Civil Court Has Power To Try Pending Eviction Suits, If The Suit Property...
Ashok KMThe Supreme Court in Rajender Bansal & Ors. Vs. Bhuru (D), has held that a civil court would not cease to have jurisdiction to try a pending suit of eviction if the suit property came under...
View ArticleSC Slams Developers For Delaying Completion Of Flats, Orders Compensation...
Nitish Kashyap A three judge bench of the supreme court headed by Justice Dipak Misra slammed the developers Unitech Resorts Private Ltd. for delaying completion of flats and putting the flat buyers in...
View Article‘Over’ Relaxation To Reserved Category Candidates May Compromise Quality: SC...
Ashok KM SC upheld relaxation in pass marks in Rajasthan TTE exams for different reserved categories. The Supreme Court in Vikas Sankhala & Ors. Vs. Vikas Kumar Agarwal & Ors, has refused to...
View ArticleSC Surprised At Severity Of Stray Dog Menace In Kerala; Panel Says “Situation...
LiveLaw News Network “In view of the very grave situation prevailing in the State on account of the stray dog menace, in order to safeguard the interests of the people of the State and to protect the...
View ArticleKarnataka HC Stays Execution Of Ex-Cop BA Umesh
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Karnataka High Court on Thursday stayed the execution of death sentence of BA Umesh Reddy pending disposal of his writ petition challenging the rejection of his mercy petitions...
View ArticleSC Takes Away BCCI’s Financial Autonomy To Force It To Implement Lodha Panel...
LiveLaw News NetworkIn a severe blow to the financial autonomy of the cash-rich BCCI, a special bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice T S Thakur today directed the Lodha panel to appoint...
View ArticleSC Advises Govt To Initiate Peace Talks To End Maoist Violence In...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Adarsh Kumar Goel, today strongly advised the Central Government to initiate peace talks to end Maoist violence in...
View ArticleShould Cow Vigilante Groups Be Banned? SC Agrees To Examine
LiveLaw News NetworkAgreeing to adjudicate on the raging controversy for the first time, a division bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Dipak Misra today said it will examine the issue if the...
View ArticleSeniority Debate In SC Drowns In Ruckus And Chaos; CJI Loses Cool
LiveLaw News Network “Shut up. I say shut up.. shut up I say..shut up..shut up... I will get you thrown out of the court. Why are you shouting? Is this a court or a fish market? There has to be some...
View ArticleWe Need Basic Institutional Reforms To Strengthen 0ur Arbitration Framework:...
PIBThe President Pranab Mukherjee Today stated that while India has the basic legal and physical infrastructure to support international arbitrations, we need basic institutional reforms to strengthen...
View Article“Garbage Mounds Looks Like Qutub Minar”, SC On Alarming Situation In Delhi...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today rapped the Delhi government for not doing enough to dispose of the huge quantity of waste and rather dumping it on landfill sites which were already...
View ArticleSC Dismisses Petition Seeking Recognition Of Living Will [Read Order]
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court bench, comprising the Chief Justice T.S.Thakur, and Justices D.Y.Chandrachud and L.Nageswara Rao, on Friday, declined to consider a Public Interest Litigation,...
View ArticleSahara Will Deposit Rs 12,000 Cr By Dec 2018: Roy To SC
LiveLaw News NetworkFresh from a reprieve given by the Supreme Court, Sahara group chief Subrata Roy has told the Supreme Court that it was ready with a roadmap to deposit the remaining amount of Rs...
View ArticleSwaraj Abhiyan To Launch A Unique Stir To Draw Attention To Non-Compliance...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court passed landmark orders in May after hearing Swaraj Abhiyan’s petition seeking directions to the Central and State Governments to provide timely and effective...
View ArticleBlow To Pharmas: SC Upholds Centre’s Notifications Fixing Retail Price Of...
Nitish KashyapThe Supreme Court has upheld the legal validity of notifications issued by the Central government for fixing retail prices or ceiling price of certain formulations under the Drug Prices...
View ArticleCourts Can Use ‘Contempt Of Court’ Restriction, If Speech Undermines...
Ashok KM If there is a calculated effort to undermine the judiciary, the courts will exercise their jurisdiction to punish the offender for committing contempt, the bench said. The Supreme Court in Het...
View ArticleSC Directs J&K HC To Reconsider Ban On Private Practice By Govt Doctors [Read...
Ashok KMThe Supreme Court in State Of Jammu And Kashmir Vs. Vichar Kranti International, has set aside a Jammu and Kashmir High Court order that had apparently banned private practice by government...
View ArticleThe Curious Case Of Arbitration In India
Avni ShrivastavA reliable and responsive alternate dispute resolution system is essential for rapidly developing countries like India. While several efforts have been made to do the same, it was only...
View ArticleLet’s Make India A Global Hub Of Arbitration: PM Modi
Avni Shrivastav The three-day Global conference on National Initiative Towards Strengthening Arbitration and Enforcement in India came to a close on Sunday in New Delhi with the Prime Minister's...
View ArticleJustice Katju Will Appear Before SC To Explain Why Death Sentence Should Be...
Ashok KMJustice Markandey Katju, through his Facebook post, has said that he will be appearing before the Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi in Soumya Rape and Murder case. Saying that...
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