Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has issued notice on Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar's plea against his conviction and sentence in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case Kumar was...
Can't Claim Parity Of Pay Scale Unless There Is Complete Identity Between Two Posts [Punjab State Electricity Board &anr. V. Thana Singh & Ors.The Supreme Court observed that unless there is...
Captive Elephants : SC Asks Chief Wildlife Wardens Of States To Give Information2019-01-13T14:27:55+05:30
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chief Wild Life Wardens of states to ascertain the age of all the captive elephants and supply that information to the Ministry of Environment and...
Criminal Revision: Can HC Ask Petitioner To Approach Sessions Court First? SC Leaves The Question Open2019-01-13T12:31:00+05:30
The Supreme Court refused to refer the question regarding choice of jurisdiction under Section 397 of Code of Criminal Procedure to larger bench. The bench comprising Justice NV Ramana and...
President Re-promulgates Triple Talaq Ordinance2019-01-12T22:17:33+05:30
President of India Ramnath Kovind on Saturday has re-promulgated the 'Muslim Women(Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, commonly known as Triple Talaq Ordinance. The ordinance making...
Breaking: Economic Quota Bill [103rd Constitution Amendment] Gets President's Assent2019-01-12T18:40:12+05:30
The President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday gave his assent to The Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) which aims to provide reservation in public employment and higher...
![Civil Court Has No Jurisdiction In Matters In Respect Of Which Power Has Been Conferred On NCLT: SC [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/h-upload/2019/01/12/500x300_justice-nageswar-rao-justice-sk-kaul.jpg "Civil Court Has No Jurisdiction In Matters In Respect Of Which Power Has Been Conferred On NCLT: SC [Read Order]")
Civil Court Has No Jurisdiction In Matters In Respect Of Which Power Has Been Conferred On NCLT: SC [Read Order]2019-01-12T14:47:22+05:30
The Supreme Court has observed that the jurisdiction of the civil court is completely barred in matters in respect of which power has been conferred on the National Company Law Tribunal.In Shashi...
"No Evidence Of Corruption Against Alok Verma", Justice Patnaik Speaks Out Against High Powered Committee2019-01-12T11:15:41+05:30
Justice A K Patnaik, the former SC judge who was appointed to monitor the CVC probe against Alok Verma, has spoken out against the decision of the High Powered Committee to remove him as CBI...
Gujarat Encounters : Justice Bedi Finds Foul Play In 3 Cases; Recommends Action Against 9 Cops [Read Report]2019-01-12T08:45:51+05:30
There is prima facie evidence of foul play in three out of seventeen cases of encounter killings in Gujarat which took place between 2002 to 2007, states the report filed by Justice(Retd) H S Bedi in...
Breaking: Collegium Recommends Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjiv Khanna To Supreme Court2019-01-11T20:28:04+05:30
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended elevation of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjiv Khanna as Supreme Court Judges.The collegium comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices AK Sikri, SA...
Breaking : SC Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice T B Radhakrishnan As CJ Of Calcutta HC2019-01-11T20:17:32+05:30
The Supreme Court Collegium has resolved to recommend the transfer of Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan, who is currently the Chief Justice of Telengana High Court, to Calcutta HC as its CJ.The...
Meghalaya Mine Tragedy : SC Urges Centre To Persist With Rescue Operations2019-01-11T19:20:20+05:30
The Supreme Court has urged the Centre and the state of Meghalaya to persist with the efforts to rescue the 15 miners trapped at the 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13...
'One Rank One Pension' Norm For HC Judges: SC Seeks Centre's View [Read Order]2019-01-11T17:45:22+05:30
The Supreme Court on Wednesday called upon the Department of Justice, Central Government to place its views about inequalities in the matter of payment of pension to Service Judges as compared to...
'Security Clearance' By MHA Mandatory: SC Upholds Cancellation Of Licenses Of Cable TV Service Providers [Read Judgment]2019-01-11T15:07:55+05:30
The Supreme Court recently upheld cancellation of licenses granted to Digi Cable Network and SCOD 18 Networking, for operating as Multi System Operators (MSOs) in the Digital Addressable System (DAS)...
Breaking: Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana [Read Judgment]2019-01-11T15:00:32+05:30
The Delhi High Court today refused to quash the FIR Registered against Rakesh Asthana, CBI Special Director and Devender Kumar, CBI DySP.They were accused of taking Rs. 3 crores in bribe from...
Johnson & Johnson Faulty Hip Implants : SC Closes Case Accepting Centre's Compensation Scheme2019-01-11T13:01:28+05:30
Taking note of the compensation scheme proposed by the Centre in this behalf, the Supreme Court on Friday disposed off a PIL alleging 'faulty' and 'deadly' hip implants, manufactured by US-based...
'Have Tried To Uphold Integrity Of Institution', Alok Verma Issues Statement After Removal As CBI Director2019-01-11T11:11:51+05:30
Alok Verma, who was removed as CBI Director by the High Powered Committee yesterday, has put out a statement today that he has always tried to 'uphold the integrity of the institution, while attempts...
