High Profile Cases Demonetisation: No urgent hearing to plea by SC November 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to grant urgent hearing to a plea seeking quashing of the Centre’s November 8 notification demonetising Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes on various grounds, including that political parties and religious institutions have not been allowed to deposit the old notes in banks. “We cannot hear demonetisation issue every […] Read more » Court Demonetisation featured Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Top Law News SC sticks to Collegium recommendations, trashes Centre”s stand November 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The battle of nerves between judiciary and executive over appointment of judges for high courts intensified as the Supreme Court today stuck to its Collegium’s recommendations by rejecting Centre’s objections on 43 names. The apex court threw the ball back in the Centre’s court by asking it to reconsider the names which have not been […] Read more » Centre government Collegium recommendations Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Long queues outside banks a ‘serious issue’, says SC November 18, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Long queues outside banks a ‘serious issue’, says SC The Supreme Court today dubbed as a “serious issue” the long queues outside banks and post offices and expressed its reservation on the Centre’s plea seeking a direction that no other court in the country should entertain petitions challenging the November 8 notification demonetising Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes. “It is a serious […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Long queues outside banks Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC to hear next week Swamy’s plea on Ayodhya dispute November 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear next week BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea as to why Ayodhya temple dispute matters should be heard on a day-to-day basis. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A R Dave listed the plea of Swamy for next week after he sought an urgent hearing […] Read more » Ayodhya dispute BJP Court featured Law Legal News plea Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
Top Law News SC stops Kerala vigilante groups from killing dogs November 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today restrained vigilante groups in Kerala from imparting training to children and distributing airguns to the people at a subsidised rate to kill stray dogs and publically propagate that there was a “war” against canines in the state. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy said it failed to understand […] Read more » Court featured Kerala vigilante groups Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Centre moves SC to stay proceedings against demonetisation November 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a fresh plea of Centre seeking a stay on the proceedings before various high courts and other courts except the apex court against its November 8 decision to demonetise high denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. A bench comprising justices A R Dave and […] Read more » Centre government Court Demonetisation featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC rejects TN’s plea for review of jallikattu verdict November 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of the Tamil Nadu government seeking review of the 2014 judgement banning use of bulls for jallikattu events in the state and bullock-cart races across the country. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R F Nariman rejected the state government’s review petition, filed in 2014 through its […] Read more » Court featured jallikattu verdict Law Legal News plea Supreme Court Tamil Nadu
Top Law News Govt tells SC about steps taken to fill AFT vacancies November 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today expressed satisfaction over the steps taken by the Government to fill up the vacancies of judicial members in various Armed Force Tribunals (AFT) which have come under scanner following a claim that there was a complete breakdown of the system. After the government informed that three names have been cleared for […] Read more » AFT vacancies Armed Force Tribunals Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC refuses to stay Govt”s demonetisation notification November 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today refused to stay the government’s notification demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes but asked it to spell out the steps taken to minimise public inconvenience. “We will not be granting any stay,” a bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and D Y Chandrachud said. The remarks were made after […] Read more » Court demonetisation notification featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Give notice to Sundar before moving against her: SC to C’garh November 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Chhattisgarh government to give advanced notice of four weeks to social activist Nandini Sundar and others before proceeding against them in the case relating to the alleged murder of a tribal man in Naxal-affected areas of the state. The apex court also took on record the assurance given by […] Read more » Chhattisgarh government Court featured Law Legal News notice to Sundar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC to hear pleas on demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and 500 notes November 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Amidst unprecedented panic rush in banks and ATMs across the country, the Supreme Court would tomorrow hear a batch of PILs seeking quashing of the government’s decision to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes on the grounds that it infringed citizens’ right to life and trade among others. A bench comprising Chief Justice […] Read more » 000 and 500 notes Court featured Law Legal News pleas on demonetisation of Rs 1 Supreme Court
Top Law News DND to remain toll free, no stay on HC order: SC November 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway will remain toll free for commuters, the Supreme Court today said while disagreeing with Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd that its refusal to stay Allahabad High Court’s verdict would cause the firm irreparable loss. The apex court said while the company can be compensated later if it succeeds in its […] Read more » Court DND to remain toll free featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
