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Should Land Acquisition Proceedings Lapse If Landowners Refuse To Accept...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court, on Thursday, referred to a larger Bench the question of applicability of Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,...
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Parsi Woman’s Identity Crisis: Prima Facie No Case For Accepting ‘Doctrine Of...
Mehal JainHearing in the special leave petition preferred by Goolrukh Gupta on the Gujarat High Court judgment dated March 23, 2012, commenced on Thursday before the Constitution Bench of the Supreme...
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Medical Admissions: CJI Forms Panel To Probe Judge Who Defied SC
Live Law News NetworkA three-judge panel has been constituted by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra to inquire into the alleged role of an Allahabad High Court judge in granting permission to private...
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Justice Sanjiv Khanna Decides On Split Verdict From Delhi HC In Murder...
Apoorva MandhaniAfter the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict in five criminal appeals in February this year, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, on Tuesday, upheld the conviction of 3 accused, while...
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Statutory Immunity To Women From Prosecution For adultery – SC Admits Writ...
Mehal JainThe Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and D. Y. Chandrachud on Friday admitted and issued notice on a writ petition challenging the validity of...
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SC Takes Note Of “Depleting Strength” Of CAT, NCDRC; AG Asked To Take...
Live Law News NetworkThe Supreme Court today directed Attorney General K K Venugopal to take instruction from the Centre by Monday as to what it planned to do regarding filling of vacancies in Central...
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Aircel-Maxis Case: SPP Anand Grover Complains To SC Against CBI For Taking...
Prabhati Nayak MishraIn an embarrassment to the Central government and the CBI, special public prosecutor in 2G case senior advocate Anand Grover on Friday complained before the Supreme Court against...
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Right To Privacy After Death? SC To Examine As It Stays Madras HC Order On...
Live Law News Network“It intruded into the fundamental right to privacy. Her (Jayalalithaa’s) death does not make any difference as right to privacy is available to every citizen during his/her life...
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Giving Lift To Strangers Who Later Stole The Vehicle Cannot Be Fundamental...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court, on Friday, ruled that giving lift to strangers to later stole the vehicle is not a breach that would nullify the insurance policy. The Court was hearing an Appeal...
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Justices GS Singhvi, AP Shah, Former CIC Wajahat Habibulla, Shailesh Gandhi,...
Apoorva MandhaniFormer Supreme Court Judge Justice G.S. Singhvi, Former Law Commission Chairman Justice AP Shah, Former Chief Information Commissioners Mr. Wajahat Habibullah and Mr. Shailesh Gandhi...
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SC Asks For Detailed Plan To Protect Taj Mahal
Live Law News NetworkWe want a broad and inclusive document with a futuristic vision to protect the Taj Mahal as informal and temporary measures are not enough for a few hundred years, a bench headed...
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SC Denies Plea For Common Syllabus, Dismisses Writ Petition Praying ‘One...
Mehal JainThe Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar on Friday dismissed the writ petition filed by Ghaziabad primary school teacher Neeta...
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SC Closes Appeal Of Missing Army Jawan’s Father As Centre/State Couldn’t...
Ashok K.MThe Supreme Court has disposed of a long pending appeal filed by the father of an Army man who went missing in 2005. A Bench of Justice NV Ramana and Justice S Abdul Nazeer observed that the...
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Compile All Cases On Dental College Admissions And List For Final Disposal...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court, on Friday, directed its Registry to compile all cases concerning admissions to Dental Colleges, opining that "there appears to be a tremendous amount of confusion"...
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CJI Dipak Misra Bats For Institutional Arbitration To Resolve Commercial...
Prabhati Nayak MishraChief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has favoured institutional arbitration to resolve commercial disputes rather than ad hoc arbitration in the country and clarified that the...
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People Have Been Killed In The name Of ‘Cow Protection’ And ‘Love Jihad’, “Do...
Prabhati Nayak MishraExpressing concern over the growing incidents of human rights violation, former Chief Justice of India R M Lodha said people have been slaughtered in the name of cow protection,...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok K.MLawyer’s Claim For Fee Based On Percentage Of The Decretal Amount Is Misconduct And Cannot Be The Basis Of A Complaint Under Section 138 NI Act Holding that a fee amount claim by a lawyer...
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Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan Decides To Quit Court Practice
Prabhati Nayak MishraSenior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan has decided to give up court practice. In a letter to Chief Justice DIpak Misra he said; “After the humiliating end to the Delhi case, I have decided...
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After The 2016 Amendment, Mere Knowledge Of The Accused that Victim Is SC/ST...
Ashok K.MPrior to amendment, statute laid stress on the intention of the accused in committing such offence in order to belittle the person as he/she belongs to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe...
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No Ban On Movie “Muzaffarnagar” In Any UP District: State Govt To SC
Live Law News NetworkThe Supreme Court today disposed off a plea challenging the ban on screening of movie " Muzaffarnagar The Burning Love" in 6 districts of UP after the state government denied...
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