Delhi’s lawyers on Wednesday wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requesting him to exempt advocates from the city government’s odd-even vehicle restriction plan. The coordination committee of all district court bar associations, in its letter to Kejriwal, said that the odd-even traffic restricti...

Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor has introduced a bill that would decriminalise private consensual sexual intercourse between adults by amending the Indian Penal Code’s section 377, reported Mint and others. The bill, which has been tabled for discussion on 18 December, seeks to amend section 37...

Former Hindustan Unilever senior legal counsel Rajendra Misra has joined the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces group as general counsel (GC) several days ago, taking over part of the role that was previously handled by the group’s company secretary and vice president legal Beejal Desai.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed Justice Virendra Singh, - former judge of the Allahabad high court - as the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh and expressed its disapproval of the way constitutional authorities mandated to appoint the ombudsman failed to discharge their responsibilities. Noting tha...

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas acted for Blackstone on its sale of shares in the Rs 500 crore ($75 m) initial public offer (IPO) of fragrance maker SH Kelkar & Co which was advised by DSK Legal. Khaitan & Co and Jones Day advised the IPO’s book running lead managers JM Financial Institutional Securities and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company.

A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on Monday observed in a matter mentioned by advocate JC Seth no one can be forced to do yoga and that the question of violation of fundamental right would arise only if somebody is prevented from doing it reported The Indian Express . The...

he Supreme Court today doubled the environment compensation charge (ECC) for loaded commercial vehicles entering Delhi and imposed a blanket ban on registration of diesel vehicles of 2,000 cc and above in the National Capital Region (NCR). A bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur, Justice AK Sikri and Jus...

The Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench in the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) case, presided by Justice JS Khehar, delivered the consequential order in reforming the Collegium system to recommend appointment of new Judges to the High Courts and the Supreme Court, amidst high expectations at 10 30 AM.

The Supreme Court’s five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice JS Khehar is set to pronounce its consequential judgment in the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) case in the morning today (16 December) at Court No 3 at 10:30 AM

The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for not appointing a Lokayukta despite its earlier order, and observed that all those involved in the appointment process had their own agenda. Apparently displeased over the way the issue of the appointment was being dragged on, a ben...

A Delhi court held that in cases of drug peddling, the real drug sourcers go scot free, whereas the suppliers, who are invariably poor people, get caught. The court said this while awarding 10 years jail to two men convicted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. “It is gen...

Former Delhi high court Chief Justice and chairperson of the Law Commission AP Shah criticised the Supreme Court for overturning Delhi high court judgment on decriminalising homosexuality and commented that the Supreme Court bench had “ignored the counter-majoritarian role of the judiciary” while sp...

The Bombay high court’s acquittal of Salman Khan raises disturbing questions about the court’s approach to prioritizing cases, according to Daksh, a Bengaluru-based NGO, which researches political and administrative processes in order to create and evolve methods of accountability and transparency in governance.

Retired Supreme Court judge and former Law Commission chairman PV Reddy will re-evaluate the controversial 2014 Delhi Judicial Services exam, ruled a Supreme Court bench of justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant today (14 December).

The new Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur on Friday said for arbitration to succeed in India, all those involved in the process, be it the arbitrator or the lawyers, would have to act professionally. Pointing out that the arbitration overseas was highly professional, he said that it was this la...

Although many expected Dushyant Dave to be reelected as the President, the scale of his victory has been surprising. Many believed that it would be a close contest between him and Shivaji Munjajirao Jadhav. According to sources, Jadhav had spent a lot in bringing many outstation voters to Delhi to vote for him today, in order to neutralize the popularity of Dave among the voters.

All the three men convicted in the gangrape of a woman on Park Street here were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment today by a Kolkata city sessions court. Pronouncing the quantum of punishment during in-camera proceedings, Additional Sessions Judge Chiranjib Bhattacharya of the City Sess...

_Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) _sent out a strong advisory on 10 December 2015 against all entertainment channels telecasting shows where characters are shown to be superstitious, practitioners of black magic, practice occult, witchcraft and exorcism after receiving complaints from ...

The Supreme Court today sought a response from Nestle and the Maharashtra government on an FSSAI plea seeking a stay of the Bombay high court order prohibiting food testing by government labs not accredited under new food safety law. An apex court bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C ...

The Delhi high court today issued notice to the central government on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea against the release of the juvenile convict in the 16 December, 2012 gang-rape and sought an IB report about him having been radicalised. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R...