High Profile Cases SC to hear AAP leader’s plea in Jaitley’s defamation case September 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday a plea of AAP leader Raghav Chadha alleging that he has been made to face a criminal defamation case only for retweeting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s tweet against Union minister Arun Jaitley. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and A M […] Read more » AAP Arun Jaitley's defamation case Court featured Law Legal News Raghav Chadha Supreme Court
Top Law News Have set up a panel on data protection: Centre tells SC September 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A committee to deliberate on the issue of data protection in India has been set up under the chairmanship of former apex court judge Justice B N Srikrishna and a law can be evolved after it submits its report, the Centre told the Supreme Court today. The government told the court that there was all […] Read more » Centre government Court featured Law Legal News panel on data protection Supreme Court
Top Law News How did Par create an exception when consent age is 18 yrs: SC September 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today posed a query to the Centre how Parliament could create an exception in the penal law declaring that intercourse or a sexual act by a man with his wife, aged between 15 and less than 18 years, is not rape, when the age of consent is 18. The apex court said […] Read more » apex court Court featured Law Legal News marital rape Supreme Court
Top Law News SC allows 13-year-old rape survivor to abort her pregnancy September 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today allowed a 13-year-old alleged rape survivor to terminate her 32-week-old pregnancy after taking note of a medical report. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar perused the medical report filed by a board of doctors of J J hospital Mumbai, set up by […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News rape survivor can abort her pregnancy Supreme Court
Top Law News SC to hear IDBI plea agnst stay on Jaypee’s insolvency September 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea of IDBI Bank seeking modification of its order by which the insolvency proceedings against real estate firm Jaypee Infratech was stayed. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar considered the submission of the bank that staying the order […] Read more » Court featured IDBI plea agnst stay on Jaypee's insolvency Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Will examine if CVC appointee is of impeccable integrity’ September 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would not go into the aspect of “political favouritism” but only examine whether a person appointed to the posts of central vigilance commissioner and vigilance commissioners met the criteria of having “impeccable integrity”. The apex court was hearing a petition filed in 2015 challenging the appointment of the incumbent […] Read more » Court CVC appointee is of impeccable integrity featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC orders CBI probe into death case of Karnataka DySP September 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today ordered a CBI investigation into the death of M K Ganapathy, a deputy superintendent of Karnataka police, saying there were “startling facts” in the case which needed to be probed in a fair manner. DySP Ganapathy had died at Madikeri in Karnataka under mysterious circumstances on July 7 last year. A […] Read more » CBI probe into death case of Karnataka DySP Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Banning charged ‘netas’: SC to consider setting 5-judge bench September 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would consider setting up a five-judge constitution bench to hear a plea seeking barring of those politicians against whom charges have been framed in serious offences, from contesting elections. The petition, which was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, has raised a question whether a […] Read more » Banning charged 'netas' Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC stays insolvency proceedings against Jaypee Infratech September 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed the insolvency proceedings against real estate firm Jaypee Infratech at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and sought the firm’s response on a plea seeking protection of the interests of hassled home buyers who have neither got homes, nor their money back. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra […] Read more » Court featured Jaypee Infratech Law Legal News National Company Law Tribunal Supreme Court
Top Law News Old age homes in each dist: SC seeks replies from States September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought the response from the states with regard to the status of old age homes in every district on a plea filed by former union minister Ashwini Kumar for protection of rights of senior citizens. The apex court said it was looking into what all could be done for the elderly […] Read more » Ashwini Kumar Court featured Law Legal News Old age homes rights of senior citizens Supreme Court
Top Law News Bofors scam: SC agrees to hear 12-year-old plea September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case was back in the limelight today with the Supreme Court agreeing to hear BJP leader Ajay Kumar Agarwal’s appeal challenging a 2005 Delhi High Court order quashing charges against Europe-based industrialists Hinduja brothers. Justice R S Sodhi of the Delhi High Court, since retired, had on May […] Read more » Bofors scam Court featured Hinduja brothers Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Encounter killings: SC refers NHRC plea to a larger bench September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today referred to a larger bench a plea of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking direction to all states for mandatorily giving information to it about any encounter killings in their jurisdiction for the purposes of enquiry. A bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and R Banumathi said it would be appropriate […] Read more » Court encounter killings featured Law Legal News National Human Rights Commission NHRC Supreme Court
