High Profile Cases SC to conduct day-to-day hearing in Cauvery water dispute January 4, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said that it will conduct day-to-day hearing on the appeals filed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala against the 2007 award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) on sharing of water. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar reiterated its October 18, 2016 order and […] Read more » Court day-to-day hearing in Cauvery water dispute featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News BCCI administrators matter: SC replaces Nariman with Divan January 3, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today replaced noted jurist F S Nariman with senior lawyer Anil Divan after he expressed his inability to assist the court in suggesting names for BCCI administrators. Nariman told a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur that he had represented the cricket body as a lawyer in 2009 and hence, […] Read more » Anil Divan BCCI administrators matter Court F S Nariman featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Cricket field is not a personal turf or fiefdom: SC January 3, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The turf of cricket field is not a personal turf or fiefdom, said the Supreme Court today while noting that no persons would continue to be or be entitled for appointment as the office bearer of BCCI or a state association in breach of the Lodha panel norms accepted by it. The court was at […] Read more » Court Cricket field is not a personal turf or fiefdom featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News There should not be judicial redrafting of law: SC January 3, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment No form of government is perfect but these imperfections cannot be remedied by “judicial redrafting” of a legislative provision, the Supreme Court, in its minority verdict, today said while holding that the term “his religion” meant the faith of candidates only in the election law. The seven-judge bench, in a majority 4:3 verdict, took a […] Read more » Court featured judicial redrafting of law Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Repromulgation of ordinances “fraud” on the Constitution: SC January 3, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Repromulgation of ordinances is a “fraud” on the Constitution and a sub-version of democratic legislative processes, especially when the government persistently avoids the placing the ordinances before the legislature, the Supreme Court today ruled. A seven-judge Constitution bench, by a majority of 6:1, held that repromulgation is constitutionally “impermissible” and “defeats constitutional scheme” under which […] Read more » Constitution Court featured Law Legal News Repromulgation of ordinances Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Cannot seek votes in name of religion, caste: SC January 2, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court today held that any appeal for votes on the ground of “religion, race, caste, community or language” amounted to “corrupt practice” under the election law provision. Referring to the term ‘his religion’ used in section 123(3) of the Representation of The Peoples (RP) Act, which deals with ‘corrupt […] Read more » Cannot seek votes in name of religion Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News 2 doctors convicted for sheltering accused December 22, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Two doctors, who extended “medical asylum” to a wanted former MLA by allowing him to remain in hospital for 527 days without any justifiable reason, have been held guilty of contempt by the Supreme Court which said they had “obstructed” in administration of justice. The apex court convicted Gurgaon-based private hospital’s Medical Director Munish Prabhakar […] Read more » Court featured K S Sachdev Law Legal News medical asylum Munish Prabhakar Supreme Court
Top Law News SC to examine whether courts can add ‘rigorous’ to life terms December 20, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Can the word ‘rigorous’ be added by courts when they award life imprisonment? The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the question whether courts are statutorily empowered to make life imprisonments tougher for the convicts by adding “rigorous” (harsh) to life sentence as the law does not provide for this. A bench headed by Justice […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News life terms Supreme Court
Top Law News Indiscipline in armed forces to be viewed ‘seriously’: SC December 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Indiscipline on part of security force personnel must be “viewed seriously” and deserting work by disobeying orders of superior officers is an act of “gross misconduct”, the Supreme Court has ruled. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur also said that past conduct of a delinquent employee can be taken into consideration […] Read more » Armed Forces Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC upholds acquittal of ex-Army officer December 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment It is “unfortunate that a crime is going unpunished”. This was the observation and finding of the Delhi High Court as it acquitted a former Army officer in a 34-year old murder of a Delhi businessman, saying it “cannot hang any person” if evidence on record does not conclusively establish his guilt. The order has […] Read more » acquittal of ex-Army officer Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News India can avoid tag of being accident capital of the world: SC December 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The year 2014 alone witnessed 2.37 lakh road accidents on national and state highways across the country which had left at least 85,462 people dead and 2.59 lakh injured. These were the sensational findings in official statistics placed before the Supreme Court, which noted that as per 2009 data, India had reported the highest number […] Read more » Court featured India can avoid tag of being accident capital of the world Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News J&K has no vestige of sovereignty outside Constitution: SC December 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Jammu and Kashmir has “no vestige” of sovereignty outside the Indian Constitution and its own, while the citizens of the state are “first and foremost” citizens of India, the Supreme Court has held. The apex court observed this while terming as “wholly incorrect” the conclusion arrived at by Jammu and Kashmir High Court which had […] Read more » Court featured J&K has no vestige of sovereignty outside Constitution Law Legal News Supreme Court
