High Profile Cases Don’t deprive Pakistani prisoners of rights, dignity: Supreme Court February 29, 2012 / February 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Don’t deprive Pakistani prisoners of rights, dignity: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Tuesday said that Pakistani nationals who are languishing in Indian jails long after completing their jail sentences could not be deprived of their dignity and rights, and can no longer be considered prisoners. A bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.R. Gokhale said this after the central government informed it that […] Read more » Justice H.R. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Pakistani prisoners Supreme Court
Top Law News Railways appeals single judge’s order on competition panel February 29, 2012 / February 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian Railways Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court against the order of a single judge that held that Competition Commission of India (CCI) is empowered to hear complaints against it for alleged abuse of its dominant position in goods transport sector. Hearing the plea of the Indian Railways that challenged the CCI jurisdiction to […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Indian Railways Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Justice Sanghi
High Profile Cases Court slams CBI, ED over Adarsh society probe February 29, 2012 / February 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Tuesday slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and other central agencies for lapses in the ongoing probe into the Adarsh Society scam and threatened to set up a special investigating team if they did not expedite matters. At the hearing, the court also summoned the enforcement director to appear before […] Read more » Adarsh Society scam Bombay High Court Justice P.B. Majmudar Justice R.D. Dhanuka
Top Law News “Married but not legally wed” – A Book for Rights of Woman February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment 29 feb, New Delhi: A book on laws for protection of women against violence “Married but not legally wed” written by Dr. Charu Walikhanna & Jyotika kalra is released in Krishn Menon Bhawan at 4:00 pm.The venue is in front of Supreme Court. The book is released by Speaker of Lok Sabha Mrs.Meera Kumar and […] Read more » “Married but not legally wed” A Book for Rights of Woman Domestic Violence Act 2005 Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court rebuffs government for flip-flop on homosexuality February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday rebuffed an attempt by the government to distance itself from submissions made by Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra that homosexuality was immoral. An apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and S.J. Mukhopadhyay said it could not accept new submissions of the government that there was nothing wrong with a Delhi […] Read more » homosexuality Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay Section 377 Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Bhanwari case: Court seeks action against threats to CBI February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Rajasthan High Court Monday sought an explanation from the state government and directed it to take action on the CBI allegations that investigators and witnesses in the missing nurse Bhanwari Devi case were getting threats, a lawyer said. “Taking the CBI’s apprehensions seriously, the court has asked the state government to take action and […] Read more » Bhanwari case Justice Govind Mathur Justice N.K. Jain Rajasthan High Court
Criminal Law News Ex-judge could head shoot-out probe panel : Supreme Court February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After rejecting the Gujarat government’s appointee to monitor the probe into 22 alleged staged shoot-out cases, the Supreme Court Monday suggested the name of a former apex court judge to head the committee. However, a bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai adjourned the matter till Friday after Gujarat’s Additional Advocate General […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice M.B. Shah Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai shoot-out cases Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Sankararaman murder: Court tells police to verify tape February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Monday ordered Tamil Nadu Police to examine the veracity of the taped recordings of alleged conversation between Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswathi and trial court Judge T.Ramaswamy, who is hearing the Sankararaman murder case in which the seer is the main accused. Revoking the suspension of the murder trial proceedings being held […] Read more » Judge T.Ramaswamy Kanchipuram Sankara Mutt Madras High Court Sankararaman murder
Criminal Law News Supreme Court reserves verdict on Talwars’ trial transfer plea February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday reserved its verdict on the plea by dentist couple Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar for transfer of trial in their daughter Aarushi’s murder case from the special CBI court in Ghaziabad to Delhi. A bench of Justice B.S.Chauhan and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, while reserving the order, directed the trial court […] Read more » Aarushi’s murder case Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear PIL against Cairn-Vedanta deal February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear March 2 a suit that wants the acquisition of Cairn India, the nation’s biggest onshore oil deposit, by Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Resources declared invalid. A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the apex court Monday seeking invalidation of the government approval for the Cairn Energy-Vedanta deal under which Vedanta […] Read more » Cairn-Vedanta deal public interest litigation Supreme Court
Top Law News Andhra high court admits petition for liquor mafia probe February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Monday admitted for hearing a public interest litigation seeking a comprehensive probe into the liquor mafia allegedly involving politicians and bureaucrats. The court directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to submit in a sealed cover a report on the progress it made in the investigations so far and adjourned the hearing […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Anti-Corruption Bureau liquor mafia probe TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu
High Profile Cases Supreme Court defers till March 2 hearing in Gujarat fake encounters February 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today adjourned till March 2 the hearing of the two petitions seeking CBI probe into fake encounters in Gujarat. A bench comprising Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai had earlier directed the CBI to investigate all the 22 fake encounters which took place in Gujarat between 2002 to 2006. On the last date of hearing, the Supreme Court had […] Read more » Gujarat fake encounters Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai lyricist Javed Akhtar Supreme Court