Articles tagged with: Rohinton Nariman

JGLS places 92 LLB Hons grads with firms, cos, advocates, research • CAM most enthusiastic

JGLS Sonepat has placed 92 out of 235 students graduating in its 5 year LLB class of 2017, revealed a break-down of figures for the course requested by Legally India.

In matters BCI, SC better than RTI: Age limit doesn’t apply retrospectively, answers BCI finally (the other age limit hearing tomorrow)

The Bar Council of India (BCI) managed to avoid a serious challenge to the revival of its LLB age bar on 20 February in the Supreme Court, when its counsel admitted that it does not apply to a petitioner who challenged it.

Court Cuts: When Justice Misra channelled Lord Ganesha to put an end to endless arguments in big political case

It was 3 pm in court 4 yesterday (20 July) and the arguments on either side on the plea to stay the disqualification of the Congress rebels in Uttarakhand seemed endless.

Court Cuts: Maybe MEA staffer in marital strife should focus on internal affairs, suggests SC; Mirth ensues

A matrimonial dispute before the Supreme Court saw tempers rising between husband and wife, who argued through their counsel before justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Nariman but which resulted in a sudden spark of mirth with an apt observation from Justice Joseph.

SC strikes down TRAI call drop order

The Supreme Court today struck down a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) notification obligating telecom service providers to compensate consumers for dropped calls. Striking down the notification dated 16 October, 2015, an apex court bench of Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Rohinton Nar...

SC orders Mallya to disclose all foreign assets to banks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya to disclose all the overseas assets held by him and his estranged wife and children to the banks which are seeking the recovery of more than Rs 9,000 crore in the principal and interest, loaned to his now-grounded Kingfisher...

Show me the money, SC tells Vijay Mallya with 2-week ultimatum

The Supreme Court on Thursday told liquor baron Vijay Mallya to disclose all his assets - movable and immovable and tangible and intangible - and other shareholding and beneficial interests in India and abroad by 21 April. An apex court bench comprising Justice Kurien Joseph and Justice Rohinton Nar...

Constitution bench asks Centre to ponder passive euthanasia issue in slow-moving Bhushan case

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the government to consider the matter of passive euthanasia and made it clear that pendency in the apex court should not come in the way of authorities to take a decision on the matter.

MP judge sex harass case: SC may agree to review relevance of its in-house procedures

In the Additional District and Sessions Judge, ‘X’ v. Supreme Court of India Through Secretary General And Anr., which came up before the bench comprising justices JS Khehar and Rohinton Nariman on 16 December, the petitioner’s counsel, Indira Jaising raised the relevance of the in-house committee report in establishing the misconduct of a judge.

SC rejects Essar, Ruias plea not to be tried by special CBI 2G scam court [READ JUDGMENT]

In a huge setback to corporate honcho Anshuman S Ruia and Ravi S Ruia and their company Essar Teleholding, the Supreme Court today upheld their trial by the Special CBI court trying 2G scam cases, rejecting their plea that they should instead be tried by a magisterial court.

Behind the scenes: How 90+ lawyers & 3 judges created the biggest free speech judgment in more than half a century

In Numbers: Via Mint
In Numbers: Via Mint
Despite all the legal firepower involved, it was far from certain that the case would go the way it did.

4 charts reveal why the Supreme Court’s shiny new tax bench is a jolly good (and very timely) idea [via Mint]

SC taxed
SC taxed
From Monday, 9 March 2015, a special Supreme Court bench comprising of two seasoned tax hands, Justice AK Sikri and Justice RF Nariman, began exclusively hearing and deciding tax cases from Monday to Friday.

Arguments in IT Act SC challenge end, judgment reserved

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of section 66A of the Information Technology Act and other provisions of cyber law on the grounds of their misuse/abuse by the authorities. A bench of Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Roh...

16 changes the SC recommends to prevent fake police encounter killings [READ JUDGMENT]

The Supreme Court cracked down on the rise in fake encounter killings by the police, ruling in a writ petition filed by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). PUCL had questioned the genuineness of 99 encounters by the Mumbai police resulting in the death of about 135 persons between 1995 an...

RM Lodha's ace in hole: Rohinton Nariman, Gopal Subramanium, 2 others to become SC judges

Gopal Subramanium
Gopal Subramanium
Facing a long string of retirements during his term, Chief Justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha has recommended the elevation of two former solicitor generals to the apex court.

ASG Parasaran to replace Rohinton Nariman as Solicitor General

Breaking: Several sources have confirmed that Supreme Court additional solicitor general Mohan Parasaran will replace outgoing solicitor general of India Rohinton Nariman who resigned on Monday. It is understood that Parasaran received a telephone call from a senior government official today offerin...

Solicitor general Rohinton Nariman resigns

Rohinton Nariman, the solicitor general who had succeeded Gopal Subramanium in July 2011 , resigned today according to the Times of India and IBN Live . According to both TOI and IBN, the reasons behind the resignation are “not known yet”, though IBN citing “sources” wrote that “there were differenc...

Supreme Court Postcard: From Gopal to Rohinton - A tale of two SGs

Delhi-Supreme-Court
Delhi-Supreme-Court
The other day, in the corridor outside the government law officers’ chambers in the Supreme Court a well-dressed man sat outside the solicitor general’s office. Visibly uncomfortable on one of the rickety wooden benches, he was also livid with rage and his gaze seemed intent on burning a hole through the firmly shut door to the SG’s chambers.

Rohinton Nariman to start as solicitor general Monday: law ministry

Supreme Court senior advocate Rohinton Nariman will be the new solicitor general after Gopal Subramnium unexpectedly resigned from the post two weeks ago.