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SC: Certain Litigations giving bad name to the Nation, we Rank 178 in Enforcement of Contracts in the World

07 Sep 2016

September,7,2016: A small dispute qua format of Bank Guarantee worth Rs 2,000 crore dragged on for a full year, while the project remained stalled during this period.Supreme Court has remarked that o...

Supreme Court directs al States, UTs to upload FIRs on Websites within 24 hours of Registration, Read Judgment

07 Sep 2016

September,7,2016: Delhi High Court has already issued directions to city police to upload the FIRs on its website within 24 hours.On Wednesday the Apex Court directed all States & UTs to upload t...

Supreme Court, Once Bitten, Twice Shy; Constrained to be harsh on under trial Accused

07 Sep 2016

September,7,2016:"We don't want to take any chances now. We are now once bitten twice shy,"SC The Bench made these observations while rejecting Essar Promoter Ravi Ruia ’s plea to travel for busines...

SC responds emotively to Letter of Friend of Law Student who committed suicide, takes cognizance

06 Sep 2016

September,6,2016:Senior Advocate and Jurist F.S. Nariman is appointed as amicus curiae to assist the Court. On Monday, Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the letter written which has bee...

Supreme Court now has no Muslim Judge, a First in more than a Decade

06 Sep 2016

September,6,2016: A Muslim was lastly appointed to the SC Bench in the Year 2012.After the retirement of two Muslim judges, Justice M Y Eqbal and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, this year, t...

SC asserts, a Citizen criticizing Govt. even if strongly, cannot be arrested or booked for Sedition

05 Sep 2016

September,5,2016: PIL wanted SC to intervene as Police has arrested Civil rights activists, writers, student leaders, actors cartoonists and poets for Sedition.Supreme Court has today asserted that “s...

Supreme Court quashes Criminal Case against MS Dhoni for portraying as God on Magazine cover

05 Sep 2016

September,5,2016: Dhoni appeared on a Magazine cover as Lord Vishnu holding a shoe in hand.Supreme Court has today quashed a criminal Complaint filed against M S Dhoni, for portraying himself as God...

CJI Thakur in defensive mode post outburst by Justice Chelameswar, says will 'Sort it out'

04 Sep 2016

September,4,2016:Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur on Saturday shared with Media that he is hopeful that the controversy which has arisen due to recent refusal of Justice J. Chelameswar to participat...

PM Modi: No scope for confrontation of my Government with Judiciary

03 Sep 2016

September,3,2016: There is absolutely no confrontation between my Govt. and Judiciary.Seeking to drive away the perception that there is a cold war going on between the Judiciary & his Government,...

Two days after Justice Dhingra Report, CBI raids Ex. Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda's house

03 Sep 2016

September,3 2016: Ex. Chief Minister Hooda has termed this a “Political Vendetta”Haryana Ex. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda landed into trouble when Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) droppe...

Now Law Students to assess Govt Departments' Transparency & Accountability in Governance

02 Sep 2016

September,2,2016: It is a First of its kind initiative by Central Govt. to involve Law Students.Law Students will be engaged by the Centre to suggest ways for improving transparency and accountability...

Supreme Court slams Society, Families for marrying under 18 Girls & discarding them if Widowed

02 Sep 2016

September,2,2016: Widows, who spend for around 7 to 8 hours for Bhajans, get only Rs. 18 a day to survive.How can under eighteen girls be married & discarded by their families if they turn widows...

Sitting SC Justice takes Supreme Court head on, questions Collegium's way of Judges appointment

02 Sep 2016

September,2,2016: Justice J Chelameswar was the only Judge who gave a dissenting Judgment in NJAC Constitutional Bench verdict.A senior sitting Judge of the Supreme Court Justice J Chelameswar has for...

Now it is 'High Court vs High Court': Single Judge criticises Division Bench Judgment, DB takes offence

02 Sep 2016

September,2,2016: DB observes that it is a case of breach of Judicial Discipline and HierarchyIn a extremely rare rebuke, a Division Bench of High Court of Delhi sitting in Appeal has severely castiga...

Unprecedented Legal Conflict: SC Bench of 2-Judges Teaches Law to a 3-Judge Bench

01 Sep 2016

September,1,2016: Conflict was over Vyapam-Tainted Doctors' FateOn Tuesday, Supreme Court's three Judge bench which headed by Justice J S Khehar has got some constitutional and legal lessons from two...

Despite push by Judiciary & Bar, Central oppose Lawyers defending Senior Citizens before Tribunals

01 Sep 2016

September,1,2016: Madras, Punjab & Haryana HCs have also asked the Centre reconsider certain provisions.Should legal practitioners be allowed to appear before the courts created under a Central la...

High Court: Husband can't escape liablity to maintain Second Wife

01 Sep 2016

September,1,2016: Husband can not be allowed to take benefit of his own wrong of concealing his first subsisting Marriage.High Court of Bombay came to the aid of a Woman after a prolonged 17-year-lon...

Robert Vadra cornered? Justice Dhingra submits report, wants FIR registered in the matter

31 Aug 2016

August,31,2016: Report contain details of irregularities committed and People behind them, Justice SN Dhingra.Justice SN Dhingra Commission which was set up by Haryana Government to probe into the con...

