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Nirbhaya Case: SC appoints Raju Ramachandran, Sanjay Hegde to argue appeals...
LiveLaw News NetworkFour days after it began hearing the appeals filed by four death row convicts in the sensational Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Supreme Court in a surprising move today...
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Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court declines plea to disqualify a Minister,...
LiveLaw Research Team Under Article 164, the Chief Minister and the Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor. If the Governor expresses, in his discretion, his displeasure in...
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No benefits can be granted to LIC employees in absence of Rules framed: SC...
Ashok KM Supreme Court in Krishna LIC of India vs. Murari Lal Asthana has held that no benefits can be granted to the employees Life Insurance Corporation of India only on the basis of the resolution...
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Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms demands public consultation...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms has sent a letter to Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley, demanding public consultation on the appointment procedure for Supreme...
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SC collegium rejects 38 recommendations by HC collegiums
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court collegium has reportedly rejected at least 38 recommendations made by several High Court collegiums, for appointment of High Court Judges. Earlier this month, the...
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Will ensure Nirbhaya convicts get fair hearing: Ramachandran, Hegde
LiveLaw News Network “I cannot get swayed by the gravity of the incident once I get a call of duty from the court. The judges have entrusted me with a duty to satisfy its judicial conscience. The court...
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Your daughter needs both of you: SC tells the parents yearning for divorce...
Ashok KM It is well known that the real victims of matrimonial litigation are not the litigating couples, but their children. Often the fighting parents forget that they are mother and father to a...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMLeases of Mining Companies will not be lapsed automatically Supreme Court held that lapse of mining lease as contemplated under Section 4A(4) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and...
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Judicial appointments must continue, in order to protect the Rights of...
Apoorva MandhaniExpressing concern over the pending vacancies in the High Courts of the country, Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur said on Saturday that the process of appointment of Judges must...
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Practitioner of Indian/Integrated medicine not entitled to practice...
Ashok KM Delhi High Court has held that no practitioner of Indian System of Medicine or integrated medicine is entitled to practice modern scientific system of medicine viz. Allopathic system of...
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SC agrees to review its Judgment quashing ‘The National...
LiveLaw News NetworkSupreme Court of India today has agreed to review its 2013 Judgment which declared Medical Council of India’s (MCI) and Dental Council of India’s (DCI) notification for holding...
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Exclusive; Kollam Fire Tragedy: Kerala HC to consider Sitting Judge’s Letter...
LiveLaw News NetworkA Day after the Kollam Puttingal Temple Fire Tragedy, a sitting Judge of High Court of Kerala Justice V. Chitambaresh wrote a letter to High Court seeking ban on high-decibel...
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SC slams police over attack on Kanhaiya inside Patiala house courtroom
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today orally observed that the demand for an independent enquiry into allegation that JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar accused of sedition was attacked...
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More High Courts stay Service Tax on Senior Lawyers, Centre to approach SC...
LiveLaw News NetworkAs first reported by LiveLaw, the Department of Revenue has decided to move Supreme Court of India under Article 139A of the Constitution of India seeking transfer and vacation of...
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Kerala Munsiff-Magistrate selection fiasco; SC adjourns the case to next week...
LiveLaw News NetworkSupreme Court of India Today has adjourned the hearing in a Petition [PETITION] filed by High Court of Kerala in the case Malik Mazhar Sultan & Anr. v. U.P. Public Service...
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SC to RBI: Ensure banks do not grant loans recklessly
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today reminded the Reserve Bank of India that it had a duty to keep a tight vigil on banks to ensure that they do not grant loans recklessly. Making several...
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#Puttingal FireTragedy; No noise making firecrackers in any place of worship...
Ashok KM High Court of Kerala in a Suo motto Public Interest Litigation, ordered that no noise making fire crackers can be used in any place of worship between sunset and the sunrise. The Bench also...
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State Govt. cannot reserve any Mining Area for exploitation by State owned...
M.A.Rashid Chief Justice Thakur wrote the Majority Judgment supported by Justice Gopal Gowda, Justice Banumati dissented. A Three Judge Bench of Supreme Court of India in State of Kerala Vs. M/S...
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SC Judges Retreat; CJAR requests for briefing of Judges by Human Rights Lawyers
Apoorva MandhaniIn a letter addressed to Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur, Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms has demanded that human rights organizations and lawyers be invited for the...
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How to prevent allegations of favoritism in judicial exams? SC asks Delhi HC...
LiveLaw News Network The Supreme Court bench hearing the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in Delhi Judicial Service (Mains) Exam 2014 today asked the Delhi High Court to respond to suggestions...
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