Environment Law News Black money: Where is Hasan Ali, asks Supreme court February 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Government to tell it where was the country’s top tax evader Hasan Ali, who has stashed away a huge amount of money in banks in Switzerland and other countries. The apex court bench of Justice B Sudershan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar told Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium […] Read more » black money Supreme Court
Top Law News Doctrine of separation of power must be respected: Congress February 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Congress on Wednesday expressed reservations over a Supreme Court judge’s remarks about continuance of Vilasrao Deshmukh in the Union cabinet and said every institution must respect the doctrine of separation of power enshrined in the Constitution. ‘Within the constitutional scheme, there is a very time tested and enduring concept called the doctrine of separation […] Read more » Congress Doctrine of separation Vilasrao Deshmukh
Criminal Law News High court reserves order on Binayak Sen’s bail plea February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chhattisgarh High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the bail plea of rights activist Binayak Sen even as the state government opposed it on the grounds of his links with the Maoists.Sen is at present lodged in a jail in Raipur capital city following his sentencing to life term by a trial court Dec […] Read more » bail plea Binayak Sen
Criminal Law News Talwar couple to be tried for daughter’s murder February 9, 2011 / February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were today made an accused in the murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi by a special CBI court which rejected the agency’s closure report in the over two-year old double-murder case. Judge Preeti Singh took cognisance of CBI’s closure report and issued summons to the parents to appear before her on […] Read more » Aarushi murdercase Dr Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar
Top Law News Supreme court slams Amar Singh for wasting time in wiretap case February 9, 2011 / February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed Rajya Sabha member and estranged Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh for wasting its time by going back on the allegation that the Congress party was instrumental in getting his telephone tapped in 2005. ‘Is it appropriate for this court to spend time on a petition based on fabricated documents?’ the […] Read more » Amar Singh Supreme Court wiretap case
Criminal Law News Nithari case: Supreme Court pulls up CBI February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for making excuses to get an adjournment on a petition by Surendra Koli, sentenced to death in the Nithari serial killing case of 2006. An apex court bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra chided the investigating agency when it […] Read more » CBI Nithari case Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Fraud case: Subrata Roy gets relief in high court (Lead) February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the proceedings against Sahara India group chairman Subrata Roy and four others in a court here on a complaint that they had duped investors in a proposed housing project.Justice Ajit Bharihoke said: “The proceedings and the execution of the warrants against Roy and four other company officials would remain […] Read more » Fraud case Subrata Roy
Top Law News Supreme court laments inaction against child marriages February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday lamented that thousands of marriages involving minor girls were being solemnised in the country, particularly in Rajasthan, and yet no action was being taken by those in authority. ‘Hundreds of marriages take place. Not in hundreds but in thousands. Everyone knows it. Dates of marriages are fixed. Wedding cards are printed […] Read more » child marriages Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Court verdict on Aarushi case closure report Wednesday February 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court here Tuesday adjourned till Wednesday its ruling on the investigating agency’s closure report in teenager Aarushi Talwar’s murder case.The CBI said before the court that it had not found any substantial evidence in the case and a closure report was its only option. “The fingerprints found on the wall also could […] Read more » Aarushi case
Consumer Law News Panel on food ingredients norms not per law, says court February 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Panel on food ingredients norms not per law, says court The Supreme Court Tuesday said the experts’ panel – to frame guidelines on what ingredients could be used in food products – was set up contrary to the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act. An Supreme Court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice A.K. Ganguly said: ‘Experts’ panel is prima facie violative […] Read more » food ingredients Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Pune land scam probe may be given to CBI, says court February 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Another land scam in Pune, which could run into over Rs 3 billion, paling the Adarsh Society scam of Mumbai, may be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe, a legal official said. This was indicated Monday by a division bench of the Bombay High Court following a public interest litigation […] Read more » Pune land scam Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act
Top Law News Can examine lapses in CVC’s appointment: Supreme court February 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said it was not barred from examining the validity of a statutory appointment, including that of the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), by the highest constitutional authority if the selection and appointment procedure was vitiated. “Some constitutional authority is entrusted with the powers to make statutory appointments. We must have faith in […] Read more » Supreme Court