Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court Threatens to Jail Top Officials over Church Case July 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday blasted the Kerala government & threatened to send its officials, including the chief secretary, to jail for contempt for not implementing its verdict on centuryold dispute between Orthodox & Patriarchal factions of the state’s Malankara Church. A bench of Arun Mishra & M R Shah expressed anguish over state government […] Read more » Church Case jail top officials Supreme Court
Corporate Law News Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Homebuyers’ plea Against Jaypee Liquidation July 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As the insolvency resolution process for debt-ridden real estate giant Jaypee Infratech Ltd comes to a dead end & the company is staring at liquidation for not completing the process within the statutory time period of 270 days, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear plea of homebuyers seeking its intervention to protect their […] Read more » Agrees to Hear Homebuyers’ Jaypee Liquidation plea Against Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court convicts 12 persons for killing ex-Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in 2003 July 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court convicted 12 persons on Friday for killing former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in 2003. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra allowed the appeals of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Gujarat government challenging the high court order by which the convicts were absolved of murder charges in the […] Read more » 12 persons for killing ex- gujarat Haren Pandya Home Minister Supreme Court
Human Rights AES in Bihar: Providing all support to contain it, Centre tells Supreme Court July 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre told the Supreme Court Wednesday that it was proactively providing all support to Bihar in containing and managing Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in which more than children have died. In an affidavit filed on a plea seeking measures for containment of the disease, the Centre said Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had visited […] Read more » AES in Bihar BIHAR Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court fixes plea challenging Maha CM’s election for final disposal on Jul 23 July 3, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday fixed for final disposal a plea challenging the election of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to the state assembly for alleged non-disclosure of pending criminal cases against him in the nomination papers. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said that it will list […] Read more » election for final disposal Maha CM's election Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court asks Meghalaya to deposit Rs 100 cr fine for illegal coal mining July 3, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Meghalaya government to deposit the Rs 100 crore fine imposed on it by the NGT for failing to curb illegal coal mining with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph directed the state administration to hand over the illegally extracted […] Read more » deposit Rs 100 cr illegal coal mining Supreme Court
Public Utilities Supreme Court : Private vehicle on public road is considered a ‘public place’ July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A private vehicle running on a public road in Bihar will be considered a “public place” under the Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act 2016, which prohibits manufacturing, possession, purchase, sale & the consumption of alcohol in the state, the Supreme Court clarified Monday. The top court also said a person drinking in such a vehicle or […] Read more » 186 (obstructing public servant while discharging duties) of IPC private vehicle public place Supreme Court
Top Law News Courts cannot usurp jurisdiction of decision makers in the garb of Judicial Review, Supreme Court July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a decision of the Telangana High Court modifying the fee structure notified by the Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC). A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha, while setting aside the judgment of the High Court said that the Courts can exercise the power of […] Read more » Supreme Court usurp jurisdiction
Top Law News SC directs Petitioner to approach Kerala HC : Plea to revise Backward Community list, raise Muslim reservation in Kerala July 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a petition moved by the Minority Indians Planning and Vigilance Commission Trust (Trust), seeking a direction to increase the percentage of reservation for the Muslim community in public employment in Kerala and to revise the state’s backward community list. The Court, however, granted liberty to the petitioner to […] Read more » Backward Community High Court Muslim reservation in Kerala Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court judge recuses herself from hearing pleas against Bombay High Court order on laws on beef July 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra Monday recused herself from hearing a batch of appeals and cross-appeals challenging a Bombay High Court verdict which held that mere possession of beef of animals slaughtered outside the state cannot invite criminal action. A bench headed by Justice A M Sapre said that Justice Malhotra was recusing herself […] Read more » Bombay High Court laws on beef Supreme Court
Human Rights Supreme Court awards nearly Rs 50 lakh compensation to disabled driver of deceased Punjab minister July 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man who suffered permanently disability in an accident while driving the car of the thenD leader and Punjab cabinet minister Kanwaljit Singh in 2009 was on Monday awarded Rs 49.9 lakh compensation by the Supreme Court. Singh, who was Punjab Cooperation Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal’s General Secretary, had died on March 29, 2009 […] Read more » awards nearly 50 lakh Punjab minister Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL seeking SIT probe into death of public servant July 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Punjab government to set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of a government official whose body was found on railway track near Jalandhar Cantt station in November 2017. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices […] Read more » SIT probe Supreme Court
