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Lodha Reforms For All Sports Bodies: SC Seeks Centre, SAI, IOC’s Replies...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, Sports Authority of India and Indian Olympic Association on a public interest litigation for extending Lodha reforms to all...
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Ensure 100 % Verification Of Cell Phone Subscribers: SC [Read Petition]
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Union government was today asked by the Supreme Court to ensure 100 % verification of mobile phone subscribers with regard to their identity, their addresses and ensuring that...
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SC Agrees To Hear Pleas On Levy Of Service Tax On Lawyers [Read Petition]
PRABHATI NAYAK MISHRAThe Supreme Court on Monday admitted petitions on levy of service tax on lawyers for the service provided by them to litigants.A bench of Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice AM...
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SC Gives Government Four More Weeks To Fill A Three-Year Old Vacancy In NHRC...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice, Justice J.S.Khehar, and justices N.V.Ramana and D.Y.Chandrachud, today gave the Central Government four more weeks to fill a...
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SC Directs States To Report Police Vacancies [Read Petition]
PRABHATI NAYAK MISHRAThe Supreme Court on Tuesday has directed all the State Home Secretaries to file a response to it about the vacancies in State police forces within four weeks.The Apex Court Bench...
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BCCI: SC Invites Names From Board & Centre To Be Included As Administrators
In a new twist in the BCCI Vs Lodha panel case, the Supreme Court today said it is open to include among the Board's administrators names which will be suggested by BCCI and Centre also for "holistic...
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Withdrawing 2016 Jallikattu Notification: Centre To SC
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court was informed by the Centre today that it is withdrawing its 2016 notification allowing Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu in view of the fresh legislation passed by the...
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SC Transfers 32-Year-Old Ganga Clean-Up PIL To NGT
LiveLaw News Network“The entire issue is of monitoring now. We have passed an order long ago. That way NGT is a better body...the enforcement mechanism is with NGT now. The NGT Act provided for penalty...
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Physically Handicapped OBC Candidates Can’t Claim 10 Attempts in Civil...
Ashok KMPhysically Handicapped Category is a Category in itself, a person who is physically handicapped be it Physically Handicapped of a General Category or OBC Category, the Bench said.The Supreme...
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Defect In Survey Number Of Suit Property Is A ‘Formal Defect’: SC [Read...
Ashok KMSC restores trial court order, allowing plaintiffs to withdraw the suit with permission to institute a fresh suit.The Supreme Court, in V Rajendran vs Annasamy Pandian, has held that the defect...
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Jallikattu: Animal Rights Groups Move SC Against New Law; Hearing Monday
LiveLaw News NetworkAnimal rights organizations headed by Animal Welfare Board of India today moved the Supreme Court challenging the new law passed by the Tamil Nadu assembly to allow bull-taming...
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Govt Issues National Anthem Guidelines For Persons With Disability [Read...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Central Government has issued guidelines prescribing modalities for persons with disabilities to show respect to the national anthem at movie halls.The Supreme Court, by its...
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ESI (Central) Amendment Rules, 2017 Notified: Benefits Extended To Surrogate...
Arunima BhattacharyaThe Ministry of Labour and Employment vide notification dated 20.01.2017 in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 95 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948, after...
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President Pranab Mukherjee Favours Simultaneous Lok Sabha, Assembly Elections
LiveLaw News NetworkPresident Pranab Mukherjee, in his Republic Day address to the nation, has said time is ripe for a constructive debate on electoral reforms and a return to the practice of the early...
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Animal Welfare Board Secy, Counsel Lock Horns On Jallikattu Plea In SC
PRABHATI NAYAK MISHRASoon after an interim application in an earlier writ petition was filed on behalf of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) before the Supreme Court requesting a stay on the...
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SC To Hear Biti Mohanti’s Bail Plea In German Girl Rape Case Today
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe Supreme Court to hear on Friday the bail plea of Bitihotra Mohanti alias Biti, son of a retired IPS officer who was sentenced to seven years in jail for raping a German girl in...
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Jallikattu: 2016 Notification Withdrawn: Centre Tells SC, Hearing on Jan 31
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Centre today filed a petition informing the Supreme Court that it has withdrawn its 2016 notification allowing Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu in view of the fresh legislation passed...
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Fare War: SC notice to Meru on Uber Plea Against Competition Tribunal Order
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today agreed to hear plea of Uber taxis against the December 11, 2016 order of the Competition Appellate Tribunal directing probe against it for resorting to...
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SC Refuses To Entertain PIL To Restrict Transport Of Cattle, Beef
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today refused to admit a public interest litigation which soughta direction to the Centre to frame a uniform policy to protect and preserve cattle and save them...
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SC Favours National Policy To Prevent Farmer Suicides
LiveLaw News Network“The issue involved in this case is not only sensitive, but is of public interest at large. In this view of the matter, we are of the view, that the Union of India, besides the...
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