SC: Acqusition of Land at Singur and Allotment to Tatas was wrong, orders return to Farmers, Read Order

31 Aug 2016

August,31,2016: Court asked Government restore the ownership of the lands to cultivators.After 8 long years, on Wednesday the Apex Court set aside Singur land acquisition by the West Bengal govt. &amp...

Supreme Court of Pakistan serves a serious blow to Human Rights, allows Military to run Courts

30 Aug 2016

August,30,2016: The decision marks the 1st time the highest court has ruled on the legality of cases tried by the military. Apex Court of Pakistan, on Monday dismissed appeals of at least sixteen ter...

Subramanian Swamy fires fresh salvo: Calls LG Najeeb Jung a 420 like CM Arvind Kejriwal

30 Aug 2016

August,30,2016: Swamy had earlier targeted RBI Governor, Chief Economic Advisor and FM.Subramanian Swamy, BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP has done it again. This time, the motor mouth MP has trained h...

SC: Right to Practice as Advocate is not an absolute Legal Right, Courts can regulate Lawyers

30 Aug 2016

August,30,2016: Supreme Court expounds that the right to practice as an advocate is not an absolute right, but it is a statutory right subject to control and regulation.Supreme Court has expounded tha...

SC raps AAP Govt. for trying to have parallel proceedings on LG-CM power delimitation issue

29 Aug 2016

August,29,2016: Delhi Govt. is filing a SLP against High Court order and also simultaneously maintain its pending Suit on the same issue.The ApexvCourt today accused the Delhi’s Kejriwal govt. of atte...

Center to HC: Can't Criminalize all sexual activites with 15-18 yr, Child Marriages a 'Social Reality'

29 Aug 2016

August,29,2016: Child marriages are discouraged but still such marriage below the permissible age is not void in Law because of social realities.Center Govt. today submitted before High Court Delhi t...

Court awards 17 Years of Jail to School Principal responsible for Death of 23 Children

29 Aug 2016

August,29,2016: Had fed children Mid Day Meal containing Insecticide.On Monday Chhapra Court sentenced Gandaman Primary School Principal to 10 years under Sections 304, Indian Penal Code (culpable hom...

SC: Only Two Years in Jail for Killing a Person on Road in Accident is too low

28 Aug 2016

August,28,2016: India looses 1.5 Lakhs Lives on Roads each Year. Supreme Court Friday has termed punishment of two years in jail, with or without fine for causing death due to rash and negligent drivi...

Babus & Netas will now have to Pay 40-55 times Penal Rent for Overstaying in Govt Accommodation

26 Aug 2016

August,26,2016: Instances of Sub-letting and oversatay in Govt. accommodation are rampant.Overstaying in Government Accommodation will now attract higher penal rental as Public Premises Authorities ha...

Another Wall down: Bombay HC allows Women’s entry into Haji Ali Dargah sanctum

26 Aug 2016

August,26,2016: Bombay High Court granted a stay on its this order for a period of six weeks on a plea by the Haji Ali Dargah Trust wish to appeal before Supreme Court.High Court of Bombay, in a landm...

CJI Thakur: Can't bring Ram Rajya, I am also shedding tears of Blood on plight of the Nation

26 Aug 2016

August,26,2016: Do not expect Supreme Court to pass orders on every issue bothering theNation and create a “Ram Rajya''Supreme Court was hearing a PIL by NGO, Voice of India, seeking a blanket order...

SC to Jayalalithaa: Learn to face criticism, don't use Defamation as a Political Weapon on critics

24 Aug 2016

August,24,2016: SC feels that No other State misuses the State machinery like the Tamil Nadu Government.The Apex Court today issued a very hard hitting statement to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalal...

Union Cabinet clears Draft Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, aims to install National Surrogacy Board

24 Aug 2016

August,24,2016: Bill would bring 2,000 odd Surrogacy clinics under its purview.Today, the Union Cabinet which is chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to Surrogacy (...

Suicide attempt by Wife to falsely implicate Husband's Family is 'Cruelty', Husband deserve Divorce, Read Text

24 Aug 2016

August,24,2016: A false case of Dowry demand against her husband and his family is good ground for granting Divorce. On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court came down heavily on a woman who had made false...

SC pitches for a Political Solution in Kashmir, says it has no Judicial Solution to offer

23 Aug 2016

August,23,2016: There are several complexities and angles to this problem which the court cannot decide judicially, says CJISupreme Court on Monday indicated that Judiciary has its limits and a politi...

CJI Thakur gets an Ally in Nobel Laureate Satyarthi in his War with Govt. on Judges appointment

23 Aug 2016

August,23,2016: I strongly support CJI Thakur in his endeavour to increase the strength of Judges right from District Courts to Supreme Court, he said.Nobel Laureate Shri Kailash Satyarthi has come ou...

SC Constitution Bench upholds bar on “Menace” Mechanical Arrests in Dowry Cases

22 Aug 2016

August,21,2016: Curative Bench while hearing a Petition filed by Women’s panel, finds no fault with its 2014 verdict. Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur led Curative Bench, has upheld the 2014 Supreme...

