![SC Issues Notice To Lawyer Prashant Bhushan On Contempt Petitions Filed By AG & Centre [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/h-upload/2019/02/06/500x300_358113-arun-mishra-navin-sinha-kk-venugopal-prashant-bhushan.jpg "SC Issues Notice To Lawyer Prashant Bhushan On Contempt Petitions Filed By AG & Centre [Read Order]")
SC Issues Notice To Lawyer Prashant Bhushan On Contempt Petitions Filed By AG & Centre [Read Order]6 Feb 2019 6:51 AM GMTThe Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on the petitions filed against Advocate Prashant Bhushan for his tweets stating that the Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal had misled the Court by...
Gauhati HC Quashes Mizoram Govt's Three Month Long Liquor Prohibition [Read Judgment]29 Jan 2019 5:08 PM GMTThe Aizawl Bench of the Gauhati High Court on Tuesday quashed the order of the Mizoram government declaring dry days from January 15, 2019 to March 15, 2019.The judgment was passed by Justice Michael...
There is no proposal to change Allahabad High Court’s name in view of the decision to rename Allahabad to Prayagraj, the government has said in response to a Right To Information (RTI)...
![Share Profits With Local Communities Under Biodiversity Act: Uttarakhand HC to Baba Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy [Read Judgment]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Baba-Ramdev.jpg "Share Profits With Local Communities Under Biodiversity Act: Uttarakhand HC to Baba Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy [Read Judgment]")
The Uttarakhand High Court has directed Divya Pharmacy, owned by Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, to share its profits with local and indigenous communities, as part of the Fair and Equitable...
![Lack Of Injury On Rape Victim’s Body Is Of No Help In Determining Consent: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bombay-hc.png "Lack Of Injury On Rape Victim’s Body Is Of No Help In Determining Consent: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]")
The Bombay High Court has overturned a 21-year-old trial court verdict and has convicted a 41-year-old man in a rape case of a girl in 1996.In doing so, the bench comprising Justice Indrajit Mahanty...
The Union Cabinet, on Friday, approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.The changes prescribe stringent punishment, including death penalty...
![Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Chagari Praveen Kumar As Acting Chief Justice Of Andhra Pradesh HC [Read Notification]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AMRAVATI.jpg "Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Chagari Praveen Kumar As Acting Chief Justice Of Andhra Pradesh HC [Read Notification]")
The Central Government has notified the appointment of Justice Chagari Praveen Kumar as the Acting Chief Justice of the newly created Andhra Pradesh High Court at Amaravati.The notification...
![Justice Biswanath Somadder To Take Over As Acting Chief Justice Of Calcutta HC From Jan 1, 2019 [Read Notification]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Calcutta-High-Court.jpg "Justice Biswanath Somadder To Take Over As Acting Chief Justice Of Calcutta HC From Jan 1, 2019 [Read Notification]")
The Government has notified the appointment of Justice Biswanath Somadder as the Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.Justice Somadder obtained his law degree from University of Calcutta and...
![Justice TB Radhakrishnan To Continue As Chief Justice Of Hyderabad HC [Read Notification]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/TB-RADHAKRISHNAN.jpeg "Justice TB Radhakrishnan To Continue As Chief Justice Of Hyderabad HC [Read Notification]")
The Centre has notified the continuation of Justice TB Radhakrishnan, the Chief Justice of the erstwhile Hyderabad High Court for both states, as the Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court, which is...
![Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Accused in Bulandshahr Violence Case [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/allahabad-high-court.jpg "Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Accused in Bulandshahr Violence Case [Read Order]")
The Allahabad High Court last week refused to quash the FIR filed against one Satish, who is an accused in the Bulandshahr violence case in which police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a local youth...
![Governance Is A Matter Of Joke Today Because Of Corruption: Gujarat High Court [Read Judgment]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Gujarat-High-Court-min.jpg "Governance Is A Matter Of Joke Today Because Of Corruption: Gujarat High Court [Read Judgment]")
The Gujarat High Court recently lamented the effect of corruption on our society and lives, asserting that it is responsible for governance being considered a “matter of joke”.Justice JB Pardiwala...
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, on Monday, advocated for reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the judiciary, through an all-India judicial service conducted by the Union...
![Appointment Of Information Commissioners: Disclose Info On Shortlisted Candidates, Criteria Etc. : SC To Centre, States [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/supreme-court-of-india.jpg "Appointment Of Information Commissioners: Disclose Info On Shortlisted Candidates, Criteria Etc. : SC To Centre, States [Read Order]")
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre as well as States to disclose information pertaining to shortlisted candidates and the criteria being following for appointments to the Central Information...
The Rajasthan High Court has approved the relocation of a tiger to the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) and has also paved way for the shifting of two tigresses from the Ranthambore National Park...
![Review Petition Filed In SC Against Constitution Bench’s Aadhaar Judgment [Read Petition]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Aadhaar-and-SC.jpg "Review Petition Filed In SC Against Constitution Bench’s Aadhaar Judgment [Read Petition]")
A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging its upholding of the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India &...
![Want To Organise Rath Yatra To “Save Democracy” But State Govt Showing Political Vendetta: BJP Moves SC [Read Petition]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Amit-Shah.jpg "Want To Organise Rath Yatra To “Save Democracy” But State Govt Showing Political Vendetta: BJP Moves SC [Read Petition]")
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order restraining it from holding its proposed Rath Yatras in the State of West Bengal.BJP had...
![Delhi HC Affirms Application Of IPC Sexual Harassment Provision To Transgenders [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/transgender.jpg "Delhi HC Affirms Application Of IPC Sexual Harassment Provision To Transgenders [Read Order]")
In a welcome development, the Delhi High Court has affirmed the application of Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 to transgender victims of sexual harassment.The determination came by a...
![No Sales Tax Can Be Levied On Medicines, Implants, Consumables, Surgical Tools Used In Medical Procedures: Kerala HC [FB]](https://www.livelaw.in/h-upload/2019/01/19/500x300_justicevinod-chandran-justice-muhamed-mustaque-justice-ashok-menon.jpg "No Sales Tax Can Be Levied On Medicines, Implants, Consumables, Surgical Tools Used In Medical Procedures: Kerala HC [FB]")
