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Judge suspended for charging FM Arun Jaitley with Sedition for his "Tyranny of the Unelected" remark for SC

14 Feb 2016

February,14,2016: A judicial officer, who had slapped sedition charges against Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over four months back for his comments against Supreme Court judgement on NJAC, has b...

SC Collegium led by CJI cracks down again & transfers more High Court Justices across the country

14 Feb 2016

February,14,2016: The Supreme Court Collegium led by Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur has recommended the transfer of High Court judges across the country. Judges from various High Courts, including...

CJI sets the ball rolling for recruitment of 400 High Court Justices, by writing to Chief Justices of States

13 Feb 2016

February,13,2016: Chief Justice of India TS Thakur has written to chief justices of all the 24 high courts to recommend names of deserving candidates to fill 400 posts of judges lying vacant for over...

Swearing-in Ceremony of the Chief Justice of India HM Justice T.S. Thakur at Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 03, 2015 by LatestLaws.in

13 Feb 2016

Swearing-in Ceremony of the Chief Justice of India HM Justice T.S. Thakur at Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 03, 2015 Justice Thakur, is 43rd CJI, was born on January 4, 1952 and enrolled as a Plead...

Supreme Court directs States to act against Devadasi System

13 Feb 2016

February,13,2016: Condemning the prevalence of the illegal practice of “dedicating” young girls as Devadasis, the Supreme Court on Friday described the practice as an “evil” done to women, who were la...

'Rare' transfer of four Delhi High Court Justices by Supreme Court

13 Feb 2016

February,13,2016: In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court has transferred four judges of the Delhi high court. The SC collegium, TOI has learnt, decided to shift Justices Suresh Kait, V P Vaish,...

Supreme Court refuses to quash criminal proceedings against Sonia, Rahul in National Herald case

12 Feb 2016

February,12,2016: Expressing its keenness to appear "fair to all", the Supreme Court on Friday refused to quash criminal proceedings against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandh...

Supreme Court directs States to have a Uniform Victim Compensation Scheme, Read Judgment

11 Feb 2016

February,11,2016: Division Bench of the Supreme Court has directed the State Governments to formulate Uniform Schemes for the Victims of Sexual Assaults. The SC Bench comprising of Justices MY Eqbal...

Sitting SC Judge to Head Panel probing Sexual Harassment of a Lady Judge by a MP High Court Judge

11 Feb 2016

February,11,2016: The Rajya Sabha Chairman has appointed Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjan Gogoi as head of the panel probing sexual harassment charge against a Madhya Pradesh High Court judge follow...

Kejriwal Govt suffers a setback as Delhi High Court allows CBI to retain seized documents, Read Judgment

10 Feb 2016

February,10,2016: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside the order of a trial court asking the CBI to give the AAP government documents it had seized in a raid at the office of Rajendra Kumar, pr...

President urges Governors to Maintain sanctity of sacred text of Constitution

10 Feb 2016

February,10,2016: President Pranab Mukherjee while inaugrating two day 47th Governors Conference at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi, in the light of recent controversies relating to the role of Gover...

Scope of Second Appeal In Civil Cases by Rakesh Kumar Singh

09 Feb 2016

Scope of Second Appeal In Civil Cases (PDF)Scope of Second Appeal In Civil Cases Discussion on maintainability of second appeal beyond substantial question of law: prepared by Rakesh Kumar Singh ...

Abiding SC order, Actor-Politician Govinda apologises and offers Rs 5 lakh as compensation for slapping a fan

09 Feb 2016

February,9,2016: Govinda apologised to Santosh Ray, whom he had slapped on the sets of 'Money Hai Toh Honey Hai'. However, the complainant said that he is not satisfied with compensation, and that...

Delhi Court to Builders: Stop arm-twisting buyers, You aren’t Holy Cows, who can't be questioned

09 Feb 2016

February,9,2016: Builders cannot demand hidden charges which are not part of their contract with buyers and are liable to pay compensation for delaying delivery of property, a Delhi court has said, ob...

Supreme Court sets up Panel under Justice Arijit Pasayat to beef up Consumer Courts

09 Feb 2016

February,9,2016: Nearly 30 years after enactment of a legislation to protect consumers from malpractices of retailers and product manufacturers, the Supreme Court appointed a high-level committee to l...

First Transgender woman appointed as Master Leading Judge of the UK High Court

08 Feb 2016

February,8,2016: A Transgender woman has quietly become the first to be appointed as a leading judge in the High Court. Dr Victoria McCloud has been appointed as the most senior out trans pubic figur...

Supreme Court to Centre: Your Welfare Schemes are OK, but things are different at the Ground

08 Feb 2016

February,8,2016: The Supreme Court on Friday criticised the Centre, saying the ground reality vis-a-vis welfare of children from vulnerable sections of society was far divorced from the government's "...

Its Official now as TRAI says final no to Facebook’s Free Basics and Airtel Zero to supports Net Neutrality, Read Order

08 Feb 2016

February,8,2016: India’s telecom watchdog, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has finally put to rest the differential pricing debate as it said on Monday that no company can charge subscri...

