gallows The Law Commission of India has through a press release clarified that the Indian Express’s report stating that the commission is recommending the Government to abolish death penalty save for terror cases is an ‘incorrect reporting’ and does not reflect the final recommendations of the Commi...

lawcom259 The Law Commission of India on 27 August 2015 has submitted its Report No. 259 titled ‘Early Childhood Development and Legal Entitlements’ to the Union Minister of Law and Justice. The commission had suo-moto undertaken the study on ‘Early Childhood Development and Legal Entitlements’ cons...

Parliament_of_India Parliament of India The Union Cabinet has given its approval for amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Bill, 2015 taking into consideration the Law Commission’s recommendations, and suggestions received from stake holders. Earlier in December last year, Cabinet has appro...

Supreme Court of India has today stayed all the proceedings against the Italian marines in relation to the Enrica Lexie incident. The bench comprising of Justices Anil R Dave, Kurian Joseph and Amitava Roy passed the order on a joint request of senior counsel Soli Sorabjee appearing for the Italian ...

First published here on 1, Law Street | Original author: Mohit Singh enricalexie-cover The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) by a majority opinion of 15:6 has asked both India and Italy to suspend all court proceedings and refrain from initiating new ones which might aggravate or...

First published here on 1, Law Street | Original author: Mohit Singh enricalexie-cover ** **The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) will deliver its Order in the “Enrica Lexie” Incident (Italy v. India), Provisional Measures case on Monday, 24 August 2015 at 11 a.m. Order will pron...

President James Michel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (March 2015) The Central Government has approved the signing and ratification of the agreement between India and Republic of Seychelles for exchange of information with respect to taxes. As per the Government, this Agreement will stimulate the ...

land The Land Acquisition amendment ordinances issued by the Central Government have been challenged before the Supreme Court of India by certain farmer organisations through PIL terming the ordinances as “unconstitutional” and ultra vires of the Constitution and as a “colourful exercise of power” b...

rsz_honorxe9;daumier-a_meeting_of_lawyers-_google_art_project Delhi High Court is hearing a petition filed by advocate KR Chitra against the manner in which the Advocates’ Welfare Fund (Fund) is being operated in the State of NCT of Delhi. Petitioner has asserted before the Court that the fund is be...

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Writ Petition (Civil) No. 743 of 2014 WILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTRE AND OTHERS …Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS …Respondents Date: 18 August 2015 Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra Hon’ble Mrs. Justice R. Banumathi Advocates: For Petitioner: Ms. Apa...

Supreme_Court_of_India Supreme Court of India has issued a circular on 18 August 2015, directing the restriction of entry of ‘law trainees and law student’ to the Supreme Court for one month. It is presumed that this circular has been issued in view of the ‘escalated threat perception being faced by...

Supreme A Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) circular issued on 17 August 2015, says that SCBA has accepted the proposal of the Chief Justice of India to completely stop the entry of interns/law students and visitors for the purpose of consultation, inside the Supreme Court high security zone (pre...

NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION NEW DELHI CONSUMER CASE NO. 870 OF 2015 Union of India ………..Complainant versus Nestle India Limited, Nestle House ………..Opposition Party CORAM: Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Jain, Presiding Member Hon’ble Dr. B.C. Gupta, Member COUNSEL For the Complainant : ...

Supreme_Court_of_India On 17 August 2015, Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central Government asking if it had set up a three-member ombudsman to keep a watch on misuse of public funds by government and its authorities in issuing public advertisements and the reasons if the same has not been d...

Maggi_masala_noodles The Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has in a press release informed that it has filed a complaint under section 12(1)(d) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 in the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)...

download-order IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.494 OF 2012Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Another … PetitionersVersusUnion of India & Others … Respondents WITH TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) NO.151 OF 2013 TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) NO.152 OF 20...

READ OUR DETAILED COVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS COURT PROCEEDINGS Supreme_Court_of_India On 10 August 2015, PIL petition filed by Indore-based lawyer Kamlesh Vaswani was listed before the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India HL Dattu and Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy. Attorney General of ...

gender-equality On Friday, 7 August 2015, Supreme Court of India will hear a petition which seeks a direction to the chief ministers of seven Indian states to consider inclusion of women legislative members in their councils of ministers. The Writ Petition has been filed by DK Aruna, a former inform...

download-order S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s).4658/2015 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 05/03/2015 in CRLA No. 213/2013 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi) OM PRAKASH CHAUTALA …Petit...

download-order SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 504/2015JUSTICE (RETD.) MARKANDEY KATJU Petitioner(s) VERSUSTHE LOK SABHA & ANR. Respondent(s) (with appln. (s) for exemption from filing O.T. and office report) Date : 03/08/2015 This petition was called...