As per the Supreme Court notification earlier this month, Chief Justice Misra, who is the patron-in-chief of the panel, has decided to continue with Justice Lokur as the judge-in- charge of the crucial E-panel committee, the PTI (Press Trust of India) report said. Justice Lokur’s continuance in the job assumes significance as he had taken up the ambitious task of
Two petitioners from Rohingya’s community have said in a rejoinder affidavit filed before the Supreme Court that Rohingyas are not illegal immigrants but refugees and have no connection with any criminal activity. In the affidavit before the Supreme Court, the Centre had said that it has intelligence inputs that some Rohingya Muslim refugees have links with terror groups operating out
West Bengal State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBSCPCR) has moved to the Supreme Court, to become a party in the matter to be heard on October 3. The plea has challenged the notification of the central government asking for identification and deportation of all Rohingyas to Myanmar. WBSCPCR has said that “Rohingyas are being systematically tortured and killed
A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court demanding a direction to the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take appropriate steps to use Common Electoral Rolls for Parliament, State Assembly and Local Body Elections. The petition was filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay due to lack of a uniform law or procedure for State election
In an appeal filed by Mate Mahadevi’s in the Supreme Court against the Karnataka High Court’s Judgement, delivered in 2003, Supreme Court upholds the State Government’s 1998 ban on her edited book, ‘Basava Vachana Deep’. Supreme Court concluded that in the absence of a reasoned order, one can only infer from the oral arguments before the bench that the state’s subjective
Relief for lower and middle class income group who could not afford the expensive litigation fees in apex. Supreme Court introduced Middle Income Group Scheme, (MIGS) for providing legal services where lower and middle class people, lower income groups, can avail the services at minimal amount Nishant GambhirNishant Gambhir is the editor and founder of Law in 60. www.lawin60.com
