Appointment of 20 HC judges in limbo as Centre returns files to SC for ‘reconsideration’, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Tussle over appointments of High Court judges between the Centre and Supreme Court led collegium looks to be getting intense by day. A day after the top court objected to the Union law minister's remark,saying that the Union government was sitting on judge’s names, the Union government is reported...

Centre returns 20 files to SC Collegium regarding appointment of HC judges, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Face off between the Centre and the Supreme Court over appointment of judges continued on Monday with the government returning 20 files and expressing "strong reservations" about the names recommended by the Collegium.The Supreme Court on Monday expressed anguish over the delay by the Centre in clearing the names...

Illegal structures around Afzal Khan’s tomb removed, Maharashtra tells SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The Maharashtra government on Monday gave a detailed status report on the demolition work carried out in and around the the Afzal Khan tomb at Pratapgad fort in Satara district and said all illegal structures and encroachments in the forest land have been removed as directed by the Bombay...

SC seeks Centre’s response on legalising same-sex marriages, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Four years after decriminalising consensual private sexual relationship between adults of LGBTQ+ communities, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine legalising same-sex marriages in India as it sought the Union government's response to the pleas of two gay couples for making Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954, gender-neutral.A bench...