Breaking: Question Paper Leak -Punjab & Haryana HC Scraps Haryana Judicial...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Punjab and Haryana High Court has scrapped the Haryana Judicial Service [HCS(JB)] Preliminary Examination-2017 held on 16.7.2017. The Registrar General of Punjab and Haryana...
View ArticleSeniority In IPS Depends On Date Of Induction To Police Service, Not On...
Ashok K.MThere are umpteen number of situations where a senior officer in a service will be drawing a lesser pay than the junior, the Bench said. The Supreme Court in Union of India vs. Raj Kumar Jha,...
View ArticleStudent’s Death In School: SC To Hear Armaan’s Parents’ Plea For CBI Probe On...
Live Law News NetworkThe Supreme Court on Monday will hear the petition moved by parents of Armaan Sehgal, a 9-year- old boy who died mysteriously in GD Goenka Public School in Indirapuram recently....
View ArticleSC Laments State Attitude Towards Preservation Of Cultural Heritage [Read...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court, on Tuesday, lamented the attitude of the States towards preservation of the country’s cultural heritage and observed, “Before parting, we consider it apposite to...
View ArticleAll HUF Assets Should Be Taken As Joint Property Unless Proven Otherwise: SC...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court recently reiterated the principle that all assets in a Hindu Undivided Family would be presumed to be joint property belonging to all its members and that the burden...
View ArticleTo Eliminate Poverty, Access To Justice To Poor Sections Of Society Is...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court, on Monday, observed that elimination of poverty also requires increasing access to justice to the destitute. “From the human rights perspective, persons belonging to...
View ArticleSC Notice To Centre On PIL Seeking Ban On Blue Whale Game; AG’s Assistance...
Live Law News NetworkThe Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking a ban on the deadly blue whale game. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also sought the assistance of...
View ArticleSC Notice To Centre, States On Plea By Women Lawyers Seeking Guidelines For...
Live Law News NetworkThe Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and all states on a plea by two women lawyers seeking framing of non- negotiable child safety conditions and implementation of...
View ArticleSC Stays NBW Against Social Activist Madhu Kishwar
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of the non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against social activist Madhu Kishwar by a Srinagar court in a defamation case. The apex...
View ArticleDoes Retweet Of A Defamatory Tweet Amount To Defamation? SC Asks Delhi HC To...
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi High Court to expeditiously decide by September 25 the petition filed by Aam Admi Party (AAP) spokesperson Raghav Chadha in the...
View ArticleJail Reforms- SC Issues Slew Of Directions: Directs Compensation To Next Kin...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court, on Friday, agonized over the increasing number of custodial or unnatural deaths in the prisons across India and issued a slew of directions to curb them. “…we do hope...
View ArticleThree Advocates Move SC To Stop Deportation Of Rohingya Refugees [Read Petition]
Live Law News NetworkA fresh petition has been moved by three advocates in the Supreme Court praying for direction to the government not to deport Rohingya refugees to Myanmar where they face imminent...
View ArticlePeriod Of Service As ‘Work-Charged Employee Will Be Treated As ‘Qualifying...
Manu SebastianIn a judgment which could give major relief to fourth class employees in government department rendering services as work charged or officiating or temporary, the Supreme Court has held...
View ArticleArrest Of Foreign Ship For Maritime Claim Permissible Only If There Is No...
Manu SebastianThe judgment of the Supreme Court in Chrisomar Corporation v. MJR Steels Private Ltd. holds that the arrest of a foreign ship for a maritime claim is permissible only if there is no...
View ArticleHadiya’s Husband Moves Apex Court Seeking Recall Of Order Directing NIA Probe...
Apoorva MandhaniIn a another twist in the tale that has astonished many, Hadiya’s husband has now approached the Apex Court seeking recall of the order directing an investigation by the National...
View ArticleSC Quashes Allahabad High Court’s Summons To U.P.Chief Secretary, And...
Live Law News NetworkThe Supreme Court bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Mohan M.Shantanagoudar, on September 8, protected the Uttar Pradesh Advocate General, Raghavendra Singh, whose failure to...
View Article“Coercion, Consent And Our Constitution”: Senior Advocate Shyam Divan...
Apoorva MandhaniMr. Shyam Divan, while addressing students during the NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism on 9 September, addressed the question of whether the Aadhaar program is so invasive...
View ArticleOnce A Specific Period Of Limitation Is Referrable To Any Of The Entries In...
Manu SebastianIn a case pertaining to claim under Fatal Accidents Act, the Supreme Court held that period of limitation under residuary Article 113 cannot be invoked if there is any other specific...
View ArticleLawyers Should Ensure They Do Not Suffer From Disease Of Adjournment: CJI Misra
Live Law News NetworkChief Justice of India Dipak Misra has said that lawyers should ensure that they do not suffer from the “disease of adjournment” and procrastinate the progress of cases According...
View ArticleLinking Mobile Number With Aadhaar: Misinterpreting A Supreme Court Order
LiveLaw News NetworkIt appears many telecom service providers have been alerting their customers to link their mobile numbers with their Aadhaar numbers, in terms of a circular issued on March 23,...
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