Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court dismisses Asaram Bapu’s bail plea in sexual assault case in Gujarat July 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday dismissed the bail plea of self-styled preacher Asaram Bapu in connection with a sexual assault case lodged against him in Gujarat. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Gujarat government, that the trial in the case was going on and […] Read more » Asaram Bapu Sexual assault Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Babri demolition case: Special judge seeks 6 months’ time from Supreme Court to conclude trial July 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special judge holding trial in Babri Masjid demolition case, involving BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and others, Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking six more months to conclude the trial in the case. The special judge, in a letter written in May, has informed the top court that he is due […] Read more » Babri demolition Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court to Initiate Suo Motu Action to Curb Spiralling Child Rape Incidents July 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rising incidents of child rape & a growing perception of slack law enforcement spurred the Supreme Court to suo motu register a PIL & take it up for hearing on Friday to attempt to shape a concerted & clear national response displaying ‘zero tolerance’ towards sexual assault of children. Disturbed by a clutch of media […] Read more » Spiralling Child Rape Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System No shortage of judges in Supreme Court: Govt July 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a written reply the government also said there was no proposal to amend the Constitution to provide reservations in appointments of judges in Supreme Courts & High Courts. “There is no shortage of Judges in the Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court has reached its full strength of 31 Judges for the first […] Read more » judges in Supreme Courts Shortage of judges Supreme Court Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Coastal road work: Supreme Court dismisses contempt plea against Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation July 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court (SC) recently dismissed a contempt petition which alleged that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had carried out new construction work for the coastal road project in violation of its previous order. On May 6, the Apex court had modified a status quo order of the Bombay high court (HC), allowing work to […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Coastal road work contempt plea against Supreme Court The Supreme Court
Top Law News Ayodhya dispute: Supreme Court seeks fresh status report on mediation proceedings within a week July 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a fresh status report on the ongoing mediation proceedings in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Ayodhya land dispute case within a week and made it clear that if the vexatious issue was not resolved amicably, it would hear the matter on a day-to-day basis from July 25. A five-judge constitution […] Read more » Ayodhya dispute on mediation proceedings Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court to hear petition challenging HC’s order on Maratha reservation on Friday July 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A bench comprising of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Anriuddha Bose took note of the plea that the issue of Maratha quota needed an urgent hearing. It decided to fix the petition for deliberations on July 12. The petition was filed in the apex court by Sanjeet Shukla, a representative […] Read more » High Court Maratha reservation petition challenging Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Aviation scam: Supreme Court issues notice to Aditya Talwar, stays proceedings in High Court July 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Aditya Talwar, son of Deepak Talwar, who is named in the multi-crore civil aviation scam in which Air India allegedly suffered huge losses, & stayed proceedings in the Delhi High Court, which allowed him to be represented through a lawyer. A Bench led by Chief Justice of […] Read more » Aviation Scam in High Court notice to Aditya Talwar stays proceedings Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Sealing Drive in Delhi: Supreme Court Seeks Reply from Officials July 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Land & Development Office (L&DO) to respond on the allegations levelled by the court-appointed monitoring committee that officials were not cooperating in the sealing drive to “appease political leaders”. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra & Deepak Gupta granted the L&DO seven days’ time to file affidavit to […] Read more » sealing drive seeks reply from officials Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court refuses to give more time to ‘Saravana Bhavan’ owner to surrender for serving life term July 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to entertain a plea of P Rajagopal, the founder of South Indian food chain ‘Saravana Bhavan’, seeking more time on medical grounds to surrender for serving life imprisonment in a murder case. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana dismissed the plea of Rajagopal, saying his illness was not […] Read more » 'Saravana Bhavan' Court refuses to give more time owner to surrender for serving life term Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Madras High Court order quashing Jayalalithaa gift case July 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to interfere with the 2011 order of the Madras High Court quashing a case against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and two others for receiving unaccounted gift of over Rs 2 crore. Jayalalithaa and former minister Azhagu Thirunavukkarasu arrayed as accused by the CBI in the case have […] Read more » Court refuses to interfere Jayalalithaa gift case Supreme Court with Madras High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Ayodhya land dispute: A litigant moves Supreme Court for early hearing July 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment One of the original litigants in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking early hearing of the matter. The litigant said that nothing much has been happening in the case which was referred to a three-member panel of mediators, headed by former apex court judge Justice F M […] Read more » Ayodhya land dispute early hearing Supreme Court
