The Supreme Court has asked the Allahabad High Court and the Waqf mosque on its premises, which has been ordered to be removed, to explore the possibility of a âsettlementâ. Hearing a petition filed by the Waqf Masjid challenging Read More …
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Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Appointed Special Public Prosecutor In 2G Cases.
Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has been appointed Special Public Prosecutor in the 2G matter. The notification appointing Mehta was issued on February 8. It reads as follows: âIn exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (8) of section 24 of Read More …
Supreme Court Says Hindu Succession Act 2005 Applies To All Women, Women Born Before 2005 Have Equal Right On Ancestral Property.
 The Supreme Court made it clear that daughters have got equal rights to ancestral property, including those born before the year 2005. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said the amended law stipulated that a daughter would be a Read More …
Delhi High Court: Writ Petition Challenges Prohibition On Practice By LLM Students.
The Delhi High Court has agreed to look into a writ petition challenging the prohibition on legal practice or undertaking employment by students pursuing LLM courses in Delhi University. A Bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Chander Shekhar Read More …
More Than 12 Years Later, CBI Files Appeal In Supreme Court For Bofors Pay-Off Case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 2 February filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging a 2005 order of the Delhi High Court quashing all charges against the accused in the politically sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off Read More …
Supreme Court Adopts New Roster System, Available On Supreme Court Of Indiaâs Website.
CJI Dipak Misra has prepared a roster and put it up on the Supreme Court of Indiaâs website. This is the first time in the Supreme Courtâs history that a roster for Supreme Court judges has been made public. The Read More …
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Make Rape A Gender-Neutral Offence.
The Bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra dismissed the Pil and reacted with different questions, all voicing an opinion that it is up to Parliament to gauge the changed social circumstances, and may be revamp the colonial penal code. Read More …
President Ram Nath Kovind Approves Bill To Hike Judgesâ Salary.
President Ram Nath Kovind gave his approval to a Bill that will more than double the salaries of Supreme Court and High Court judges. In the Winter Session of Parliament, the Bill to increase salaries of judges was passed. Now Read More …
Centre Has Told The Madras High Court That âICJ Has No Jurisdiction In Indian Fishermen Issue.â
The Centre has told the Madras High Court that there was no bilateral treaty between India and Sri Lanka conferring jurisdiction on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to resolve issues related to alleged human rights violations committed by the Read More …
Salaries Of President, Vice President, and Governors Hiked In The Budget Of 2018.
The salaries of the President and the Vice President have been increased to Rs 5 lakh and Rs 4 lakh per month respectively, in a rectification of an anomaly. Announcing the hike in their salaries in his Budget speech, Finance Read More …