Breaking; MP Judge Harassment: Vice President appoints Justice RF Nariman to...
LiveLaw News NetworkVice President of India Dr. Hamid Ansari has re-constituted the Panel for the purpose of making an investigation into the grounds on which the removal of Justice S.K. Gangele of...
View ArticleSC refers plea against AIBE to constitution bench; 3 questions framed
Live Law News NetworkChief Justice T S Thakur-led bench of the Supreme Court today referred the petition challenging the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) to a constitution bench after it framed three...
View ArticleBreaking; SC slams Meghalaya HC for taking Suo Motu Cognizance on ‘State...
LiveLaw News Network The Court set aside the direction pertaining to the stay of the provisions of the Meghalaya Lokayukta Act, 2014. It is also held that State Human Rights Commission shall become...
View ArticlePunjab and Andhra Pradesh State Assemblies blatantly defy Yesterday’s Court...
Apoorva MandhaniIn utter disregard of the recent Supreme Court order restraining Punjab from returning Sutlej-Yamuna link canal land to farmers, the Punjab Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a...
View ArticleJustice AP Shah questions non-utilisation of Swachh Bharat Cess to ameliorate...
LiveLaw Research TeamFormer chairperson of the Law Commission, Justice AP Shah today questioned why the money collected under the Swachh Bharat Cess [SBC], is not being utilised to ensure dignity and...
View ArticleWill prosecution U/S 138 NI Act sustain if part payments are made after...
Ashok KM If part payments or settlements made after the issuance of a Cheque, Can the Complainant issue a demand for a lesser amount? Whether in such circumstances the criminal prosecution for...
View ArticleIn a Landmark Order Delhi HC directs Govt. to provide Job to an Acid Attack...
Akhila.S The state owes a duty to provide free medical treatment to acid attack victims, said the Court. In an attempt to bring justice to the victims of acid attacks, the Delhi High Court went a step...
View ArticleCases can be heard during Summer Holidays if Counsel from both sides are...
Apoorva MandhaniUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, along with Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur, Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court D.Y. Chandrachud, and State Governor Ram Naik,...
View ArticleTelangana cannot claim absolute right over AP Education Council’s funds...
Apoorva Mandani The Supreme Court has ruled that Telangana cannot claim “absolute” right over institutions merely because they are located in the capital city of Hyderabad, which it is sharing with...
View ArticleSupreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMSC seeks IT dept wealth report of K G Balakrishnan’s relatives in chart form Four months after the Centre gave a clean chit to K G Balakrishnan in a case pertaining to amassing of...
View ArticleFiling Petition in SC during pendency of proceedings before HC for the same...
Apoorva Mandani In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of India reprimanded a petitioner for filing a Writ Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution, during pendency of a Writ before the High...
View ArticlePlea for Compensation by a Woman allegedly hit by a Bull while walking on...
Apoorva Mandhani Relief for negligence cannot be granted in writ jurisdiction, where petitioner had opportunity to avail remedy through a suit, said the Court. Delhi High Court on Friday refused to...
View ArticleDisabled Delhi cop labeled “drunk in metro” in viral video moves SC for...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe advantages of the incredible reach of the social media are there for all to see. But it has its terrible victims too. The experience of a 50-year-old ill and disabled Delhi...
View ArticleDraft Memorandum of Procedure for judicial appointments reaches Prime...
Apoorva MandhaniThe draft Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), which was recently approved by an inter-ministerial group headed by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, has reached the Prime Minister’s...
View ArticleKerala HC asks children to provide ‘welfare measures’ to mother’s live-in...
Apoorva Mandani Kerala High Court has directed the children to provide welfare measures to a senior citizen, who was in a relationship with their mother. Upholding the order of the Maintenance Tribunal...
View ArticleMadras HC Lawyers approach CJI and PM to reconsider transfer request of...
Apoorva Mandhani Referring to a newspaper article which claimed that Justice R. Sudhakar and Justice V. Ramasubramanian had sought to be transferred from Madras High Court, around 100 senior lawyers on...
View ArticleMadras High Court orders revocation of suspension of seven lawyers [Read Order]
Apoorva Mandhani A Division Bench of Madras High Court on Monday directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to revoke suspension of seven out of eight advocates against whom disciplinary...
View ArticleIs husband entitle to get Divorce from ‘Cruel Wife ‘? [Read this Delhi HC...
Ashok KM Does only a Wife get divorce on the ground of Cruelty? Do Husbands get Divorce from a ‘cruel’ wife? Delhi High Court recently witnessed such a case, when a wife appealed against the Divorce...
View ArticlePolitics without principle and politicians without character are the most...
Ashok KM Politics without principle and politicians without character are the most damaging elements of the social order, remarked the Orissa High Court while dismissing a petition filed by National...
View ArticleKerala High Court to hear Old cases during summer vacation
Ashok KM The Chief Justice of High Court of Kerala, Justice Ashok Bhushan has ordered to take up certain old cases which are ready for hearing during the summer vacation. This is in view of large...
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