Top Law News On Tata’s plea, apex court sends notice to government December 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the central government on a petition of Ratan Tata , chairman of the Tata group of companies, seeking to restrain the unauthorised publication of telephone intercepts of corporate lobbyist Nira Radia in the 2G spectrum allocation scandal. The notice has been issued to the home ministry, […] Read more »
Top Law News Nira Radia’s phone intercepts deposited in Supreme Court December 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Thursday handed over the telephone intercepts of corporate lobbyist Nira Radia’s conversations with media and politicians in the 2G spectrum allotment case to the Supreme Court. The court was handed over the server, hard drive and call records. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly in a […] Read more » Nira Radia Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Raja should have given serious consideration to PM’s letter’ December 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium Wednesday said that former telecom minister A. Raja should have given a ‘lot more serious consideration’ to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s letter expressing reservations on the allocation of 2G spectrum on 2001 prices. He said this after an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly asked […] Read more »
Top Law News Kachru ragging death: Convict moves high court December 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three weeks after a Dharamsala court held four senior medical students guilty and sentenced them to four years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Aman Kachru ragging-to-death case, one of the convicts Wednesday moved the Himachal Pradesh High Court against the decision. Naveen Verma’s petition challenging the conviction that was listed for admission in the court of […] Read more » death Kachru ragging
Top Law News Why was TRAI silent for two years: Apex court on 2G December 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked why the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was silent for two years on 85 ineligible firms bagging 2G spectrum and the remaining companies that got the airwaves failing to rollout services in varying degrees. “Apart from the issues being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) why was […] Read more » 2G apex court TRAI
Top Law News Government told to deposit Radia tapes with apex court December 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday called for the original taped recordings of the conversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others relating to 2G spectrum scam to be deposited with the court registry. The government told the court that CVC P.J. Thomas will not supervise the CBI’s probe into the scandal. The court directed the government […] Read more » deposit Radia tapes
Top Law News Supreme Court issues notice to Yeddyurappa December 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and assembly Speaker KG Bopaiah on a petition by seven rebel legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party who were disqualified from the house for expressing their lack of confidence in the chief minister. An apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and […] Read more » notice Supreme Court Yeddyurappa
Top Law News Action against violators of rules on marriage processions December 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the onset of the wedding season, Delhi Police Wednesday asked the residents of the city to strictly adhere to guidelines on marriage processions issued by the Delhi High Court or face strict action for violations. In advertisements issued in major dailies, Delhi Police said marriage processions on road create traffic congestion. ‘Traffic congestion on […] Read more » marriage processions
Top Law News CVC should step down: Retired Supreme Court judge December 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It would be in the best interests of the country and of the high office he holds if Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas steps down, retired Supreme Court judge K.T. Thomas opined Wednesday. Noting that that the office of the CVC should not be seen as a government office, K.T. Thomas told IANS: ‘The […] Read more » judge Supreme Court
Top Law News Long trials to blame for rapists walking free November 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three out of four rape accused in India go scot-free, official data reveals. Behind the dismal conviction rate is a saga of long trials and the sabotage of court proceedings by the accused, say experts even as another gangrape in the capital has left the nation shocked. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), […] Read more » rapists
Top Law News Supreme Court questions Thomas’ credibility November 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed reservation on the objectivity of Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas if he were to supervise the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the 2G spectrum scam. The court said that as secretary of the Department of Telecom, Thomas had justified certain actions that are now under the scanner of […] Read more »
Top Law News Government not against court monitoring spectrum probe November 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it was not against the court monitoring the CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam in whatever manner it wanted. “(The) government has no objection to the court monitoring of the investigation as the government wants to establish its credentials,” Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam told […] Read more » monitoring spectrum