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Supreme Court directs Karisma & Sunjay Kapoor's Lawyers to settle the Divorce battle

02 Mar 2016
March,2,2016: The next course of action can be decided only when Karisma and Sunjay start talking, says Sunjay Kapur's lawyer about the Supreme Court asking the estranged couple to come to a settlemen...
 

Supreme Court poser to Bar Council of India: 'Have you become a Law unto yourself'

02 Mar 2016
March,2,2016: Law graduates have fundamental right to practice, says the apex court< The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether conducting All India Bar Examination (AIBE) was a violation of t...
 

RK Pachauri of TERI chargesheeted by Delhi Police in Sexual Harassment Case

01 Mar 2016
March,1,2016: Delhi Police on Tuesday filed a chargesheet in a court against TERI executive vice-chairman R.K. Pachauri for allegedly sexually harassing and outraging modesty of a former woman colleag...
 

Likes of Nariman, Sorabji throws their weight behind Delhi HC Judge, ask CJI to stop Transfer

01 Mar 2016
March,1,2016: A group of eminent lawyers has written to the Chief Justice of India T S Thakur and the Supreme Court Collegium, seeking a review of its decision to transfer Delhi High Court Judge Rajiv...
 

More wait for Kanhaiya's Bail as Delhi High Court defers decision for Two Days

29 Feb 2016
February,29,2016: The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on the bail petition moved by JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar in the sedition case registered against him for a controv...
 

Now Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, D Raja among 9 booked for Sedition for supporting JNU agitation

28 Feb 2016
February,28,2016: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury are among nine persons who have booked on sedition charges in con...
 

New Addition to our Fundamental Rights guaranteed by The Constitution: 'Right to Health', Read Draft

28 Feb 2016
February,28,2016: In a step towards increasing accessibility and availability of healthcare services for all, the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare held a high-level meeting on Saturday to...
 

Chief Justice TS Thakur feels: Time has come to Audit Government's performance

28 Feb 2016
February,28,2016: Chief Justice of India TS Thakur was on Saturday critical of the Government for the delay in enforcement of laws and appointment of high court judges saying time has come to audit it...
 

Justice CS Karnan asked by SC to Join Calcutta High Court Before March 11

27 Feb 2016
February,27,2015: Controversial Madras High Court Judge Justice CS Karnan, who recently 'stayed' the Chief Justice of India's order transferring him, has been directed to join the Calcutta High Court...
 

SC Constitution Bench rules: Second appeal will lie beyond the substantial question of law in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana, Read Text

27 Feb 2016
February,27,2016: Interestingly but finally, Constitution Bench of Hon'ble Supreme Court has accepted on 25.02.2016 that Section-41 of Punjab Courts Act continues to apply and has also observed that t...
 

Pakistan Supreme Court orders Pervez Musharraf to be tried for treason for imposing Emergency in Pakistan

26 Feb 2016
February,26,2016: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled that only Pervez Musharraf should be tried for treason for subverting the Constitution in 2007, one day after the former president went to co...
 

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea to 'rebuild' Ram Temple

26 Feb 2016
February,26,2016: Dr. Swamy's plea will be heard along with appeals challenging a 2010 Allahabad HC decision fixing the exact birthplace of Lord Ram at the disputed Ayodhya site. A plea by BJP leader...
 

Supreme Court: Freedom of speech does not extend to watching porn in public

26 Feb 2016
February,26,2016: The Supreme Court on Friday said the right to free speech, thought and expression is not “absolute” and does not extend to viewing or compelling to watch porn in a public place. When...
 

Ex-CJI Justice HL Dattu is Govt's choice for appointment as Chairman, NHRC

24 Feb 2016
February,24,2016: The Government on Tuesday chose former Chief Justice of India H L Dattu for appointment as the next chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The Indian Express ha...
 

SC: We will make agitators pay for damage caused to Nation's property in the name of protest in Guajrat & Haryana

24 Feb 2016
February,24,2016: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that strict action must be taken against individuals or political parties that destroy public property during any of their agitations. "We cannot...
 

'I had lost my Mental balance' says Justice Karnan, after his Ugly spat with Supreme Court over his transfer

24 Feb 2016
February,24,2016: Madras High Court judge Justice C.S. Karnan on Tuesday wrote to the Chief Justice of India, acknowledging that he passed an “erroneous order” due to his mental frustration resulting...
 

Delhi High Court to Accused JNU Students: 'Surrender and follow due Legal procedure'

23 Feb 2016
February,23,2016-: JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, accused of raising “anti- national” slogans during a protest in the university last week, have now been asked to surrender and “fo...
 

Legendary actor Dilip Kumar acquitted in the 18-year-old cheque bounce case

23 Feb 2016
    February,23,2016: Legendary actor Dilip Kumar was today acquitted from all charges in the 18-year old cheque bounce case by Girgaum Magistrate court in Mumbai. The matter relate...
 

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea against rowdy Lawyers who boasted they beat up JNU's Kanhaiya in Custody

23 Feb 2016
February,23,2016: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea against the lawyers who claimed in a sting video that they thrashed Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar so badly whe...
 

Supreme Court barb for Kejriwal Govt: You want everything on a Platter while your Ministers rest in AC Chambers

22 Feb 2016
February,22,2016: “You people (Delhi Government), instead of solving the problem at government-to-government level, are moving to the Supreme Court. You want order from the Supreme Court. You want eve...
 

