[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Tuesday while hearing a batch of petitions challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra governments' laws allowing bull-taming sport "Jallikattu" and bullock cart races, was told that Constitution recognises that cruelty to animals is an activity which ought not to be perpetuated.A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices...
Andhra HC cannot be “town planner”, says SC, stays direction for building state capital in 6 months, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from farmers and their associations, and the Centre to a plea by the Andhra Pradesh government challenging the high court's decision which said the state legislature "lacked competence" to make any law for shifting, bifurcating or trifurcating the capital. It observed the...
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[ad_1] The list of bureaucrats the Union law ministry recommended to the prime minister for picking an election commissioner did not have the name of even one person who could complete the stipulated six-year tenure at the poll panel, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. A five-judge Constitution bench headed...
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[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the inclusion of the Chief Justice of India in the consultative process for the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner would ensure independence of the poll panel. The court was hearing a batch of pleas seeking a collegium-like system for the appointment of Election...
Language of this court is English, SC tells litigant who argued in Hindi; provides lawyer, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday told a litigant, who appeared in person and started arguing his case in Hindi, that the language of this court is English. A bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy provided petitioner Shankar Lal Sharma, who is an elderly man, with...
SC declines to adjourn hearing of pleas against Jallikattu, bullock cart races, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to adjourn a batch of petitions challenging the laws of the Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra governments that allow bull-taming sport 'Jallikattu' and bullock cart races.A bench headed by Justice KM Joseph refused to adjourn the matter when...