Top Law News Apex court sore over neglect of building workers’ welfare September 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday slammed the central government and states for their failure to implement two almost 15-year-old laws on the regulation of working conditions and welfare of construction industry labourers. The court expressed its displeasure at the total indifference of the central and state governments in implementing the Building and other Construction Workers (Regulation […] Read more » apex court building neglect workers welfare
Top Law News Abu Salem can be tried for all crimes in India: Apex court September 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts accused and underworld don Abu Salem can be tried for all the crimes he had committed in the country. The court dismissed his plea that he could only be tried for the cases for which the Portugal court permitted his extradition. Justice P […] Read more » Abu Salem apex court crimes India
Top Law News Apex court upholds Abu Salem trial September 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday upheld the trial of 1993 Bombay bomb blast accused Abu Salem under the provisions of the criminal law that provides for death sentence Read more » Abu Salem apex court trial upholds
Top Law News Apex court stays fresh probe into Rizwanur case September 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court order for reinvestigation into Rizwanur Rehman’s mysterious death and the quashing of the charge sheet in the case. The apex court also stayed all the consequent orders flowing from the high court ruling, including the discharging of Rizwanur Rehman’s father-in-law and industrialist Ashok Todi and others […] Read more » apex court fresh probe Rizwanur case stays
Top Law News Set up panel for retired defence staff: Apex court (Lead) September 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The court said that the proposed independent body, to be headed by a retired judge of the apex court, would save the armed forces personnel running from pillar to post for redressal of their grievances. The court said the findings of the independent forum would be recommendatory in nature. The apex court bench of Justice […] Read more » apex court defence panel retired Set up staff
Top Law News Apex court calls for panel for retired defence staff September 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday suggested to the central government to set up an independent commission which would hear the grievances of retired defence officers and make recommendation for their redressal. The court said that such a panel preferably headed by a retired Supreme Court judge would save these officers from running from pillar to post […] Read more » apex court calls defence panel retired staff
Top Law News Apex court clears way for Yamuna Expressway September 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday cleared the way for the six-lane Yamuna Expressway, upholding the Allahabad High Court verdict on acquisition of land by the Uttar Pradesh government for the project. The Allahabad High Court, dismissing petitions of 35 farmers whose lands were being acquired for the project, upheld the state government policy for acquiring land […] Read more » apex court clears Expressway way Yamuna
Top Law News Apex court questions Uttar Pradesh on Lucknow park September 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit listing the construction activities it was undertaking at a 195-acre eco-park located on Lucknow’s Jail road. The park is being developed on the land where the old jail of Lucknow city existed earlier. The land for the park was made available […] Read more » apex court Lucknow park questions Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Can’t link grain procurement to storage capacity, apex court told September 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Monday told the Supreme Court that it could not limit the procurement of foodgrain to the level of its storage capacity, as it has to give minimum support price to farmers. The government said the procurement policy has twin objectives of ensuring minimum support price to farmers and meeting the foodgrain requirements […] Read more » apex court capacity grain link procurement storage
Top Law News Apex court stays death sentence of 3 Akshardham attackers September 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sentence of three accused in connection with the Akshardham temple attack case of September 24, 2002 in which 34 persons, including two National Security Guard (NSG) commandos were killed. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S. Nijjar stayed the death sentence. The […] Read more » Akshardham attackers apex court death sentence stays
Top Law News Orissa moves apex court against green nod for project September 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa government Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging a go-ahead given by the union environment and forests ministry to an irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh. The state government feared that the project may lead to flooding of several parts of the state. The state government’s move comes in the backdrop of the central government […] Read more » apex court green nod moves Orissa project
Top Law News Apex court stays tribunal’s order on military nurses September 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has stayed an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) verdict directing the central government to treat all the commissioned officers of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) on par with the regular army. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M.Lodha passed the order on a petition by the central government challenging […] Read more » apex court military nurses order stays tribunal