Top Law News Apex court extends stay on Sterlite’s shut down October 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday extended the interim stay on the Madras High Court order closing down the Sterlite Industries copper smelter plant at Tuticorin In Tamil Nadu till the second week of December. Hearing the special leave petition (SLP) filed by Sterlite against the High Courts order, the apex court extended the stay granted earlier […] Read more » apex court down extends shut stay Sterlite
Top Law News Contempt of court only arises on disobedience of order: Apex court October 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that the proceedings against a person accused of contempt of court could not be initiated merely on speculation, assumptions and inference drawn from the fact and circumstances of the case, but only on ‘wilful disobedience’ of the court’s order. ‘In our considered opinion’, the apex court bench of Justice J.M. […] Read more » apex court arises contempt Court disobedience order
Top Law News No land deal final until registered, rules apex court October 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that no land transaction would attain finality unless it was duly registered and no sale deed of land would get a back-dated finality by its registration subsequently. The court said that a transaction in land would only be complete on the date of the registration of the sale deed. In […] Read more » apex court deal final land No registered Rules until
Top Law News Many Muslims against taking Ayodhya row to apex court October 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Many ordinary Muslims are against waging another prolonged legal battle in the Supreme Court over the Hindu-Muslim Ayodhya dispute although their religious leaders feel otherwise. Though initially most Muslims did not appear to be favourably disposed towards the Sep 30 verdict of the Allahabad High Court on the much-debated Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid issue, now many […] Read more » against apex court Ayodhya Many Muslims row taking
Top Law News Computer knowledge must for budding judges: Apex court October 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that the new judges being appointed in lower courts must have the basic knowledge of computer operations. ‘It will be unfair to overlook basic knowledge of computer operation for being a judge’ when the steps were being taken for the computerization of the courts for their efficient management, said a […] Read more » apex court Budding Computer judges knowledge must
Top Law News Few isolated incidents in marriage not cruelty: Apex court October 10, 2010 / October 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said married life should be assessed as a whole and few isolated incidents over a period of time would not amount to cruelty. “Sustained unjustifiable and reprehensible conduct affecting physical and mental health of the other spouse may lead to mental cruelty,” said a bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice […] Read more » apex court cruelty Few incidents isolated marriage not
Top Law News Apex court clears way for verdict in builder’s murder case October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the way for the pronouncement of a special TADA court’s verdict in the 1995 murder of real estate builder Pradeep Jain. Underworld don Abu Salem is the prime accused in the case. The judgment was given by Justice R.M. Lodha. The apex court had earlier asked the trial court to […] Read more » apex court builder case murder verdict
Top Law News Malegaon blast: Apex court denies bail to armyman October 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to grant bail to the 2008 Malegaon bombings accused P.S. Purohit, a lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army. An apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice T.S. Thakur observed that the offence was too serious. At least seven people were killed and more than 100 injured in the […] Read more » apex court armyman bail denies Malegaon blast
Top Law News Apex court dismisses plea seeking Kalmadi’s removal September 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition seeking the removal of Suresh Kalmadi as chairman of the Commonwealth Games organising committee. The petitioner had demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged irregularities in the multi-million rupee deals that were struck for the Games preparations. Read more » apex court dismisses Kalmadi plea removal seeking
Top Law News Apex court gives bail to Kolkata businessman September 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court gives bail to Kolkata businessman The Supreme Court Monday granted bail to businessman Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, owner of the Haldiram Bhujiawala shop in Kolkota, who was awarded life sentence for attempting to kill the owner of a tea stall adjacent to his outlet. Agarwal was convicted for criminal conspiracy and attempt to murder tea stall owner Promod Sharma alias Thakur, […] Read more » apex court bail businessman Kolkata
Top Law News Apex court dismisses Gawli petition for bail September 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition by Mumbai’s underworld don Arun Gulab Gawli seeking bail in a case under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. The apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma, dismissing Gawli’s petition, directed the trial court to expedite the trial. The court said that […] Read more » apex court bail dismisses Gawli petition
Top Law News Apex court refuses to give relief to don Abu Salem September 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday rejected the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts accused and don Abu Salem’s plea that he could only be tried for the offences for which he was extradited from Portugal in 2005 and allowed his trial for other lesser offences. “Abu Salem can be tried for the offences for which he has been […] Read more » apex court don Abu Salem refuses Relief