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Cannot Take Benefit Of Reservation Just Because Spouse Belongs To Scheduled...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court, on Friday, refused to allow a woman to take benefit of reservation just because she was married to a man who belonged to the Scheduled Castes, asserting that caste is...
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Judge Loya Death Probe PIL To Be Heard By CJI Bench On Monday
Apoorva MandhaniIn an interesting turn of events, the Petitions seeking independent probe into Judge Loya’s Death will be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice A.M....
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Senior Advocate Indira Jaising Starts Change.Org Petition For Live Streaming...
Apoorva MandhaniAfter petitioning the Supreme Court for live streaming and video recording of cases of "national importance", Senior Advocate Indira Jaising has now started a change.org Petition with...
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Office Of Profit Row: President Approves Disqualification Of 20 AAP MLAs By...
Apoorva MandhaniPresident Ram Nath Kovind has approved the Election Commission of India's (ECI) recommendation for disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for holding office of profit. The...
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SC Seeks Centre’s View On Plea To Exclude Creamy Layer Among SC/ST From...
Live Law News NetworkA bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra of the Supreme Court has asked for the view of Union Government on a PIL that sought keeping out the creamy layer, that is relatively...
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SC Decides To Hear Petitions Seeking Probe In To Judge Loya’s Death, Orders...
Mehal JainThe two writ petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of CBI special judge Loya came up for hearing before the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y....
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BCI Finalises Schedule For Elections To All State Bar Councils
Akanksha JainThe Bar Council of India has finalised the schedule for elections to different state bar councils while noting that some state bar councils acted at a snail pace when it came to publishing...
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SC To Hear Review Plea Against Quashing Of NJAC In March
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today said it will hear a petition filed by 'National Lawyers' Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms' seeking review of its October 2015 judgment that...
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Salve Vs Dave -The Gripping Courtroom Exchange In SC During Judge Loya Death...
Live Law News NetworkDuring the Monday hearing of judge BH Loya’s death case, the Chief Justice’s Court saw unusual heated exchanges between top senior lawyers in the country Harish Salve and Dushyant...
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GST On Lawyers: SC Stays Further Proceedings In Petitions Pending Before...
Prabhati Nayak MishraSupreme Court on Monday stayed all further proceedings in petitions challenging the applicability of Goods and Service Tax (GST) on lawyers for their services individually or...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok K.MSC Elucidates Principles Of ‘Under Insurance’ And “Averaging Out” Elucidating the principles of “under-insurance” and “averaging out”, the Supreme Court, in IC Sharma vs The Oriental Insurance...
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SC Grants ‘One-Time Relaxation’ To Candidates Enrolled For Distance Course In...
Ashok K.MThe Supreme Court, in a relief to those candidates who were enrolled for Distance Course in Engineering during the academic years 2001-2005, has issued following directions as ‘one-time...
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GST On Sanitary Napkins: SC Stays Proceedings Before Delhi & Bombay HCs [Read...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court, on Monday, stayed the proceedings pending before the Delhi and Bombay High Courts challenging the constitutional validity of imposition of 12% Goods and Services Tax...
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Hadiya Case: We Can’t Question The Legitimacy Of An Adult Woman’s Choice Of...
Mehal Jain The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on Tuesday, in the course of the hearing of the Special Leave Petition in ‘Shafin...
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“Let Those Who Don’t Like Not Watch”, SC Refuses To Modify Order Staying...
“Look, we have passed an order.100 people cannot create some problem in a particular area and the state cannot say there is a law and order problem. Let us not come to a stage where exhibition of a...
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No Liberal Democracy Can Survive Without An Independent Judiciary : Justice...
Mehal JainOn Monday, the National Law University, Delhi, in collaboration with the Oxford University Press, hosted an event at the India International Centre in New Delhi to celebrate the launch of the...
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Aadhaar [Day-3 Session-1] Aadhaar Law Must Be Tested By The Same Standards By...
Mehal JainAs the hearing on the string of writ petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act of 2016 resumed on Tuesday, Senior Counsel Shyam Diwan drew the attention of the five-judge...
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No Special Consideration Can Be Given To Accused In Granting Bail Simply...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court, on Tuesday, asserted that an accused cannot be given any special consideration while granting bail simply because of the fact that he is a foreigner. "The law under...
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Arbitral Award On The Issue Of Limitation Is An ‘Interim Award’: SC Suggests...
Ashok K.MPiecemeal challenges like piecemeal awards lead to unnecessary delay and additional expense, the bench said suggesting an amendment in Section 34 of the Act The Supreme Court, in Indian...
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SC Order Saying I Agreed To Transfer Of Petitions From Bombay HC In Judge...
Apoorva MandhaniIn a tweet, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising has claimed that the Supreme Court has wrongly recorded in one of its recent orders that she agreed to transfer of the Petitions in Judge Loya...
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