Top Law News Use of force legit if children see parents being assaulted: SC June 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Use of force can be legitimate if children see their parents being assaulted, the Supreme Court has said while acquitting two brothers accused of hitting their neighbours who had beaten up their parents, causing the death of their father later. “The appellants can legitimately claim right to use force once they saw their parents being […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refuses to entertain plea to stay release of ‘Udta Punjab’ June 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain the plea of an NGO seeking stay on the release of the film Udta Punjab and asked it to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court which is seized of the matter. A vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and L Nageswara Rao granted liberty to […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News pleaUdta Punjab Supreme Court
Top Law News Fresh attempts to scuttle release of ‘Udta Punjab’ in SC June 15, 2016 / June 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Fresh attempts were made today against the release of Bollywood movie ‘Udta Punjab’ on Friday with an NGO moving the Supreme Court to stall the screening of the film, while another plea by it prompted the Delhi High Court to direct the producer to modify the promos by adhering to the Bombay High Court order. […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Udta Punjab
Top Law News SC stops demolition drive in Maharashtra village till July 31 June 15, 2016 / June 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Maharashtra government not to carry out demolition of illegal buildings at a village in Navi Mumbai during the monsoon season till July 31. A vacation bench comprising Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and L Nageswara Rao also gave its nod to the state government to come out with a policy […] Read more » Court demolition drive featured Law Legal News Maharashtra village Supreme Court
Top Law News SC to hear plea against declaring Nilgai, monkeys as vermins June 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A plea has been filed in Supreme Court seeking quashing and interim stay of three notifications of the Centre declaring Nilgai, monkey and wild boar as vermins for one year in the states of Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The plea for urgent hearing was mentioned before the vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News monkeys Nilgai plea Supreme Court vermins
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases SC denies plea of convicted BSP leader again June 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today once again refused to grant urgent hearing to a plea of former MP Umakant Yadav seeking suspension of his conviction and a seven year sentence in a forgery case to enable him contest the upcoming assembly elections in the Uttar Pradesh in 2017. The plea was mentioned before a vacation bench […] Read more » BSP Leader Court featured Forgery case Law Legal News plea Supreme Court Umakant Yadav Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Release “normal” patients from mental hospital: SC to hear plea June 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to accord an urgent hearing to a plea seeking release of male and female patients who are fit for discharge from a mental hospital in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. A vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and L Nageswara Rao said there was no urgency and the matter could […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News patients plea Supreme Court
Top Law News SC reserves verdict on appeals in DA case against Jayalalithaa June 7, 2016 / June 8, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of appeals filed by Karnataka government and others against the High Court order acquitting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and others in a disproportionate assets case. A vacation bench comprising justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy, which has been hearing the appeals of […] Read more » Court DA case against Jayalalithaa featured Law Legal News Supreme Court verdict
Top Law News SC refuses to order CBI probe into Mathura violence June 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to order CBI probe into Mathura violence in which 29 people, including two police officials, were killed during an eviction drive to remove about 3,000 encroachers from a little known armed sect from Jawahar Bagh. A bench of Justices PC Roy and Amitava Roy said that Allahabad HC was […] Read more » CBI Court featured Jawahar Bagh Law Legal News Mathura violence Supreme Court UP
Top Law News Judiciary intervenes only when executive fails: CJI June 6, 2016 / June 7, 2016 by Legal India News | 2 Comments on Judiciary intervenes only when executive fails: CJI Chief Justice of India T S Thakur has said that judiciary intervenes only when the executive fails in its constitutional duties. “The courts only fulfill their constitutional duty and need would not arise if government do their job,” the CJI was quoted as saying in an interview to ETV News Network. Amidst the tug of […] Read more » CJI Court executive fails featured judiciary Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC to hear tomorrow plea for CBI probe in Mathura violence June 6, 2016 / June 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a plea seeking direction to Samajwadi Party-led Uttar Pradesh government to recommend a CBI probe into the horrific violence in Mathura killing two police officers including the Superintendent of Police and over two dozens squatters. A vacation bench of justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy listed […] Read more » CBI Court Criminal news featured Law Mathura violence plea Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Mathura violence: SC nod to hear PIL for CBI probe June 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to accord an urgent hearing to a plea seeking CBI probe into the Jawahar Bagh violence in Mathura in which 29 people, including two policemen, lost their lives. A vacation bench of justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy listed the matter for tomorrow after the plea was mentioned for […] Read more » CBI Court featured Law Legal News Mathura violence PIL Supreme Court
