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Petition filed in Loya case at behest of RSS, Congress claims
Petition filed in Loya case at behest of RSS, Congress claims - Kapil Sibal and Vivek Tankha backed the top court's observation "that many of these PILs are being filed for purely political considerations and with the hope of an intended outcome" → Read More
Central decision triggers slugfest across parties, bar
Central decision triggers slugfest across parties, bar - Recalling his tenure as a union law minister under the UPA coalition, Sibal confessed his government often crossed swords with the judiciary, however, the Collegium always had the last word on the appointment of judges. → Read More
Reconsider KM Joseph elevation, govt tells Supreme Court
Reconsider KM Joseph elevation, govt tells Supreme Court - The decision on Justice Joseph triggered a political slugfest between the government and the Opposition and also drew strong reactions from the Bar. → Read More
Union cabinet promulgates ordinance for death penalty for raping children up to 12 years
Union cabinet promulgates ordinance for death penalty for raping children up to 12 years - The move seeking the death penalty for child rapists comes in the backdrop of nationwide outrage over the brutal rape of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. → Read More
Judge Loya — the trigger for judiciary's biggest crisis
Judge Loya — the trigger for judiciary's biggest crisis - DNA explains why judge Loya's case in the apex court was important to the nation, and how it kicked up the biggest crisis in the history of independent India's judiciary → Read More
PIL misuse is posing grave danger: Bench
PIL misuse is posing grave danger: Bench - The court made the observation while rejecting a batch of PILs that sought an independent probe into Special CBI judge BH Loya's death. → Read More
Judge Loya died naturally, no need for an inquiry: Supreme Court
Judge Loya died naturally, no need for an inquiry: Supreme Court - Says pleas effort to scandalise and attack judiciary → Read More
Supreme Court to declare verdict on BH Loya death today
Supreme Court to declare verdict on BH Loya death today - The apex court bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra will deliver the judgment on a batch of appeals that sought an independent probe in the death of the judge. → Read More
Mecca Masjid case: Judge's resignation takes all by surprise
Mecca Masjid case: Judge's resignation takes all by surprise - Many theories are making the rounds about the motive behind his sudden decision when he was about to retire in June this year. → Read More
Kathua rape and murder: SC orders security to victim kin, puts J&K on notice on trial shift
Kathua rape and murder: SC orders security to victim kin, puts J&K on notice on trial shift - Lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat told the court that she had been threatened with rape and death for taking up the case. → Read More
Existence of Supreme Court under threat: Justice Kurian Joseph to CJI Dipak Misra
Existence of Supreme Court under threat: Justice Kurian Joseph to CJI Dipak Misra - Justice Joseph, the fourth senior most judge after CJI Misra, pointed out that the Executive has never sat this long on the recommendation put forth by the Collegium. → Read More
Your order caused damage to country: Centre tells Supreme Court on diluting the SC/ST Act
Your order caused damage to country: Centre tells Supreme Court on diluting the SC/ST Act - Centre urges SC to recall dilution of SC & ST Act → Read More
Now, PAN to have transgender option
Now, PAN to have transgender option - Till now, only male and female gender categories were available to be chosen on the PAN application form → Read More
Right to convert and choose a partner to marry is fundamental right: SC in Hadiya judgment
Right to convert and choose a partner to marry is fundamental right: SC in Hadiya judgment - The March 8 order was significant since the essential argument against the marriage had taken a political overtone and was adjudged as a case of "love jihad." → Read More
Impeachment of CJI no answer to every problem: Justice J Chelameswar
Impeachment of CJI no answer to every problem: Justice J Chelameswar - Speaking at an event organised by Harvard Club of India here, he said allocation of important and sensitive cases to different benches should be done transparently and not in an arbitrary manner. → Read More
Ex-law minister Shanti Bhushan challenges 'master of the roster'
Ex-law minister Shanti Bhushan challenges 'master of the roster' - In his petition, Bhushan has sought directions on CJI Misra's role for laying down the principles and procedure to be followed in preparing it for allocation of cases → Read More
Relief for SC/ST can't be at cost of innocent: Supreme Court
Relief for SC/ST can't be at cost of innocent: Supreme Court - Apex court won’t go back on its March 20 order → Read More
Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Manu Singhvi cannot appear before court or judge they seek to impeach: BCI
Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Manu Singhvi cannot appear before court or judge they seek to impeach: BCI - The BCI made its resolution public after rejecting objections raised by Sibal, Singhvi and Tankha, who had filed their replies in response to a BCI notice, stating that the lawyers' body had no jurisdiction to pass any order in this issue. → Read More
Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar takes on CJI Dipak Misra, again
Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar takes on CJI Dipak Misra, again - We, the judges of the Supreme Court of India, are being accused of ceding our independence, our institutional integrity to the Executive's incremental encroachment, says Chelameswar → Read More
Foreign firms, lawyers can't practise in India, Supreme Court rules
Foreign firms, lawyers can't practise in India, Supreme Court rules - However, foreign law firms and lawyers may “fly in and fly out” to advise clients on international law on temporary and casual basis, the apex court ruled on Tuesday → Read More