High Profile Cases Sikkim notification on corruption probes by CBI challenged January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Sikkim notification on corruption probes by CBI challenged The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and Sikkim governments and the CBI on a plea seeking the quashing of a notification requiring prior sanction of the state government for probing complaints of corruption against its functionaries and employees. A bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale issued notice on a […] Read more » Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Sikkim notification Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Iskcon factions in court battle over Krishna temple January 23, 2012 / January 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After winning a ‘ban Gita’ petition in a Rusian court, two sets of Iskcon followers are now bracing for a turf war before the Supreme Court of India to determine who owns the imposing, multi-crore temple complex on Hare Krishna Hill in Bengaluru. The Supreme Court has been asked to decide if the temple complex […] Read more » Iskcon factions Karnataka High Court Krishna temple Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Construction near monuments in public interest only: Supreme Court January 23, 2012 / January 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that construction of buildings in the vicinity of a protected monument could only be permitted in “exceptional” circumstances if public interest was involved. The court said renovation of existing buildings near monuments only meant repair and not razing them and putting up new ones. The permission to construct buildings in […] Read more » Construction near monuments Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Order reserved on Swamy plea seeking Chidambaram’s prosecution January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Saturday reserved its order on a plea by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy to haul home minister P Chidambaram to court in the 2G spectrum case. “The order is reserved for Feb 4,” said special CBI Judge O P Saini. Swamy had said: “This evidence reveals […] Read more » Chidambaram's prosecution Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases Supreme Court reserves verdict on police action on Ramdev January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on the Delhi Police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters at Ramlila ground last year, and asked police to immediately arrange the viewing of the CCTV camera footage and the CD on the episode. The apex court bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice […] Read more » Justice BS Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court yoga guru Baba Ramdev
High Profile Cases Vodafone needn’t pay tax for Hutch acquisition: Supreme Court January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday set aside the Bombay High Court order directing Vodafone to pay a tax of Rs.11,218 crore ($2.5 billion) for acquiring the operations of Hutch Essar in 2007. Delivering a majority judgment, Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said Indian tax authorities have no jurisdiction over the transactions carried out abroad. He said for […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court Vodafone
High Profile Cases Supreme Court rejects plea on army chief’s age January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Supreme court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar said: “In our view, the writ petition of the Grenadiers Association (Rohtak Chapter) is not maintainable”, as the date of birth of an individual could not be decided by an association taking recourse to the PIL route. The court […] Read more » army chief's age Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Gujarat Govt moves Supreme Court on Lokayukta issue January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat Government on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging the state High Court order upholding the appointment of Justice R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta by the governor. The Gujarat High Court had on Wednesday upheld the appointment of Justice (Retd) Mehta as the Lokayukta while sharply criticising Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his “pranks” […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Justice J.R. Vora Justice R.A. Mehta Justice V.M. Sahai Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Kalmadi gets bail after nine months in jail January 19, 2012 / January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday granted bail to Suresh Kalmadi, MP and former chief of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, accused in a corruption case related to the 2010 sporting event. His aide V.K. Verma was also given bail. The court allowed bail to Kalmadi on a personal bond of Rs.5 lakh and surety of […] Read more » Delhi High Court Prevention of Corruption Act Suresh Kalmadi
High Profile Cases Gujarat to move Supreme Court against Lokayukta’s appointment January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat government Wednesday said it will approach the Supreme Court against the high court order upholding the appointment of R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta or ombudsman by Governor Kamla Beniwal. “The way forward is to study the judgment and after having the competent legal advice we shall challenge it before the honourable apex court […] Read more » Gujarat government spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas Gujarat High Court R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Khurshid remark no interference in 2G case : Supreme Court January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Tuesday described as “baseless” the allegation that Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid’s opinion on a service provider facing trial in the 2G case amounted to giving it a clean chit and weakened the prosecution case against it. “The applicants’ plea that interference of an influential minister is evident, is baseless,” said an […] Read more » 2G case law and justice minister Salman Khurshid Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Army chief’s age row: Govt moves in Supreme Court January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The battle between chief of the Indian Army General VK Singh and the government over his age is moving at rapid-fire speed. The Prime Minister met Defence Minister AK Antony today as the government prepped the ground for its defense in the Supreme Court, where it will maintain that it has to treat 1950 as […] Read more » Army chief's age row Defence Minister AK Antony Indian Army General VK Singh Supreme Court