Author: LawMantra Admin

During the three-day retreat at the Bhopal judicial academy judges including Chief Justice T S Thakur questioned former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on preventing criminal elements from entering the candidate of election. This  three-day retreat at the Bhopal Read More …

The centre told Supreme Court on Monday that the Kohinoor diamond was neither “forcibly taken nor stolen” by British rulers, but given as a “gift” to East India Company by rulers of Punjab. Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar said India should Read More …

Denying women the right to enter and pray in the historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala cannot be justified on the basis of traditions which violated constitutional principle, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. “You cannot deny entry of women based Read More …

A driver who was sacked by a private school in 2003 has secured a judgment from the Supreme Court forbidding recognised schools in Delhi from dismissing any employee, including teachers, without “prior approval” of the director of education. In its Read More …

The Centre, in a surprising stand, today told the Supreme Court that it cannot ask UK to return the Kohinoor diamond as it was gifted to East India Company by Maharaja Ranjith Singh and not forcibly taken away or stolen Read More …

Last month, the Supreme Court had admitted the petition of Shayara Bano seeking triple talaq to be declared unconstitutionally. Taking note of her case Supreme Court initiated suo motu proceedings to examine the need for protecting rights of Muslim women. Read More …

President Pranab Mukherjee cautioned against judicial activism saying it should not lead to dilution of the separation of powers. “Each organ of our democracy must function within it’s own sphere and must function within it’s own sphere and must not Read More …

Mallya, presently in UK has not bothered to appear before the agency on the three previous summons against the charge of money laundering on him. The Enforcement Directorate argued “open dated non bailable warrant”. If the court issues the warrant, Read More …

After ban of alcohol, Nitish Kumar government imposes ban on drugs with alcoholic content as people uses them to get high. “We will take actions against those supplying these drugs”, chief secretary Anjani K Singh said. Ganja and cough syrups have Read More …