PMO keen to fastfarward Judges Appointment, asks Law Ministry to finalise Memorandum of Procedure

21 Feb 2016
February,21,2016: The Prime Minister’s Office has nudged the Law Ministry to finalise the new Memorandum of Procedure, a document which guides the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary, so it...
 

They called Afzal Guru hanging “Judicial Killing” and Apex Court Judges 'Killers': Kanhaiya, Gilani and ors. face SC's Contempt

21 Feb 2016
February,21,2016:The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Monday a plea seeking contempt action against jailed, former DU lecturer SAR Gilani and few others on the ground that they allegedly termed the...
 

Jat Reservation, the Complete Story & why Supreme Court had to Rule against it, Read Judgment

20 Feb 2016
February,20,2016: Here is why the Jat community is up in arms. Who are the Jats? * A north Indian martial and farming community not traditionally considered 'backward'. What is their Demand? Jats...
 

Supreme Court: Courts are not a stage for Political speeches

20 Feb 2016
February,20,2016: The Supreme Court on Friday maintained equanimity as a lawyer loudly protested inside the courtroom when parts of a petition alleged that the mob violence in the Patiala House courts...
 

Even though PM & President use Twitter, its location service shows Jammu in Pakistan, J&K in China

19 Feb 2016
February,19,2016: In a major goof-up, popular social media platform Twitter on Thursday showed Jammu as part of Pakistan and J&K as being in China in its location-tagging service -- drawing flak f...
 

Our Intervention will set a ‘Dangerous precedent’, feels Supreme Court on Kanhaiya’s Bail plea

19 Feb 2016
February,19,2016: The Supreme Court asked Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s on Friday to approach the Delhi high court for bail, agreeing the petition wasn’t possible in the...
 

Supreme Court will hear JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar's Bail plea in Sedition Case tomorrow

18 Feb 2016
February,18,2016: A day after violence erupted in the Patiala House Courts complex in open defiance of the Supreme Court's call for calm, the apex court on Thursday accepted that “something extraordia...
 

Now High-mast tricolours to fly in all Central Universities

18 Feb 2016
February,18,2016: The national flag will now fly prominently at all central universities, the Union human resource development ministry said on Thursday. After a meeting between the Union Human Resou...
 

National Consumer Commission directs Unitech to refund Rs 4 Crore to buyers for delayed Projects, Read Order

18 Feb 2016
February,18,2016: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has directed leading real estate developer, Unitech Ltd to refund amount of nearly Rs 4 crore to a group of buyers for del...
 

After 'Bharat Ki Barbadi Chants', now JNU Leader falls in line, says 'I am an Indian with full faith in Constitution'

18 Feb 2016
February,18,2016: Student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Wednesday said he wasn’t “anti-national” and called for people to maintain peace as a court sent him to Kumar, in a court statement, said that he “co...
 

Bihar Court issues Summons to Lord Hanuman for appearance before him

17 Feb 2016
February,17,2016: A lower court on Wednesday issued summons to Lord Hanuman for appearance in court in connection with a roadside temple dedicated to him in Rohtas district, a government lawyer said....
 

Supreme Court: We are concerned about the Law and Order situation in Delhi

17 Feb 2016
February,17,2016: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi to file a report by Friday morning on why the cops at the Patiala House court complex failed in their duty...
 

Supreme Court condemns violence at Patiala House Court in JNU case, impose restricted entry into Court,Read Order

17 Feb 2016
February,17,2016: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered restricted entry into the magistrate court where the hearing of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar is set to take place today. The SC said that onl...
 

Supreme Court says, Bail to Salman Khan on the day of conviction in hit-and-run case, justified

17 Feb 2016
February,17,2016: On Monday, February 15, the Supreme Court heard a petition by Delhi lawyer, M L Sharma, seeking probe into the Salman Khan's acquittal in the infamous 2002 hit-and-run case, which re...
 

Supreme Court tells Sikhs, You are the pride of Nation

17 Feb 2016
February,17,2016: Reassuring the Sikh community that they are the “Pride of the Nation,” the Supreme Court on Tuesday wondered how it is possible for courts to stop people from cracking or circulating...
 

Justice CS Karnan of Madras High Court tries to make bridges, meets Chief Justice of India

16 Feb 2016
February,16,2016: Controversial Madras High Court judge Justice C.S.Karnan, now transferred to Calcutta High court, on Tuesday met Chief Justice of India T.S.Thakur at his office in the Supreme Court....
 

Sindh becomes first Pak province to adopt 'Hindu Marriage Bill'

16 Feb 2016
February,16,2016: The Sindh Assembly on Monday passed the Hindu Marriage Bill 2015, becoming the first provincial legislature in Pakistan to formalise the recognition of marriages of the Hindu, Sikh a...
 

Now Madras High Court Judge threatens SC Judges with FIR under SC/ST ( Prevention of Atrocities) Act

15 Feb 2016
February,15,2016: Justice C S Karnan of the Madras high court, now under transfer to the Calcutta high court and restrained by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court from taking judicial work, on Mond...
 

Landmark High Court Judgment for Rights of Women in the Defence Services, Read Text

15 Feb 2016
February,15,2016: The High Court of Punjab & Haryana has held that women cannot be permanently barred from joining the Army Medical Corps for reason of pregnancy. In a landmark 36-page judgment,...
 

New Low in Judiciary: Madras HC Judge Stays His Own Transfer, asks CJI to Submit Written Statement

15 Feb 2016
February,15,2016: Setting himself on a collision course with the fellow members of the judiciary - this time with the Chief Justice of India himself - controversial judge of the High Court of Madras,...
 
 

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