Supreme Court contemplates to relax Rs 10000 crore-payment condition on Sahara chief Subrata Roy

A Supreme Court Bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar said they were pondering to relax the condition of paying rupees 10000 crore to enable Sahara Chief Subrata Roy to come out of jail. Sahara group however alleged that the detention order was pre-written and it was on March 4 that the judges simply pronounced it.Sahara counsel Rajiv Dhavan challenged the validity of the...

Law Commission apprehensive on Supreme Court’s suggestions on Rape Trials

The law Commission of India filed a report before the Supreme Court expressing its dissent to the suggestions made by the Supreme Court relating to the Rape Trials. TOI reports. Last year a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Gyan Sudha Misra had taken suo motu cognizance of the inordinate delay in the trial of rape cases. The Supreme Court had observed that setting up of fast-track...

Foreign Judgment would not be considered conclusive in the same matrimonial dispute pending before an Indian court: Punjab and Haryana High Court

While dealing with a Civil Revision No.3130 of 2013(O&M) in Rupak Rathi vs. Anita Chaudhary, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that any judgment passed by a court of another country in a matrimonial dispute would not be considered conclusive in relation to the same matrimonial dispute pending before an Indian court. This petition was filed under Article 227 of the Constitution...

President approves appointment of Justice G. Rohini asthe first woman Chief Justice of Delhi High Court

With President Pranab Mukherjee clearing the decks for appointment of Justice G Rohini, to head as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, the High Court in the capital will soon get its first woman Chief Justice.  Justice G Rohini, aged 58, who is the most senior judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, will be the 10th woman Judge in the Delhi High Court, which has nine women Judges out of...

Supreme Court directions in the Transgenders Case (Read Judgment)

The Following directions are issued by Supreme Court in National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) v. Union of India to protect the rights of Transgender community;(1) Hijras, Eunuchs, apart from binary gender, be treated as "third gender" for the purpose of safeguarding their rights under Part III of our Constitution and the laws made by the Parliament and the State Legislature.(2)...

Allahabad High Court directs demolition of two 40-storey towers of real estate firm Supertech for illegal construction

A division bench of Allahabad High Court comprising Justice VK Shukla and Justice Suneet Kumar, which was hearing a writ petition C No. - 65085 of 2012 filed by Petitioner Emerald Court Owner Resident Welfare Association which claimed to be the recognized Resident Welfare Association (RWA) of Emerald Court Group Housing Society had sought for a writ quashing the revised plan sanctioned...

Inviting Proposals from Law firms in United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

UNDP is inviting proposals from Law firms to develop strategies for incorporating coastal and marine bio-diversity conservation considerations into sector policies and guidelines of production sectors in the East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem (EGREE), Andhra Pradesh. The proposal should contain technical and financial proposal.Guidelines:The proposal must be expressed in the English...

Majithia Wage Board : Pleas of Newspaper Managements to review judgment rejected by SC

The petition of Newspaper managements seeking review of judgment dated 7.2.2014 directing them to apply the recommendations of Majithia Wage Board for journalists and non-journalists on their pay structure has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The Bench comprising Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Shiva Kirti Singh said in its brief order pursuant to...

Supreme Court declines to stop Centre from granting quota to Jats

The Supreme Court, which took a serious note against the inclusion of Jat Community in the list of OBC category, today, refused to stay the Centre's decision to grant reservations in government jobs and educational institutions to the Jat community.The apex court had asked the Centre to provide complete material on the basis of which it founded its decision to bring Jats under the OBC...

Whether life imprisonment without remission is constitutionally valid?

Whether Supreme Court can impose life imprisonment without remission? This question was raised by Fali S Nariman. Earlier the Supreme Court had made it clear that in order to balance the scales of justice by imposing life sentence without remission the convict would spend rest of his life in prison.The power of remission is conferred with State and Central Government by the Constitution...

SC extends stay on execution of Delhi gang rape convicts

A Supreme Court bench comprising justices B S Chauhan and J Chelameswar asking for copy of certain documents, extended the stay on the execution of death penalty of two of the four convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case, till April 14 and said till April 14 the interim order will continue by which advocate M L Sharma, counsel for the two convicts, will submit the post-mortem...

Delhi HC restrains CCI from passing final orders in enquiry against JCB

Questioning the jurisdiction of Competition Commission of India (CCI) to order an inquiry into the allegation that British construction equipment maker JCB was abusing its dominant position to deny market access to a competing Indian firm, Justice Manmohan of Delhi High Court has asked fair trade watchdog CCI not to pass any final order against J C Bamford Excavators Ltd (JCB) till the...