Top Law News Apex court cautions high courts on use of powers November 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that “delays and laches” is one of the important factors which a high court must bear in mind while exercising discretionary powers under Article 226 of constitution. “In relation to land acquisition proceedings, the court should be loathe to encourage stale litigation as the same might hinder projects of public […] Read more » apex court cautions High Courts powers
Top Law News Apex court adds rider to ‘equal pay for equal work’ rule November 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court adds rider to ‘equal pay for equal work’ rule The Supreme Court has said that the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ would not come into play unless it was established that the work was being performed under the orders of the competent authority. The plea of equal pay for equal work is founded on Article 14 of constitution, hence it was incumbent […] Read more » apex court equal pay equal work rule
Top Law News Apex court issues notice to Amit Shah on bail November 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Saturday issued notice to former Gujarat minister Amit Shah on a petition by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking stay of the Gujarat High Court order granting him bail in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Shah, former minister of state for home, was arrested by the CBI July 25 for […] Read more » Amit Shah apex court bail notice
Top Law News Apex court reserves verdict in Ghaziabad courts’ scam October 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for transfer of the trial in the Ghaziabad district courts provident fund scam from Ghaziabad to Delhi. The apex court’s special bench headed by Justice D.K. Jain discharged District Judge V.C. Gupta from the charge that he was […] Read more » apex court Court Ghaziabad reserves scam verdict
Top Law News Apex court may take up Rathore’s bail plea October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday indicated that it might take up the bail application of former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, who is undergoing sentence in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. The apex court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to indicate the conditionalities it would like to impose on the disgraced Indian Police Service officer […] Read more » apex court bail plea Rathore
Top Law News Apex court adjourns Lalit Modi case till Nov 11 October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday adjourned till Nov 11 the hearing on former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi’s petition challenging the composition of the Disciplinary Committee probing charges of financial irregularities against him. A bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice H.L. Gokhale adjourned the hearing after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani appearing for Lalit […] Read more » adjourns apex court case Lalit Modi
Top Law News No patch up between Modi and BCCI, apex court told October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was on Wednesday informed that efforts for a patch up between former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have failed. Modi’s counsel Ram Jethmalani told the apex court that attempts for a settlement, despite the best efforts, did not succeed. The […] Read more » apex court BCCI Modi patch up
Top Law News Cops involved in barbaric acts threat to society: apex court October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said some policemen in India still lived with a colonial mindset and perpetrated barbaric acts which were an anathema to a democratic society. The court said this while hearing a case in which a man’s penis was cut off by policemen in Rajasthan. ‘If protector becomes the predator, civilized society will […] Read more » apex court barbaric acts cops society threat
Top Law News Apex court stays anti-graft hearings against Chautalas October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday ordered an interim stay on the trial against Abhay Chautala and Ajay Chautala who have been charged with possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The court also issued a notice to the prosecution asking why the anti-graft proceedings should not be stopped altogether. Both Abhay and Ajay are […] Read more » against anti-graft apex court Chautalas hearings stays
Top Law News Apex court rejects woman’s alimony claim October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday set aside an Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict recognising the rights of the second wife and awarding her maintenance of Rs.500 per month. The apex court bench of Justices Markandey Katju and T.S. Thakur was hearing the case of a man called D. Velusamy and his second wife D. Patchaiamal. Read more » alimony apex court claim rejects Woman
Top Law News Apex Court’s verdict on street vendors cheered October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict on vendors’ right to carry on their business. Representing more than 540 street vendors organisations across 23 states of the country, it further demanded that a comprehensive legislation on the lines of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) must be […] Read more » apex court cheered street vendors verdict
Top Law News Apex court restores powers of transparency panel chief October 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday stayed the operation of a Delhi High Court order striking down the provision under which the chief information commissioner constitutes different benches of the transparency law panel to hear appeals. The high court by its May 21 order quashed the Central Information Commission (Management) Regulations, 2007. The high court also held […] Read more » apex court chief panel powers restores transparency