Top Law News Allocation of a coal block amounts to largesse: SC August 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme court today said that allocation of a coal block by the Centre amounts to grant of largesse, rejecting government contention that it is only a first statutory step. “The allocation of coal block by the Central Government results in the selection of beneficiary which entitles the beneficiary to get the prospecting licence or […] Read more » Allocation of a coal block amounts Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Chief Justice R M Lodha Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC moves on sexual harassment plea against retired judge January 16, 2014 / January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice on a law graduate’s plea to put in place a permanent mechanism to attend to complaints of sexual harassment by sitting and former judges at all levels, including the apex court. The law graduate has alleged sexual harassment by a judge whom she worked with as an intern in […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Chief Justice Sathasivam Kolkata-based National University of Juridical Sciences news retd. Justice Swatanter Kumar todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC panel to probe sexual harassment November 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday set up a committee of judges to go into a newspaper report in which a law graduate from Kolkata has alleged sexual harassment by a now retired Supreme court judge while she interned with him in December last year. Soon after lunch break, Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, heading the three-member bench, […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Chief Justice P Sathasivam judges R.M. Lodha Justice H.L. Dattu Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai SC panel to probe sexual harassment sexual harassment
Top Law News SC takes cognizance of contempt by army chief October 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday took suo motu cognizance of the former Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh finding fault with its verdict on his age row last year. A special bench of Justice R.M.Lodha and Justice H.L.Gokhale will Tuesday take up for hearing a suo motu contempt petition by the court’s own motion taking note […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati former Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha national news news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC slams government for double-speak on coal blocks September 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government once again was rapped by the Supreme Court Tuesday for not giving details about each coal block it had allotted since 1995, saying its latest affidavit was completely opposite of what was said earlier. “This affidavit is completely opposite to what you have told the court,” the apex court bench of Justice R.M. […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd. CMPDIL counsel K.K. Venugopal Justice Madan B. Lokur and J Justice R.M. Lodha national news news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news ustice Kurian Joseph
Top Law News Were allocated coal blocks leaseheld with CIL, SC asks September 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government whether coal blocks allocated to the private companies were in the leasehold area of the public sector undertaking Coal India Limited. The court’s query came as it perused the paper placed before it by the government indicating that the coal blocks allocated to the private companies were in […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Coal India Limited counsel Pranav Sachdeva Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice R.M. Lodha national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC seeks details on power to allocate coal blocks September 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government to clarify as to who had the power to allocate coal blocks – the centre or the states – and sought details about a committee that vetted applications for the allocation of blocks. The poser came from a bench of Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Madan B. Lokur […] Read more » advocate M L Sharma Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act 1973 Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice R.M. Lodha Mines and Minerals Development (Regulation) Act national news news Prashant Bhushan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC poser on government nod preceding graft probes July 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government why its sanction was necessary for the investigation of its officials by the CBI in corruption cases being monitored by the court. An apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha sought the government’s response in respect of the court-monitored corruption cases as it (government) strongly resisted […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Justice R.M. Lodha national news news SC poser on government nod preceding graft probes Special Police Establishment Act todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC rejects magistrate’s report in Tarn Taran incident April 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The magisterial probe has been rejected by the Supreme court of India here in New Delhi of the Tarn Taran incident in which a girl was beaten up by Punjab Police saying it does not have the value more that of a “scrap paper”. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and Kurien Joseph said that […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Bihar police Delhi Police DGP grass-rootslevel justices G S Singhvi and Kurien Joseph New Delhi Patna demanding regularisation Punjab police scrap paper secretary senior advocate Harish Salve Supreme Court Tarn Taran incident Union Territory of Chandigarh administration
Top Law News SC seeks explanation from Punjab, Bihar March 7, 2013 / March 7, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking strong exception of recent incidents of police beating protesting contractual teachers in Bihar and a girl in Tarn Taran in Punjab, the Supreme Court today sought explanation from the two states on the conduct of police personnel. Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports, a bench of justices G S Singhvi and Ranjana Prakash […] Read more » Assembly in Patna Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Bihar police Punjab police suo motu suo motu cognisance Supreme Court Tarn Taran district
Human Rights SC seeks explanation from Punjab, Bihar on police brutality March 6, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking strong exception to recent incidents of police beating protesting contractual teachers in Bihar and a girl in Tarn Taran in Punjab, the Supreme Court sought explanation from the two states on the conduct of police personnel. Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports, a bench of justices G S Singhvi and Ranjana Prakash Desai […] Read more » Assembly in Patna Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Bihar police Punjab police Punjab police constable regular teachers Supreme Court Taran in Punjab
Top Law News ‘Not within province to complain about DoT’s wrong’ March 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Attorney General G E Vahanvati told a Delhi court that it was not within his “province” to file a complaint with regard to anything wrong in the DoT’s press release for issuance of LoIs for 2G spectrum as it was upto the department to issue the statement. Vahanvati, who was deposing as a prosecution witness […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Department of Telecom DoT's wrong former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura LoIs for 2G spectrum secretary R K Chandolia Solicitor General telecom minister A. Raja
