Top Law News PMO files affidavit in apex court November 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday warned that no one found guilty of wrongdoing will be spared, but refrained from making any direct personal remark on the alleged scam over the allocation of second-generation (2G) telecom spectrum.Also Saturday the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) filed an affidavit in Supreme Court giving details of the letters it received […] Read more » affidavit apex court files PMO
Top Law News Apex court quashes adulteration case against Pepsi November 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the criminal proceedings initiated by the Kerala government against PepesiCo over pesticide content in its soft drinks. PepsiCo India was charged with selling soft drinks with higher pesticide content than the prescribed limit. The bench also set aside Kerala High Court’s order that had refused to stay criminal proceedings […] Read more » adulteration apex court Pepsi quashes
Top Law News Apex court reserves ruling on RTI plea on judges’ posting November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved the verdict on its own petition challenging the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order directing the chief justice of India to give details on the appointment of three apex court judges. While reserving the order, the apex court bench of Justice B Sudershan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar said that […] Read more » apex court CIC judges plea posting RTI
Top Law News Apex court grants interim relief to Amar Singh, Jaya Prada November 15, 2010 / November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim relief to former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh and actor-turned politician Jaya Prada from being expelled as MPs even if they defy their party’s whip in the house. The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph granted the relief while referring their matter […] Read more » Amar Singh apex court interim Jaya Prada Relief Samajwadi Party
Top Law News ‘Barbaric’ murder of wife deserves noose: Apex court November 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Crimes against women are ‘social crimes’ and ‘disrupt the entire social fabric’, the Supreme Court Friday noted and asked a man convicted of murdering his wife why his life imprisonment should not be enhanced to death sentence. The ‘brutal and barbaric’ murder of a wife that ‘outrages the modern conscience’ belongs to the rarest of […] Read more » apex court Barbaric deserves murder noose wife
Top Law News Ishrat Jahan case: apex court upholds special probe team November 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by the Gujarat government challenging the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the killings of Ishrat Jahan and three others’ in a suspected fake shootout by the state police. The Gujarat government had moved the Supreme Court challenging the state high court order […] Read more » apex court Ishrat Jahan case upholds
Top Law News 2G spectrum allocation flawless, government tells apex court November 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that the department of telecommunication (DoT) acted in public interest and in pursuance of its policy decision while allocating 2G spectrum licences to telecom operators in 2008. In an affidavit filed Thursday, the government opposed a plea of petitioner Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) that either the […] Read more » allocation apex court flawless Government spectrum
Top Law News Apex court rejects Raju’s plea on surrender November 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected an application by former chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd B . Ramalinga Raju seeking four weeks to surrender before the trial court. The Supreme Court had Oct 26 cancelled Raju’s bail and had directed him to surrender before the authorities on or before Nov 10. Raju sought four weeks […] Read more » apex court plea Raju rejects Satyam Computer Services Ltd surrender
Top Law News Bengal plots for distinguished people under apex court scanner November 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit stating the number of residential plots under the chief minister’s discretionary quota which have not been allotted so far. ‘File a short affidavit stating as of date the number of plots under the chief minister’s discretionary quota that have not been allotted […] Read more » apex court Bengal distinguished plot's scanner
Top Law News Won’t give directions which may be questioned: Apex court November 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would refrain from issuing a direction which may be questioned on the grounds on its (apex court) authority or jurisdiction. “Once we issue an order, we will take it to its logical conclusion. We don’t want to be confronted with grey areas,” said the apex court bench […] Read more » apex court directions questioned
Top Law News Apex court raps four states for ignoring police reforms November 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed the chief secretaries of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka to be present in the court Dec 6 to answer why these states have not implemented its directions for police reforms. “We have issued notice in the first instance to following four states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and […] Read more » apex court four ignoring police raps reforms states
Top Law News Apex court asks for vigilance chief’s appointment details November 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday, directed the central government to place before it the file to indicate that it has followed all procedures of consultation in the appointment of PJ Thomas as the central vigilance commissioner (CVC). The apex court bench, headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia, also asked the central government whether Thomas satisfied […] Read more » apex court Appointment chief vigilance