Private Bill on Sabarimala In Lok Sabha: Who said What [Read Bill]

Interestingly, the Lok Sabha was chaired by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi (as Chairperson) when the RSP MP Premachandran introduced the bill, which he himself termed as 'historic'.

CJI Writes To PM Seeking Steps To Increase Retirement Age Of Judges, SC Strength

The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to raise the retirement of High Court judges as 65 years and to increase the strength of Supreme Court, reports the Times of India.As per TOI, the CJI has written two separate letters with the request to tackle the problem of huge case backlogs.The retirement age is 62 years in case of High...

SC Stays U'khand Govt's 'Illegal' Road Construction Work Inside Rajaji Tiger Reserve [Read Order]

11.5km road was on critical corridor between Rajaji and Corbett Tiger Reserve

Extension Of Time For PG Medical Courses Counseling Cannot Be Granted Merely Because Seats Are Lying Vacant: SC [Read Judgment]

"If we permit violation of schedule and grant extension, we shall be opening a Pandora's box and the whole purpose of fixing a time schedule and laying down a regime which strictly adheres to time schedule will be defeated."

NHRC Seeks Report From CBI About The Status Of Probe Against Lawyers Collective

The Commission headed by former CJI Justice H L Dattu observed that it has powers to examine the issue to "make it non-discriminatory and avoid arbitrariness"

"Lawyers Profess The Law and Not Into Business": Plea In SC Challenges 'High Turnover' Criteria For Empanelment Of Law Firms By WB Tea Board

An Advocate-on-Record has moved the Supreme Court challenging the criteria set by the West Bengal Tea Board in its recent tender inviting law firms for empanelment. Lawyer Arti Singh, who has a law firm which renders pan-India services, has attacked the "onerous" technical and financial eligibility criteria as being restrictive of the Fundamental Rights to freedom of trade and practice,...

"Condition Of Lady Advocates Vulnerable"; Lawyer Approaches SC Seeking CBI Enquiry In Advocate Darvesh Yadav Murder Case [Read Petition]

A woman lawyer has approached the Supreme Court seeking CBI enquiry in the murder case of Darvesh Yadav, the newly elected President of UP Bar Council who was shot dead in Agra Civil Court last week. In her PIL, Advocate Indu Kaul has also sought a direction to Bar Council of India to formulate a scheme towards the Social Security Measures for lady advocates and also for providing...

ITAT Upholds Tax Evasion Case Against NDTV Promoters Prannoy Roy & Radhika Roy [Read Order]

The addition pertains to the share transfers made by Roys to RRPR Holdings Pvt Ltd in the financial years 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Breaking : Former IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt Sentenced To Life Imprisonment In 30 Year Old Custodial Death Case

(Story to be updated after receiving judgment)Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Jamnagar Sessions Court in Gujarat after finding him guilty in a 1990 custodial death case.The incident relates to the death of one Prabhudas Madhavji Vaishnani in November 1990, which was allegedly due to custodial torture. At the time Bhatt was the Assistant Superintendent...

Delhi Police Reinstates Husband And Brother-in-law Of Complainant In CJI Sexual Harassment Case

In a new twist to the Chief Justice Sexual harassment case, Delhi police has reinstated the husband and brother-n-law of the complainant as Head constables,reports Indian Express.The husband and brother-in-law of complainant were facing departmental inquiries — the former for allegedly calling the CJI's office, and the latter for allegedly concealing a 2015 police complaint against him...

Judiciary Should Stand Up to Populist Forces And Protect Constitutional Ethos From Being Desecrated: CJI Gogoi

Stressing that independence is the soul of the judiciary, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said the institution should stand up to populist forces and protect Constitutional ethos from being desecrated. Speaking at a conference of chief justices at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at Sochi in Russia, the CJI Tuesday said the judiciary should prepare and strengthen itself about...

SC Issues Notice On Congress Plea Against Separate By-polls To Two Rajya Sabha Seats From Gujarat

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Election Commission on the Gujarat Congress's challenge to its decision to hold separate by-polls to two Rajya Sabha seats in the state which fell vacant due to the election of BJP chief Amit Shah and Smriti Irani to the Lok Sabha. Agreeing to adjudicate the question whether the vacancies are casual or statutory, the vacation bench headed...