Megha Kumari Indore Institute of Law There is no justification to keep the enforcement of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act under suspension till certain amendments are carried out, SC tells government. In a major verdict, the Supreme Court on 27th April, 2017 held that there is no explanation in delaying the appointments of Lokpals and
By Adrita Shah The article talks about the reasons why representation of women in the legal profession was not huge and the present status of Supreme Court judges.The legal profession in India is of high importance. Previously there were very few women opting for this profession but now there seems to be a change. Cornelia
By: Snigdha Panigrahi With technology revolutionizing communication, Justice Gautam Patel might start a judicial trend.The producers of the movie “Pushpaka Vimana” a Kannada movie released in February 2017, is alleged to have been copied from a Korean movie named “Miracle in Cell No.7” released in 2013. The producers are facing a copyright infringement case.
Highlights: SC sets Alimony Benchmark Ex- Hubby to pay 20000 every month Over rules Calcutta HC to pay 23000 pm The Supreme Court has set a benchmark for alimony to be paid by a husband to his separated wife, stating that 25 per cent of his net salary might constitute a “just and proper”
In the Constitution of India it is clearly stated that it is the duty of the state to ‘protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country’. It imposes a duty on every citizen ‘to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers, and wildlife’. Reference to
Kulbhusan Jadhav was arrested in Chaman area of Balochistan, while coming from Iran on March 3, 2016. On April 10th, he was sentenced to death on grounds of indulgence in subversive activities, espionage and working for India’s RAW against Pakistan. He was tried by the Pakistan Military Court under Pakistan Army Act. His sentence was
The Supreme Court restored criminal conspiracy charges against senior BJP leaders, including L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti in the Babri Masjid demolition case today. A bench comprising Justices P C Ghose and R F Nariman pronounced the judgement, ordering the separate trials being conducted in trial courts at Rae Bareli and Lucknow to be clubbed and
INTERVIEW Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty and persistence. Heartiest congratulations to the winning team for their spectacular achievements. Undoubtedly this journey of massive success had gone through a spiny ways of difficulties and a memorable experience. Let’s capture and pen down this experience in the words of the
IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP IN INDIA- “Except one other article in the draft constitution, I do not think that any other article has given the drafting committee such a headache as this particular article. I do not know how many drafts were prepared and how many were destroyed as being inadequate to cover all the cases
The Supreme Court collegium comprising of Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and four senior most Judges being Justice Dipak Misra, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi and M B Lokur recommended 51 names to be appointed as Judges in 10 different High Courts across the country. The list was considered after finalizing the Memorandum of Procedure