Youth arrested in West Bengal for Facebook post ‘against TMC leader’

07 Feb 2016

February,7,2016: In a reminder of the 2012 incident when Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra and his neighbour were arrested for e-mailing a spoof on chief minister Mamata Banerjee and ra...

Supreme Court : Jail inmates deserves to be treated with Human dignity and sympathy, Read Judgment

07 Feb 2016

February,7,2016: A prisoner is entitled to be treated with dignity and sympathy, said the Supreme Court while directing the Centre and state governments on Friday to provide all basic facilities to ja...

Juvenile Board to decide if 17 Year old suspected of two Murders, Kidnapping & Robbery, can be tried as Adult

07 Feb 2016

February,7,2016: A decision will soon be taken by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on whether a 17-year-old boy, who is accused of committing two murders in Delhi in five months to raise money for a r...

Clerics poser to Supreme Court: Muslim Personal Law based on Holy Koran, Judiciary can’t change it

06 Feb 2016

February,6,2016: Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind – a prominent organisation of Indian Islamic Scholars – on Friday asserted before the Supreme Court that courts could not test the validity of Muslim personal law...

‘Rarest of Rare’ Death penalty now not so rare in India as 11 convicts awarded Death by WB Court

05 Feb 2016

February,5,2016:A West Bengal court’s verdict awarding death penalty to 11 convicts, including a Trinamool Congress leader, for the murder of a woman has raised questions over the doctrine of ‘rarest...

Attempt of 18 Year old Boy to click Selfie with District Magistrate in UP lands him in Jail

05 Feb 2016

February,5,2016: An eighteen-year old Boy was sent to judicial custody for fourteen days in Uttar Pradesh for trying to click a selfie with the District Magistrate of Bulandshahr, UP. Farad Ahmad was...

Supreme Court on Arunachal crisis: We will not remain silent if Democracy is slaughtered

05 Feb 2016

February,5,2016: The Supreme Court, examining the powers of Governors, today took strong note of a submission that all decisions of the Governor are not open to judicial review and said it cannot be a...

Can’t reveal names of Exam paper checkers under RTI, says SC (Read Judgment)

05 Feb 2016

February,5,2016: The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that names of examiners of answer sheets can’t be disclosed to a candidate under the Right to Information Act, saying revealing an examiner’s ident...

SC warns BCCI: Either accept Lodha Panel Report, or it will be all over with no second innings

04 Feb 2016

February,4,2016: The Supreme Court on Thursday told the BCCI it has to accept retired Chief Justice RM Lodha’s report to reform Indian cricket and it “won’t get a second innings” to do this. The cour...

National Herald Case- Congress Party decides to move Supreme Court to save Rahul-Sonia from Trial

04 Feb 2016

February,4,2016: Congress leaders are moving the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s decision to dismiss the appeals of party president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and others se...

Narendra Modi tried to trade Italian marines with evidence against Sonia Gandhi? Congress demands answers from PMO

04 Feb 2016

February,4,2016: The Congress on Tuesday sought answers from the PMO in the wake of a report by a Kolkata-based daily in which the Narendra Modi government is accused of offering freedom for two Itali...

Fresh Plea filed in Supreme Court claiming new Juvenile Law to be unreasonable, arbitrary and unconstitutional

03 Feb 2016

January,31,2016: A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the recently-passed juvenile law that allows delinquent minors of 16 years of age and above to be...

Supreme Court allows Maharashtra to organise ‘Make in India Week’ at Chowpatty Beach at Mumbai

03 Feb 2016

February,3,2016: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a Bombay High Court order and allowed the Maharashtra government to hold an event at Girgaum Chowpatty beach in Mumbai to kickstart the ‘Make in...

While privacy issues of AADHAAR are pending before SC Constitution Bench, Govt. expands its scope

02 Feb 2016

February,2,2016: Citizens may soon be able to validate the credentials of drivers and domestic helps before hiring them using their Aadhaar numbers. The Government plans to widen the scope of the Aad...

SC agrees to hear plea of Maharashtra Govt. to organise ‘Make in India’ event at Chowpatty Beach

02 Feb 2016

February,2,2016: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to urgently hear a plea made by the Maharashtra government against a Bombay High Court decision to deny it space to conduct a four-hour event at Mum...

LGBT community upbeat as SC refers Section 377 IPC decriminalisation issue to 5 Judge Bench

02 Feb 2016

February,2,2016: The Apex Court said several "constitutional dimensions of importance" were ingrained in the challenge against Section 377, which criminalised homosexuality. Moved by arguments that a...

SC concedes committing 'mistake' of breaching Legal immunity of Governor of Arunachal, recalls notice

01 Feb 2016

February,1,2016: Supreme Court on Monday conceded its "mistake" and recalled its notice issued to Arunachal Pradesh governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa in cases arising out of imposition of President's Rul...

Supreme Court yells at Modi's Gujarat, Do you think you are not part of India

01 Feb 2016

February,1,2016: Does Gujarat think it is not part of India? What is Modi govt doing?, asks the Supreme Court. Does Gujarat government thinks itself so 'unique' that it can say 'no' to a law passed by...

