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
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
High Profile Cases Mullaperiyar panel gets two-month extension February 27, 2012 / February 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday gave two more months to an expert commitee headed by former chief justice of India A.S. Anand to submit its report on the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala. A five-judge bench headed by Justice G.K. Jain accepted the request by the committee for two more months time to submit […] Read more » former chief justice of India A.S. Anand Justice G.K. Jain Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Court to hear Swamy’s plea on dues from IIT-Delhi February 26, 2012 / February 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Dismissing a plea of the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, a court has accepted a plea of Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy seeking recovery of his dues earned while serving there as an assistant professor 1972-1991. Additional District Judge Neelam Singh dismissed the plea of IIT-D seeking dismissal of Swamy’s civil suit on the ground that […] Read more » Additional District Judge Neelam Singh Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy RIGHT TO INFORMATION
High Profile Cases Supreme Court pulls up government for bureaucratic delays February 25, 2012 / February 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday censured the government for procedural delays and red tape even for challenging an adverse verdict against it by a lower court. The apex court said the government cannot cite administrative inertia as a reason for any delay and dismissed an appeal by the department of posts, challenging a 2009 judgement of […] Read more » Justice J. Chelameswar Justice P.Sathasivan procedural delays Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: CBI given time to reply on Chandolia’s appeal in Supreme Court February 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday granted time to the CBI to file its reply to an appeal by 2G case accused R.K. Chandolia, a former aide of ex-telecom minister A. Raja, challenging the Delhi High Court order that put his bail on hold. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was also granted time to file its […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam Delhi High Court Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Swamy moves Supreme Court to make Chidambaram an accused February 24, 2012 / February 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Special CBI court’s verdict rejecting his plea to make Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram an accused in the 2G scam. Swamy contended that as complainant, all that was required at this initial stage of the proceedings was to make a prima facie case […] Read more » 2G scam Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
High Profile Cases 2G case: Notice to CBI on Balwa’s plea February 23, 2012 / February 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea filed by Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa seeking to quash charges against him in the 2G case. Justice M.L. Mehta sought the CBI response by March 13. Balwa, who was released on bail by a CBI special court, […] Read more » 2G case Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa
High Profile Cases Supreme Court asks states for details of pending mercy pleas February 22, 2012 / February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The supreme court here Wednesday directed the home secretaries of all states to send all records pertaining to the pending mercy petitions to the union home secretary. The court directed that these records should be sent through special messengers within three days. The apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi gave this direction after […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi mercy petitions to the union home secretary Supreme Court union home secretary
High Profile Cases Notice to Bihar on new norms for MP’s development funds February 22, 2012 / February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Bihar government on a petition challenging its decision to frame different guidelines for implementing the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). A bench of Justice D.K. Jain and Justice Anil R. Dave issued notice on a public suit by Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad, a Lok Sabha […] Read more » Justice Anil R. Dave Justice D.K. Jain Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court issues notice to Jayalalithaa February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a CBI petition challenging the quashing of its FIRs and chargesheets by the Madras High Court in a case against her under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The apex court bench issued the notice after the CBI told it that there […] Read more » Madras High Court Prevention of Corruption Act Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
High Profile Cases Govt to seek hearing of Vodafone case in open court February 20, 2012 / February 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Government is likely to seek the hearing of its review petition for reconsideration of Vodafone taxation case judgement, in the open court. Normally, review petition is decided by its circulation among the judges of the bench which earlier decided the matter in their chambers without hearing. The Centre has filed a review petition against […] Read more » and Judges K S Radha Krishnan Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Supreme Court Swatanter Kumar Vodafone taxation case