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Odisha-Chhattisgarh Row Over Mahanadi Waters: SC Directs Centre To Constitute...
Akanksha JainIn a step towards resolving the long-pending dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over water of river Mahanadi, the Supreme Court has directed the Centre to constitute within a month a...
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Offences Relating To Theft Of Electricity Compoundable :SC [Read Order]
Mehal JainRecently, the Supreme Court bench of Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha, setting aside a judgment dated March 30, 2017 of the Bombay High Court, held that the offence of...
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Plea For SIT Probe In To Sunanda Puhskar’s Death : SC Asks Subramanian Swamy...
Mehal JainThe Supreme Court bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Amitava Roy, on Monday, while hearing the Special Leave Petition (SLP) preferred by BJP Leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy against the...
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2008 Malegaon Blast Case: SC Notice To NIA, M’rashtra Govt On Col. Purohit’s...
Prabhati Nayak Mishra The Supreme Court Bench of Justice RK Agrawal and Justice AM Sapre has issued notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Maharashtra government within 4 weeks...
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Deletion Of Some Scenes Of ‘Padmaavat’.
Live Law News NetworkThe Supreme Court today dismissed a petition which sought deletion of some of the scenes of controversial film "Padmaavat" which was released on January 25 by noting that censor...
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Law Commission’s 266th Report On Amendments To Advocates Act Will Put Legal...
Akanksha JainSubmitting its report to the Bar Council of India (BCI), the sub-committee constituted by the BCI to study the 266th report of the Law Commission of India on amendments to the Advocates...
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Orange Passport For Non-Matriculates: Kerala HC Issues Notice To Centre On...
Akanksha JainThe Kerala High Court has issued notice to the Centre on a PIL that challenges the government’s decision to introduce orange colour jacket for 'Emigration Check Required (ECR)' passports...
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Judge Loya Case: All India Lawyers Union Files Intervention Application In SC...
Apoorva MandhaniThe All India Lawyers Union (AILU) has filed an Intervention Application before the Supreme Court in a Petition seeking independent probe into CBI Special Judge Brijgopal Harkishan...
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Cow Vigilante Violence: SC Issues Contempt Notice To UP, Rajasthan & Haryana...
Live Law News Network“Chief Secretaries of the respondent states were directed to take immediate steps to prevent cases of violence related to cow vigilantism and file affidavits. The states were asked...
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Foreign Law Firms’ Entry To India:Arvind Datar Differentiates Between ‘Court...
Mehal JainOn day two of the hearing in the 5-year-old foreign law firms case, senior counsel Arvind Datar, appearing on behalf of six UK-based law firms, submitted before the Supreme Court on Monday...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok K.MNo Special Consideration Can Be Given To Accused In Granting Bail Simply Because He Is A Foreigner The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, asserted that an accused cannot be given any special...
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Ministry Of Defence Withdraws Appeal From SC Against Promotion And Benefits...
Apoorva MandhaniIn a major relief to more than 150 women Army officers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has withdrawn its appeal from the Supreme Court on the issue of denial of promotions and benefits...
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Proposed Legislation No Justification To Not Implement SC Judgments, SC Tells...
Ashok K.MIt is made clear that any proposed legislation will be no justification not to carry out the judgment of this court, the bench said. Making it clear that any proposed legislation will be no...
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SC Expresses Displeasure At Failure Of States, UTs To File Reply On Pension,...
Mehal JainWhile hearing former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar’s PIL on the right to live with dignity of the elderly, the Supreme Court bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta on...
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Medical College Admission Scam: Judicial Work Withdrawn From Allahabad HC...
Akanksha JainAs per para 7(ii) of the in-house procedure, the CJI will now recommend initiation of Justice Shukla's removal since he refused to either resign or take voluntary retirement. With the dark...
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RTI: SC Disposes Of Goa Raj Bhavan’s Plea Against Bombay HC Judgment To Make...
Prabhati Nayak MishraA Supreme Court bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Amitava Roy on Tuesday disposed of a plea of Goa Raj Bhavan against the Bombay High Court judgment that the Governor’s...
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Grant Of Ex-parte Interim Orders In Financial Matters Can Have A Deleterious...
Ashok K.MThe Supreme Court observed that in financial matters grant of ex parte interim orders can have a deleterious effect and it is not sufficient to say that the aggrieved has the remedy to move...
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Bofors Case In SC: Petitioner Writes To AG Urging To File Reply For CBI...
Manu SebastianBJP leader Ajay Agrawal, the petitioner in the Bofors case in the Supreme Court, has written to Attorney General KK Venugopal urging him to direct the CBI to file reply affidavit in his...
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Aadhaar [Day-5] State Cannot Have The Power To Aggregate Data And Destroy...
LiveLaw News NetworkOn Day 5 of the Aadhaar hearing before the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, petitioner’s counsel, Shyam Divan explained that protection of personal data is of fundamental...
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Orange Passport For Non-Matriculates: A Day After Kerala HC Seeks Centre’s...
Akanksha JainA day after the Kerala High Court issued notice to the Union government on a petition challenging its decision to introduce orange colour jacket for 'Emigration Check Required' (ECR)...
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