Top Law News Apex court hints at lapses in admissions quota in universities July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday hinted at lapses in procedure adopted by Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for admitting students from the other backward classes (OBC) category. The apex court observation came during the hearing of a petition filed by a former professor of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, P.V. Indiresan, challenging a Delhi […] Read more » admissions quota apex court Delhi University Jawaharlal Nehru University Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran lapses Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal universities
Top Law News Apex court warns private medical colleges against lapses July 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday slammed private medical and dental colleges for lapses in admissions and said it will have to step in if things do not improve. The apex court vacation bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice A.K. Patnaik said: “Private medical colleges are doing wrong admissions. The court has to stop it.” Taking […] Read more » apex court Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice P. Sathasivam lapses private medical colleges warns
Media & Entertainment News Mamata welcomes apex court order on Singur land June 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Welcoming the Supreme Court’s interim order on the Singur land case, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, today said the apex court did not stop land survey and the “process of distribution of land.” “We welcome the Supreme court order. It will go in favour of the farmers and in favour of the […] Read more » 'Mamata apex court Singur land
Top Law News Apex court wants panel to examine Tamil Nadu school books June 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed an experts committee to be set up to look into the content of textbooks published by the Tamil Nadu government for schools. The apex court bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said a committee of eight experts, to be headed by state chief secretary, will go […] Read more » apex court examine panel school books Tamil Nadu
Top Law News Apex court declines plea against Delhi varsity semester system May 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to entertain a petition seeking a stay on a Delhi University notification introducing the semester system for under-graduate courses in various disciplines from the coming academic year. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad said: “We are not inclined to stay the notification.” Justice Singhvi […] Read more » apex court declines Delhi varsity semester system Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi
Top Law News Dismantling of toxic ships in Gujarat worries apex court May 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed concern over the environmental impact of dismantling and recycling of foreign ships carrying radioactive material and other toxic wastes at Alang port in Gujarat. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad wondered why these ships were not dismantled or broken in the country of their […] Read more » apex court Dismantling GMB Gujarat Gujarat Maritime Board Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi toxic ships
Top Law News Fair land takeover package will cut litigation: Apex court May 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said there would be far less litigation relating to land takeover if governments paid reasonable compensation to landowners. The court said that landowners whose land was acquired had a ‘legitimate grievance’ that the government took away their land for peanuts ‘in the name of development’. ‘If the state takes steps for […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) P.P. Malhotra apex court Fair land takeover Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi litigation
Top Law News Liberalisation hasn’t led to education for deprived sections: Apex court May 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said the notion that liberalization and free-market economy in India would generate wealth which the government would use for providing higher education to deprived sections of the society has turned out to be “false and a mirage”. “For the past two decades, this country has been in the throes of early […] Read more » apex court deprived sections education Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Liberalisation Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court issues notice on Dinakaran’s petition May 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the judges enquiry committee on a petition by Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, saying that charges framed against him were beyond the scope of the notice of motion seeking his impeachment for alleged misconduct. The bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad issued the […] Read more » apex court Chief Justice J.S. Kehar Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran Dinakaran's petition judge Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Karnataka High Court P.P. Rao senior counsel Sikkim High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court restores membership of 16 Karnataka legislators May 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday restored the membership of 16 disqualified Karnataka legislators, a development that could threaten continuation of B.S. Yeddyurappa as chief minister. The 16 lawmakers, 11 of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and five Independents, were disqualified Oct 11, hours before Yeddyurappa was to seek confidence vote in the assembly following their […] Read more » Anand Asnotikar apex court B.S. Yeddyurappa Balachandra Jarkiholi Belur Gopalakrishna D. Sudhakar Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Gulihatti Shekar H.S. Shankara Lingegowda Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Cyriac Joseph Karnataka legislators membership Nanjundaswamy P.M. Narendra Swamy Raje Kage restores S.K. Bellubbi Sarvabowma Bagali Shivanagouda Naik Shivaraj Tangadagi V. Nagaraju Venkataramanappa Y. Sampangi
Top Law News Apex court orders CBI probe in job scheme implementation May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into irregularities in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme in six districts of Orissa. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the CBI to file its […] Read more » apex court CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia job scheme implementation Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act MNREGA
Top Law News Why can’t surplus grain be sold to poor, asks apex court May 11, 2011 / May 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the central government, which admitted to shortcomings in the public distribution system, why it could not give the surplus food grain that it couldn’t store to hungry people at subsidised rates. ‘Why can’t you give it at subsidised rates to the hungry populace. You have it. You can’t store […] Read more » apex court Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma poor sold Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium Supreme Court surplus grain