EWS Quota Is Reservation For The Over-Represented, Excludes The Real Unrepresented : Mohan Gopal On Supreme Court Judgment | Interview

According to renowned academician Professor Dr. Mohan Gopal, the Supreme Court's majority judgment which upheld the reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) as introduced by the 103rd Constitution Amendment is comparable to the infamous emergency era judgment in the case ADM Jabalpur vs Shivkant Shukla."This is the ADM Jabalpur moment for social justice", he said speaking in...

EWS Quota| Supreme Court Judgment Is "ADM Jabalpur" Moment For Social Justice: Mohan Gopal Interview

Interview of Professor (Dr) Mohan Gopal by Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, on the Supreme Court's judgment upholding quota for Economically Weaker Sections...

'CCI Order Against Google Will Boost Digital Innovation': Interview With The 3 Young Lawyers Who Fought The Legal Battle

Search Engine Giant Google has been in news headlines for over a week now. This is because of two orders passed by the Competition watchdog of India, which heavily fined the Company.The first order passed by the Competition Commission of India on October 20 imposed a penalty of Rs. 1337.76 Crore on Google under Section 27 of the Competition Act, 2002, for abusing its dominant position in...

Governor's Withdrawal Of Pleasure In Minister Is Not Constitutionally Valid Without Chief Minister's Advice : PDT Achary

Responding to the act of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan withdrawing the pleasure in the Finance Minister KN Balagopal, constitutional law expert and former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha Mr. PDT Achary said that a Governor can take such a decision only on the advice of the Chief Minister. "The Governor can withdraw the pleasure only on the advice of the Chief Minister. Pleasure...

Governor Cannot Withdraw Pleasure In Minister Without Chief Minister's Advice : PDT Achary | Interview [Video]

Interview of constitutional law expert PDT Achary with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, on the constitutionality of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan's decision to withdraw pleasure in...

"Release Of Rapists A Threatening Message To Women" : Bilkis Bano's Lawyer Shobha Gupta On Remission

In a strong criticism, Bilkis Bano's lawyer Advocate Shobha Gupta termed the decision of the Gujarat Government to allow the premature release of the eleven convicts who were sentenced to double life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang-rapes in the Bilkis Bano case as "devastating"."I am at a loss of words when I have to explain this... I find it(remission granted to convicts)...

Centre, Gujarat Govt Ignored Relevant Aspects While Allowing Premature Release Of Convicts : Bilkis Bano's Lawyer Shobha Gupta

Interview of Advocate Shobha Gupta, lawyer of Bilkis Bano, with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, on the premature release of 11 persons who were convicted for gang-rape and...

Centre Not Entitled To Segregate Collegium Resolutions, Supreme Court Should Act Tough Against Executive For Sitting Over Proposals : Justice MB Lokur

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur opined that the Central Government is not entitled to pick and choose names by segregating the resolutions made by the Supreme Court collegium. He added that it is unfair on the part of the Centre to keep certain collegium proposals pending.The retired Supreme Court judge was speaking in an interview with Manu Sebastian, the Managing Editor...

Collegium Procedure Should Make No Difference If There's Consensus About The Names : Former SC Judge Justice MB Lokur

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur has said that if there is no disagreement among the collegium members regarding the proposals for elevation, then the fact that a different procedure of meeting has been adopted should not be a ground for objection.Justice Lokur was referring to the Supreme Court collegium deciding to defer the consideration of ten names, after two judges of...

"Why This Secrecy? Citizens Entitled To Know": Justice MB Lokur On Collegium & Judges'Appointments [Video Interview]

Interview of Justice Madan B Lokur, former judge of the Supreme Court, with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of...

Bilkis Bano Case : 'Gujarat Govt Has No Jurisdiction To Grant Remission' - Rebecca John | Interview [Video]

In this interview with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, Senior Advocate Rebecca M John discusses the legality of the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.Watch...

Bilkis Bano Case : Supreme Court Erred In Holding That Gujarat Govt Has Power To Decide Remission - Sr Adv Rebecca John

Criminal law expert Rebecca M John, Senior Advocate, opined that the Supreme Court erred in holding that the State of Gujarat has the jurisdiction to decide the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.Speaking in an interview with LiveLaw, John said that as per Section 432(7) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, it is the State where the trial was held and where the...