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Breaking: Lawyer’s Claim For Fee Based On Percentage Of The Decretal Amount...
Ashok K.MThe claim of the advocate being against public policy and being an act of professional misconduct, proceedings in the complaint filed by him have to be held to be abuse of the process of law...
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Professional Ethics: SC Asks Govt To Consider Bringing Regulatory Mechanism...
Ashok K.MMandate for the bench and the bar is to provide speedy and inexpensive justice to the victim of justice and to protect their right. The legal system must continue to serve the victims of...
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Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Hearing: Who Said What? [Also Read Today’s Order]
Mehal JainThe Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Abdul Nazeer and Justice Ashok Bhushan on Tuesday directed the 13 appeals from the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment in the Ram...
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NRC-Grama Panchayat’s Certificate Is No Proof Of Citizenship, But It Can Be...
Ashok KMThe certificate issued by the Grama Panchayat Secretary, by no means, is proof of citizenship. Such proof will come only if the link between the claimant and the legacy person (who has to be a...
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Centre Vs Delhi : Gopal Subramanium Explains Why Aid And Advice Of Council Of...
LiveLaw News NetworkSenior counsel, Gopal Subramanium today told the Constitution bench that Articles 239 (1), 239A(1), and 239 AA(4) must be understood as an organic whole. He said that there is no...
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Don’t Leave Husband’s Company Without Our Permission, SC Bench Tells A Wife...
Ashok K.MRespondent/Rajpal is directed to go with the petitioner/Harjinder Singh today from the court, the bench said. A Supreme Court Bench of Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Deepak Gupta, in an...
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Upgrade Of NRC In Assam Not Intended To Identify/Determine Original...
Ashok K.MThe sole test for inclusion in the NRC is citizenship under the Constitution of India and under the Citizenship Act including Section 6A thereof, the Bench said. The Supreme Court, in...
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Breaking: Collegium Recommends The Names Of 19 Lawyers For Appointment As...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court collegium, on Monday, resolved to recommend the names of 19 Advocates for appointment as Judges in the High Courts of Madras, Karnataka and Calcutta. Madras High Court...
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SC Tags Together All Pleas Challenging Finance Act Alterations For Joint Hearing
Live Law News NetworkThe Supreme Court has tagged together all petitions challenging the alterations brought about by the union government in the Finance Act, 2017, which according to the petitioners...
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Murder At Ryan School: SC Reserves Decision On Plea Against Trustees’...
Prabhati Nayak MishraA Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RK Agrawal has reserved its decision on a plea challenging the anticipatory bail granted to Augustine Francis Pinto and Grace Pinto,...
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23 Additional Judges From 4 High Courts Recommended To Be Made Permanent By...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court Collegium has recommended that twenty three Additional Judges from the High Courts of Madhya Pradesh (18), Chhattisgarh (2), Jharkhand (2) and Karnataka (1) be made...
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Key Takeaways from Collegium resolutions- How Income, Age, Number Of...
Ashok KMA three-member collegium of the Supreme Court has recommended the names of 19 lawyers for appointment as judges in Madras (9), Karnataka (5), and Calcutta (5) High Courts. Following are some...
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SC To Hear BCI’s Plea on Bar Councils’ Elections Tomorrow [Read Application]
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe Supreme Court will hear on Thursday the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) plea seeking modification of its November 24 order in which the court directed all bar councils to hold...
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SC Constitution Bench Concludes Hearing In Delhi v Centre Amidst Heated...
Live Law News NetworkThe five-Judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today concluded its hearing in Delhi v Centre and reserved its judgment. The conclusion of the hearing a little after 4...
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‘Complete Lack Of Concern For Welfare Of Women’: SC Imposes Two Lakh Each...
LiveLaw News NetworkThere is no use in making grand statements and submissions in favour of gender justice while the State Governments and the Government of UTs do not even have five minutes time to...
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Land Acquisition Dispute Extends Over 30 Years; SC Holds Bangalore-Based...
Mehal JainA Supreme Court bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar on Wednesday ruled that Anatha Shishu Sevashram, a public charitable society based in Bangalore, by repeatedly...
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Judicially Separated Wife Is Also Entitled To Maintenance: SC [Read Order]
Ashok K.MIf a divorced wife is entitled for maintenance, there is no reason why a wife who is judicially separated is not entitled for maintenance, the court said. The Supreme Court has observed that a...
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Centre Ready To Extend Deadline For Aadhaar Linking To March 31: AG Tells SC,...
Mehal JainAttorney General KK Venugopal on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar that the Centre intends to...
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Issue Of Welfare Of Child Has Paramount Significance, Not Legal Principles Or...
Ashok K.MWhile setting aside a high court judgment, which had directed a father to handover the custody of the child to its mother, the Supreme Court observed that issue of welfare of the child has...
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Non-Production Of Seized Narcotic Drug Fatal To Prosecution Case: SC [Read...
Ashok K.MNo explanation has also been furnished by the prosecution for non-production of the ganja as an exhibit in the trial, the bench said. The Supreme Court, in Gorakh Nath Prasad vs State of...
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