conspiracy against Gogoi, report likely by mid-Sept August 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court-appointed one-man panel, holding inquiry into allegations of “larger conspiracy” to frame Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, has completed its task and is likely to submit the report by mid September. Sources said Tuesday that Justice A K Patnaik, a retired Supreme Court judge who was appointed by the apex court, examined […] Read more » conspiracy against Gogoi Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Lieutenant Colonel to be tried for 8 charges as Supreme Court has refused to grant any relief August 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A controversial military intelligence officer, who made several wild allegations of custodial killings against his superior officers that were rejected after scrutiny by the judicial system, has been found culpable of violating service norms and will face a summary general court martial next week. Lt Col Dharamvir Singh, who is currently being housed at an […] Read more » Lieutenant Colonel refused to grant any relief Supreme Court tried for 8 charges
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC grants CBI 2 more weeks to complete probe in accident case involving Unnao rape survivor August 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday granted two more weeks’ time to the CBI to complete the ongoing investigation in a road accident case in which the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer have sustained critical injuries. A bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose extended the time for completing the probe after the CBI […] Read more » Supreme Court Unnao rape survivor
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Hearing pollution matters regularly so that people can get clean air: Supreme Court August 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday said it is hearing matters related to severe air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region “day in and day out” so that people, especially the children, could breath clean air. The apex court observed this while coming down heavily on the Delhi Transport Department, which has filed an affidavit […] Read more » get clean air hearinng pollution Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System PM scholarship scheme: Supreme Court extends admission deadline till Sept 15 for J-K students August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to thousands of Jammu and Kashmir students selected for a special scholarship scheme, the Supreme Court on Friday extended by a month the deadline for taking admission in various engineering colleges due to situations prevailing in the state after abrogation of its special status. The Jammu and Kashmir government said that counselling […] Read more » extend admmission j-k students PM scholarship scholarship scheme Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court expresses anguish over filing of defective petitions on Article 370 August 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday refrained from examining the legal challenges posed to the changes made in the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir, saying that the petitions filed on the “serious issue” of abrogation of provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution suffer from defects. The apex court, which was dealing with the first […] Read more » defective petitions Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Ayodhya: On 5th day of hearing, arguments in Supreme Court on whether temple existed on disputed site August 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Arguments on whether a temple existed at the disputed site in Ayodhya were presented on Tuesday before the Supreme Court which heard the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case for the fifth day. Senior advocate C S Vaidyanathan, appearing for deity Ram Lalla Virajman, advanced arguments on whether there was an existing temple over which […] Read more » 5th day of hearing Ayodhya dispute Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Ayodhya land dispute: Crucial day-to-day hearing of case in Supreme Court to enter 5th day August 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The crucial day-to-day hearing in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case in the Supreme Court will entre the 5th day on Tuesday with the counsel for the deity, ‘Ram Lalla Virajman’, re-commencing arguments for claim over the entire 2.77-acre disputed land in Ayodhya. The hearing before a 5-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice […] Read more » Ayodhya land dispute Supreme Court to enter 5th day
Top Law News NRC: Supreme Court reserves order on citizenship issue of those born in country between 1971 and 1987 August 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Thursday, Supreme Court reserved its order on citizenship issue of people born in India between 1971 and 1987 and who were not included in National Register of Citizens (NRC) list. Apex Court Bench stated that,”We will not be bothered by what others say about our orders & judgments. We will continue to oversee NRC finalised as per the […] Read more » citizenship issue NRC Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court asks wife to approach HC to file plea against reduction of maintenance August 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court of India has instructed the petitioner-wife to approach the High Court for appropriate relief on reduction of maintenance due to change of circumstances in which it was earlier reduced. The High Court has allowed the reduction in maintenance on the ground that the respondent-husband has been paying E.M.I. of Rs.42,000/- for the home loan which he […] Read more » High Court reduction in maintenance Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court reserves verdict on pleas against EWS Reservation August 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court reserves verdict on EWS Quota – On Wednesday, the Supreme Court reserved its order regarding the plea of reservation related to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). It was referring to a Constitution Bench over 103rd Constitution Amendment Act, 2019. It provides 10% reservation to those citizens who belong to the recently formulated EWS […] Read more » EWS Reservation reserves verdict Supreme Court