SC directs framing of Norms to inform Family of Critically ill Patients admitted in ICUs

21 Aug 2016

August,20,2016: Supreme Court has asked the Govt. to respond to a plea seeking guidelines for private hospitals to provide families regular health information about the treatment of patients in Intens...

National IPR policy will promote creativity, innovation in the Country: Govt.

21 Aug 2016

August,20,2016: The National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy which has been announced by the government would help in promoting creativity and innovation in the country, as stated by Rajiv A...

CJI Thakur feels: Unpolluted, Speedy Justice remains a distant dream for our Citizens

21 Aug 2016

August,20,2016: On Saturday, CJI TS Thakur stated that unpolluted and speedy justice was still a distant dream for the country, and also stressed upon the need to address the reasons for it. CJI Thak...

SC to decide Constitutionality of contentious issue of Cow Beef Ban vs Right to Choose Food

19 Aug 2016

August,19,2016: Beef that is brought into Maharashtra from outside the State can be possessed and consumed, the Bombay High Court ruled on May 6, 2016.Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to apply its ju...

President Pranab to Nation: Ensure Women feel safe and secure at all times

18 Aug 2016

August,18,2016: He was greeting the Nation on the occasion of Rakhi.President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday asked all the Countrymen to resolve and ensure that every Women and Girl feel safe and secur...

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SC: Certain Litigations giving bad name to the Nation, we Rank 178 in Enforcement of Contracts in the World

Supreme Court directs al States, UTs to upload FIRs on Websites within 24 hours of Registration, Read Judgment

Supreme Court, Once Bitten, Twice Shy; Constrained to be harsh on under trial Accused

SC responds emotively to Letter of Friend of Law Student who committed suicide, takes cognizance

Supreme Court now has no Muslim Judge, a First in more than a Decade

SC asserts, a Citizen criticizing Govt. even if strongly, cannot be arrested or booked for Sedition

Supreme Court quashes Criminal Case against MS Dhoni for portraying as God on Magazine cover

CJI Thakur in defensive mode post outburst by Justice Chelameswar, says will 'Sort it out'

PM Modi: No scope for confrontation of my Government with Judiciary

Two days after Justice Dhingra Report, CBI raids Ex. Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda's house

Now Law Students to assess Govt Departments' Transparency & Accountability in Governance

Supreme Court slams Society, Families for marrying under 18 Girls & discarding them if Widowed

Sitting SC Justice takes Supreme Court head on, questions Collegium's way of Judges appointment

Now it is 'High Court vs High Court': Single Judge criticises Division Bench Judgment, DB takes offence

Unprecedented Legal Conflict: SC Bench of 2-Judges Teaches Law to a 3-Judge Bench

Despite push by Judiciary & Bar, Central oppose Lawyers defending Senior Citizens before Tribunals

High Court: Husband can't escape liablity to maintain Second Wife

Robert Vadra cornered? Justice Dhingra submits report, wants FIR registered in the matter

SC: Acqusition of Land at Singur and Allotment to Tatas was wrong, orders return to Farmers, Read Order

Supreme Court of Pakistan serves a serious blow to Human Rights, allows Military to run Courts

Subramanian Swamy fires fresh salvo: Calls LG Najeeb Jung a 420 like CM Arvind Kejriwal

SC: Right to Practice as Advocate is not an absolute Legal Right, Courts can regulate Lawyers

SC raps AAP Govt. for trying to have parallel proceedings on LG-CM power delimitation issue

Center to HC: Can't Criminalize all sexual activites with 15-18 yr, Child Marriages a 'Social Reality'

Court awards 17 Years of Jail to School Principal responsible for Death of 23 Children

SC: Only Two Years in Jail for Killing a Person on Road in Accident is too low

Babus & Netas will now have to Pay 40-55 times Penal Rent for Overstaying in Govt Accommodation

Another Wall down: Bombay HC allows Women’s entry into Haji Ali Dargah sanctum

CJI Thakur: Can't bring Ram Rajya, I am also shedding tears of Blood on plight of the Nation

SC to Jayalalithaa: Learn to face criticism, don't use Defamation as a Political Weapon on critics

Union Cabinet clears Draft Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, aims to install National Surrogacy Board

Suicide attempt by Wife to falsely implicate Husband's Family is 'Cruelty', Husband deserve Divorce, Read Text

SC pitches for a Political Solution in Kashmir, says it has no Judicial Solution to offer

CJI Thakur gets an Ally in Nobel Laureate Satyarthi in his War with Govt. on Judges appointment

SC Constitution Bench upholds bar on “Menace” Mechanical Arrests in Dowry Cases

SC directs framing of Norms to inform Family of Critically ill Patients admitted in ICUs

National IPR policy will promote creativity, innovation in the Country: Govt.

CJI Thakur feels: Unpolluted, Speedy Justice remains a distant dream for our Citizens

SC to decide Constitutionality of contentious issue of Cow Beef Ban vs Right to Choose Food

President Pranab to Nation: Ensure Women feel safe and secure at all times

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