Top Law News Amit Shah challenges apex court’s handing over of Sohrabbudin case to CBI September 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat’s former minister of state for home Amit Shah has moved the Supreme Court questioning its Jan 12, 2010, judgment handing over the investigations into the Sohrabuddin Sheikh-Kausar Bi abduction and killing case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Shah, now in judicial custody, has questioned the propriety of the apex court bench of […] Read more » Amit Shah apex court CBI challenges handing Sohrabbudin case
Top Law News Companies Bill to factor in apex court verdict on Bhopal tragedy September 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday said the directive of the Supreme Court on a curative petition on the Bhopal gas tragedy will have to be “factored in” within the proposed Companies Bill. “The curative petition filed by the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) is before the Supreme Court, and whatever comes from the Supreme […] Read more » apex court Bhopal tragedy Companies Bill factor verdict
Top Law News Rubabuddin charges Modi with contempt of apex court September 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rubabuddin Sheikh, the brother of staged-shootout victim Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Wednesday served a legal notice on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi charging him with contempt of the Supreme Court with his derogatory remarks against the CBI that is probing the case. The notice dated Aug 28 sought a response within a week whereafter he would take […] Read more » apex court charges contempt Modi Rubabuddin
Top Law News CBI moves apex court against fresh probe into Rizwanur death September 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, challenging a Calcutta High Court order that directed the investigating agency to treat Rizwanur Rahman’s death as murder and conduct a fresh probe. The top court will hear the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea Sep 6. The matter came up for hearing before the apex court bench […] Read more » apex court CBI fresh probe Rizwanur death
Top Law News Apex court directs troops to vacate northeast schools September 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the home ministry to have all schools in the northeast that have been occupied by paramilitary forces vacated in two months. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar also asked the human resource development ministry to assess infrastructural bottlenecks in schools in the largely […] Read more » apex court directs northeast schools troops vacate
Top Law News Apex court upholds quashing of FIR against Arun Gawli August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gangster-turned politician Arun Gawli on Friday got a reprieve with the Supreme Court upholding the quashing of MCOCA and other criminal cases registered against him by the Maharashtra government. A bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and B. S. Chauhan dismissed the State government’s appeal challenging the Bombay High Court’s decision to quash the FIR registered […] Read more » apex court Arun Gawli FIR quashing upholds
Top Law News Apex court stays Ishrat killing case transfer to SIT August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar stayed the transfer after counsel Kamini Jaiswal told the court that the Gujarat High Court by its Aug 12, 2010, order had given the state government 15 days time to issue the notification. Ishrat Jahan, a college student from Mumbai, was allegedly […] Read more » apex court Ishrat killing case SIT stays transfer
Top Law News Apex court informed about BCCI rule ‘dilution’ August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was Thursday informed that the amendment to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) rules for the dilution of ‘conflict of interest clause’ was aimed at benefiting the cricket body’s secretary N. Srinivasan. The conflict of interest clause was diluted in order to legitimize the Indian Premier League T20 franchise […] Read more » apex court BCCI dilution informed rule
Top Law News Check bogus claimants in welfare schemes: Apex court August 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming bogus claims as the bane of welfare schemes, the Supreme Court has said that the government was duty-bound to take ‘stern action’ to discourage the malpractice. ‘Any complacency on the part of the government in taking action against bogus claims under any scheme would encourage bogus claims under all schemes, by undeserving candidates who […] Read more » apex court bogus Check claimants welfare schemes
Top Law News Orissa to move apex court over POSCO project August 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Orissa will move the Supreme Court against a high court order disapproving its grant of permission to South Korean steel major POSCO to prospect for iron ore in Sundergarh district, an official said Saturday. A bench of the Orissa High Court July 14 set aside the permission granted to POSCO last year for prospecting iron […] Read more » apex court Orissa POSCO project
Top Law News Telangana political issue: Apex court August 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined to interfere with the Telangana imbroglio saying that it was a political issue and was better left to the political bosses. “Why should this court entertain the PIL at this stage? It is a political question. No decision has been taken so far. Why should we pre-empt it,” said Chief […] Read more » apex court political issue Telangana
Top Law News Exploitation, says apex court of prolonged contract job August 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Exploitation, says apex court of prolonged contract job The Supreme Court Thursday said that uninterrupted prolonged employment on contract amounts to exploitation and government agencies are not expected to adopt such unfair practices. The state or its instrumentalities which are expected to be the model employer are not expected to take advantage of their position and impose wholly inequitable and unreasonable condition of […] Read more » apex court contract job Exploitation prolonged