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Govt Seeks AG’s Views On All-India Judicial Service
LiveLaw News NetworkThe government has sought views of two its top law officers on the formation of an all-India judicial service, an issue which is hanging fire since 1960 due to difference of opinion...
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Kalikho Pul’s Wife Asks VP Ansari Seeking SIT Probe, VP Refuses To Meet Her...
Prabhati Nayak MishraDangwimsai Pul, wife of the late Arunachal Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, on Tuesday asked Vice-President M Hamid Ansari to set up an SIT probe into the allegations levelled by her...
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Breaking: EX Arunachal CM Kalikho Pul ’s Wife Writes Fresh Letter To SC
Prabhati Nayak Mishra Less than a week after the withdrawal of her letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI) JS Khehar on the ground that the same was converted into a letter petition, the wife of...
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BCI Verification: SC Directs Universities To Verify Law Degrees Without...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court on Wednesday, directed all universities to verify certificates of law degree holders without charging a fee. In the case challenging the 2015 Bar Council of India...
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Jiah Khan’s Mother Moves SC For SIT Probe Into Daughter’s Death
LiveLaw News NetworkThe mother of actress Jiah Khan, who had allegedly committed suicide, has moved the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court order rejecting her plea challenging the CBI charge...
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Aadhaar: CJI To Consult Justice Chelameswar For Setting Up Special Bench
LiveLaw News NetworkChief Justice J S Khehar has said he would soon decide on setting up a five-judge bench to hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the ambitious Aadhaar...
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2017 LLB Exams: BCI Increases Age Limit For 5-Yr Course To 22 Yrs; For 3-Yr...
Prabhati Nayak MishraTaking a relook at its decision to introduce age restriction for LLB examination, the Bar Council of India has increased the age limit from 20 to 22 years for 5-year law course and...
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Make Provision For Online, Real Time, Continuous Monitoring System To Display...
Ashok KM Industries can be permitted to run only if they make their primary effluent treatment plants fully operational, the Bench said. The Supreme Court has directed every state to make provision for...
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SC Awards Lifer To Man Who Killed Pregnant Daughter For Marrying Lower Caste...
Ashok KM The accused committed murder of his daughter, who was in the advanced stage of pregnancy, for which he was liable to be punished with either imprisonment for life or death under Section 302 of...
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SC Refuses Urgent Hearing Of Plea Against Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear on an urgent basis a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act prohibiting...
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SC Order On Liquor Vends Near Highways Not Applicable To Bars: AG’s Opinion
LiveLaw News NetworkKindling hope in the mind of those owning bars near highways in Kerala, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has told the Kerala government that the Supreme Court order banning liquor...
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Activist Moves SC Against Delhi HC Judgment Excluding AG’s Office From RTI...
LiveLaw News NetworkRTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal has approached the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court judgment that held that the Attorney General of India is not a public authority...
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SC Asks Punjab To Enforce SYL Canal Decree
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today issued a stern warning to Punjab and said its November 10, 2016 verdict allowing construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal in Haryana and Punjab has...
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Judicial Functions Can’t Be Delegated: SC [Read Judgment]
Ashok KM Judicial function is not to be delegated to an officer of the court by the judge of the high court, the bench observed. A judicial functioning has to be done in a judicial manner, observed the...
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How Did President Give His Assent To TN And Gujarat Acts Amending Central...
LiveLaw Research TeamTwo Acts passed by the Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Legislative Assemblies, in 2015 and 2016 respectively, to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,...
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SC Notice To Centre, CBSE On Plea To Include Urdu In NEET [Read Petition]
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Centre, Medical Council of India, Delhi Council of India and CBSE on a plea seeking inclusion of Urdu language in the National...
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Age No Bar For Studying Law: SC Stays BCI Notification
Prabhati Nayak MishraThere will be no age limit for LLB examination this academic year, as the Supreme Court has stayed Bar Council of India's (BCI) notification fixing age limit for law courses. On...
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Stray Dogs: SC Says Culling Only In Accordance With Law; No Indiscriminate...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today said there cannot be indiscriminate killing of stray canines and any culling should only be in accordance with law. “When did this court say dogs have a...
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General Criticism Of Corruption In Judiciary Can Be A Ground For Taking...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice of India, Justice J.S.Khehar, and justices Dr.D.Y.Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, held in a recent judgment that even if...
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Claim For Compensation Before MACT Must Be Raised Within A Reasonable Time:...
Ashok KM It is not as if, it can be open to all and sundry, to approach a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, to raise a claim for compensation, at any juncture, after the accident had taken place, the...
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