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Saharanpur Caste-Violence: SC Denies Urgent Hearing On Petition For SIT Probe...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court on Friday denied urgent hearing of a Petition demanding a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the recent incidents of caste violence in Uttar Pradesh’s...
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MoEF To Consider Representations On New Rules Restricting Cattle Trade
Apoorva MandhaniAs per a press release issued on Saturday, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has claimed to have received representations regarding certain provisions of the recently notified...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KiniRepeated Saying Of Word ‘Goonda’ Or ‘Prejudicial To Maintenance Of Public Order’ Insufficient To Invoke Preventive Detention Rhetorical incantation of word “goonda” or “prejudicial to...
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‘Nobody Has The Courage To Make Allegations Against The Chief Minister...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe case, Irom Chitra Devi v Union of India, made the Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices A.K.Sikri and Deepak Gupta, express its anguish at the plight of the family in...
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Kerala HC Nullifies Marriage Of Muslim Convert In Her Father’s Habeas Corpus...
The Kerala High Court, in an unusual order, nullified the marriage of woman converted to Islam with a Muslim man in a habeas corpus petition filed by her father. A division bench of Justice Surendra...
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Heated Arguments In SC Over Rajasthan’s Plea To Cancel Anticipatory Bail To...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Vacation bench of the Supreme Court of Justices A.K.Sikri and Deepak Gupta, on Monday, heard heated arguments of the rival counsel on the merits of cancelling anticipatory bail...
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CLAT 2017 Results Out
LiveLaw News NetworkChanakya National Law University, which organised the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 has declared the results and all India rank of CLAT 2017 exams which was conducted on May...
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Petitions Filed In Kerala HC Challenging New Rules Restricting Cattle Trade...
Apoorva MandhaniA Petition has been filed before the High Court of Kerala, challenging the recently notified Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017, and demanding...
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Open Letter To Legal Fraternity From An Aggrieved Parent Seeking CLAT 2017...
LiveLaw News NetworkI have a few questions to ask. Are you proud of your LLB qualification? Do you recommend students to choose law as a career? Do you feel top NLUs in India are the places to go when...
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Babri Masjid Demolition Case: All Accused Including LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma...
Apoorva MandhaniSenior BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Union Minister Uma Bharti were, on Tuesday granted bail by the Special CBI Court, in the Babri Masjid demolition case. Besides...
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Senior Advocate Indira Jaising To Head U.N. Investigation Into Atrocities...
LiveLaw News NetworkSenior Advocate and Human Rights lawyer Indira Jaising has been appointed by United Nations to head a fact-finding mission to investigate the alleged killings, rape and torture by...
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Madras HC Stays New Rules Restricting Cattle Trade
Apoorva MandhaniMadurai Bench of the High Court of Madras on Tuesday granted a four weeks stay on the operation of the recently notified Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock...
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SC Declines Stay On Conviction Of Police Officer In The Bilkis Bano Gangrape...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Bombay High Court had, on May 4, while upholding the trial court’s sentence awarding life imprisonment to 12 accused in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case, had set aside the...
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New Rules On Cattle Trade: Kerala HC Dismissed A PIL As Withdrawn, Another...
LiveLaw News NetworkA Division Bench of Kerala High Court comprising Chief Justice Navniti Prasad Singh and Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the...
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Breaking: 14 New Judges Appointed In Bombay High Court [Read Notification]
Nitish KashyapA total of 14 new judges have been appointed to the Bombay High Court. Apart from the six names that were reported to be elevated to the bench, President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent...
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Declare Cow A National Animal: Rajasthan HC Judge Passes Unprecedented...
Nitish KashyapIn a 139-page judgment, Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma of the Rajasthan High Court has passed unprecedented directions to declare cow as the national animal of India. These directions were...
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SC Lifts Stay On Grant Of Anticipatory Bail To The Accused In Jodhpur...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices A.K.Sikri and Deepak Gupta, on Tuesday, lifted its stay on the Rajasthan High court’s grant of anticipatory bail to the accused in...
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Ramchandra Guha Resigns From The Court-Appointed BCCI Administrative Panel...
Apoorva MandhaniHistorian and author Mr. Ramchandra Guha informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that he is stepping down from the four-member, Court-appointed administrative panel managing the Board of...
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Delhi HC Sets New Standards Of Efficiency During Vacations, Disposes Of 19...
Apoorva MandhaniIn a remarkable show of efficiency, the High Court of Delhi under the leadership of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, on its first day of vacations, disposed of 19 cases and reserved 4...
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Uttarakhand HC Restrains Criticism Of EVMs Used In Recent Assembly Elections...
Ashok Kini We cannot permit political parties to lower down the image and prestige of the constitutional body, the bench said. Coming down heavily on the tendency to question the credibility of...
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