SC Reopens Tomorrow: 10 Big Things To Watch Out
LiveLaw News NetworkSupreme Court reopens Tomorrow- on July 3, Monday- after a 45 day summer break to a packed schedule. Following are the main issues of public interest coming up in the immediate...
View Article8 Diamonds Missing From Padmanabha Swamy Temple: Amicus Tells SC [Read Report]
Live Law News NetworkTen months after a special audit report by Vinod Rai committee revealed that Gold worth Rs 186 crores has mysteriously gone missing from Kerala's Sree Padmanabha swamy temple, now...
View ArticleMoP Unlikely To Be Finalised In CJI Khehar’s tenure
LiveLaw News NetworkThe sharp differences between the government and the judiciary over a document to guide future appointment of judges to higher courts are unlikely to be settled during the tenure of...
View ArticleA Woman Has A Sacrosanct Right To Her Bodily Integrity: SC Allows Woman To...
LiveLaw News Network“A woman has a sacrosanct right to her bodily integrity and its her choice”, the Supreme Court today observed allowing a Kolkata-based woman to abort her 26-week-old fetus with...
View ArticleCJI Refuses To Entertain Justice Karnan’s Plea To Recall Contempt Order
LiveLaw News Network“In any part of the world can a judgment be overturned on the basis of oral submissions or request? We will not admit your plea”, CJI Khehar told his lawyer Mathew Nedumpara adding...
View ArticlePay Compensation Under Section 357A To Relatives Of Murder Victim: Delhi HC...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Delhi High Court recently awarded compensation to the relatives of two murder victims, drawing from various judicial precedents, and noting that the fine ordered by the Trial Court...
View ArticleSC’s New Courtroom Set-Up Creates Chaos On Reopening Day
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe Supreme Court on Monday witnessed a chaotic situation on its reopening day after the long summer vacation, as lawyers and litigants were utterly confused because of new...
View ArticleSree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Case: SC Starts Hearing On Amicus Report
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar has started hearing on Amicu Curiae Gopal Subrahmanyam's latest report in the Padmanabha Swamy Temple. The Bench...
View ArticleDelhi HC Denies Relief To Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh, Says Those In Public...
Live Law “Those in public life are expected to be open to probity”, said the Delhi High Court on Monday as it denied any relief to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife and son...
View ArticleRemove Haji Ali Encroachments In Two Weeks: SC To Deputy Collector
Live Law News Network “What are you talking? You have the Bombay High Court order, supported by the Supreme Court. Comply with it or serious consequences will follow”, it said asking the Deputy...
View ArticleLaw Commission Suggests New Rules To Stop Cruel Practices Against Egg-laying...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Commission has drafted ‘The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Egg Laying Hens) Rules, 2017 and The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Broiler Chicken) Rules, 2017’ and...
View ArticleIneligible Arbitrator Can’t Nominate Another Arbitrator: SC [Read Judgment]
Ashok.KMIt is inconceivable in law that person who is statutorily ineligible can nominate a person, it observed. The Supreme Court on Monday held that once the arbitrator has become ineligible by...
View ArticleSC Relief For Arundhati Roy In Contempt Case
LiveLaw Research TeamThe reopening of the Supreme Court after summer vacation meant a big relief for author and activist, Arundhati Roy, as the bench of the Chief Justice of India, J.S.Khehar and...
View ArticleChallenge Against 2009 Notification Under NDPS Act: SC Refers The Matter To A...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court bench of Jutices Dipak Misra and A.M.Khanwilkar, on Monday, July 3, referred a challenge to the Central Government’s 2009 notification varying the parameters of...
View ArticleDemonetisation: Allow A Window For Genuine People To Deposit Old Notes: SC...
Prabhati Nayak Mishra The Supreme Court today suggested the Centre to accept old notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 of genuine persons and take a decision after verifying the authenticity of individual case...
View ArticleHighway Liquor Ban: SC Refuses To Stay Denotification Of Highways In Punjab
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe bench prima facie observed there was nothing wrong with denotifying highways if such roads are within a city. “The purpose of its ban was to ensure high speeding vehicles on...
View ArticleLaw Commission Of India Proposes Central Law For Registration Of Marriages...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Law Commission of India, on Tuesday, submitted its 270th Report titled ‘Compulsory Registration of Marriages’ to the Government for consideration. The Report begins by acknowledging...
View ArticlePadmanabha Swamy Temple: After 6 Years, SC Says Hearing Cannot Go On...
Live Law News Network“There are hundreds of beautiful temples and it is not our job to administer them…no it cannot go on indefinitely you must understand” SC Bench The supreme court today appointed...
View ArticleSC Rejects Plea For Parity In Compensation To Riot Victims [Read Order]
Live Law News NetworkThe Supreme Court bench of the Chief Justice J.S.Khehar and Justice D.Y.Chandrachud, today dismissed a Special Leave Petition challenging Patna High Court’s refusal to issue a...
View ArticleWrit Of Habeas Corpus Can’t Be Used For Mere Enforcement Of A Foreign Court’s...
Ashok K.MA pre-existing order of a foreign court can be reckoned only as one of the factor to be taken into consideration, the Bench observed. While reversing an order of the Delhi High Court, which...
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