Govt. tells Supreme Court, we are ready to enact Law on whether Euthanasia is manslaughter or an act of mercy

30 Jan 2016

January,30,2016: After 14 years of debates and several draft Bills, the government has said it is ready to frame a statutory law on passive euthanasia, the act of withdrawing medical treatment with de...

CJI agrees to hear NGO Naz Foundation's curative plea on decriminalising Homosexuality in open Court

29 Jan 2016

January,29,2016: The Supreme Court will hear in open court on February 2 a curative petition of gay activists challenging its verdict criminalising homosexuality in the country.A bench headed by Ch...

Despite Pakistan SC direction, millions of Pak Hindus suffer without Marriage Law, Read Bill Text

29 Jan 2016

January,29,2016: There is no marriage law for the millions of Hindus living in Pakistan, a leading daily said on Friday, noting that this "legal vacuum naturally creates a multitude of issues for Paki...

Supreme Court gives Special Investigation Team (SIT) 2 weeks time to file Status Report in 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots

28 Jan 2016

January,28,2016:The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to apprise it of the status of investigation conducted by Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to investigate 1984 anti-Sikh riot cas...

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Judge suspended for charging FM Arun Jaitley with Sedition for his "Tyranny of the Unelected" remark for SC

SC Collegium led by CJI cracks down again & transfers more High Court Justices across the country

CJI sets the ball rolling for recruitment of 400 High Court Justices, by writing to Chief Justices of States

Swearing-in Ceremony of the Chief Justice of India HM Justice T.S. Thakur at Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 03, 2015 by LatestLaws.in

Supreme Court directs States to act against Devadasi System

'Rare' transfer of four Delhi High Court Justices by Supreme Court

Supreme Court refuses to quash criminal proceedings against Sonia, Rahul in National Herald case

Supreme Court directs States to have a Uniform Victim Compensation Scheme, Read Judgment

Sitting SC Judge to Head Panel probing Sexual Harassment of a Lady Judge by a MP High Court Judge

Kejriwal Govt suffers a setback as Delhi High Court allows CBI to retain seized documents, Read Judgment

President urges Governors to Maintain sanctity of sacred text of Constitution

Scope of Second Appeal In Civil Cases by Rakesh Kumar Singh

Abiding SC order, Actor-Politician Govinda apologises and offers Rs 5 lakh as compensation for slapping a fan

Delhi Court to Builders: Stop arm-twisting buyers, You aren’t Holy Cows, who can't be questioned

Supreme Court sets up Panel under Justice Arijit Pasayat to beef up Consumer Courts

First Transgender woman appointed as Master Leading Judge of the UK High Court

Supreme Court to Centre: Your Welfare Schemes are OK, but things are different at the Ground

Its Official now as TRAI says final no to Facebook’s Free Basics and Airtel Zero to supports Net Neutrality, Read Order

Youth arrested in West Bengal for Facebook post ‘against TMC leader’

Supreme Court : Jail inmates deserves to be treated with Human dignity and sympathy, Read Judgment

Juvenile Board to decide if 17 Year old suspected of two Murders, Kidnapping & Robbery, can be tried as Adult

Clerics poser to Supreme Court: Muslim Personal Law based on Holy Koran, Judiciary can’t change it

‘Rarest of Rare’ Death penalty now not so rare in India as 11 convicts awarded Death by WB Court

Attempt of 18 Year old Boy to click Selfie with District Magistrate in UP lands him in Jail

Supreme Court on Arunachal crisis: We will not remain silent if Democracy is slaughtered

Can’t reveal names of Exam paper checkers under RTI, says SC (Read Judgment)

SC warns BCCI: Either accept Lodha Panel Report, or it will be all over with no second innings

National Herald Case- Congress Party decides to move Supreme Court to save Rahul-Sonia from Trial

Narendra Modi tried to trade Italian marines with evidence against Sonia Gandhi? Congress demands answers from PMO

Fresh Plea filed in Supreme Court claiming new Juvenile Law to be unreasonable, arbitrary and unconstitutional

Supreme Court allows Maharashtra to organise ‘Make in India Week’ at Chowpatty Beach at Mumbai

While privacy issues of AADHAAR are pending before SC Constitution Bench, Govt. expands its scope

SC agrees to hear plea of Maharashtra Govt. to organise ‘Make in India’ event at Chowpatty Beach

LGBT community upbeat as SC refers Section 377 IPC decriminalisation issue to 5 Judge Bench

SC concedes committing 'mistake' of breaching Legal immunity of Governor of Arunachal, recalls notice

Supreme Court yells at Modi's Gujarat, Do you think you are not part of India

Govt. tells Supreme Court, we are ready to enact Law on whether Euthanasia is manslaughter or an act of mercy

CJI agrees to hear NGO Naz Foundation's curative plea on decriminalising Homosexuality in open Court

Despite Pakistan SC direction, millions of Pak Hindus suffer without Marriage Law, Read Bill Text

Supreme Court gives Special Investigation Team (SIT) 2 weeks time to file Status Report in 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots

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