High Profile Cases Supreme Court dismisses petition in Vodafone case March 2, 2012 / March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition by advocate M.L. Sharma as “irresponsible and scandalous” that alleged conflict of interest over the court’s verdict in the Rs.11,218 crore ($2.2 billion) tax dispute case of telecom firm Vodafone. Last month Sharma had alleged in a petition that Chief Justice S. H. Kapadia had not disclosed […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court tax dispute case of telecom firm Vodafone
High Profile Cases Govt to seek hearing of Vodafone case in open court February 20, 2012 / February 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Government is likely to seek the hearing of its review petition for reconsideration of Vodafone taxation case judgement, in the open court. Normally, review petition is decided by its circulation among the judges of the bench which earlier decided the matter in their chambers without hearing. The Centre has filed a review petition against […] Read more » and Judges K S Radha Krishnan Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Supreme Court Swatanter Kumar Vodafone taxation case
High Profile Cases Government seeks review of Supreme Court’s Vodafone verdict February 18, 2012 / February 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian tax authorities Friday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court on its verdict in a Rs.11,218 crore ($2.2 billion) tax dispute favouring telecom service provider Vodafone. The case involved a levy on a 2007 transaction in which Vodafone Plc had paid $11.2 billion to Hong Kong-based Hutchison for acquiring a 67-percent stake […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court Vodafone verdict
Top Law News Workers’ welfare boards’ accounts to be audited: Supreme Court February 9, 2012 / February 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that accounts of all state welfare boards set up for collecting cess and disbursal of funds under schemes meant for construction workers would be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). “All the state welfare boards shall be subjected to audit by the CAG within two months from today,” […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act 1996 Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court angry over ex-judges’ opinions filed by litigants January 29, 2012 / January 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court angry over ex-judges’ opinions filed by litigants The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to present opinions from former judges of the top court in a bid to bolster their case pending before it. The court aired its disapproval with an observation: “If we can’t honour this court who will do it?” The apex court had taken […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia ex-judges' opinions filed by litigants Justice Ganguly Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Vodafone needn’t pay tax for Hutch acquisition: Supreme Court January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday set aside the Bombay High Court order directing Vodafone to pay a tax of Rs.11,218 crore ($2.5 billion) for acquiring the operations of Hutch Essar in 2007. Delivering a majority judgment, Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said Indian tax authorities have no jurisdiction over the transactions carried out abroad. He said for […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court Vodafone
High Profile Cases Supreme Court rejects plea on army chief’s age January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Supreme court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar said: “In our view, the writ petition of the Grenadiers Association (Rohtak Chapter) is not maintainable”, as the date of birth of an individual could not be decided by an association taking recourse to the PIL route. The court […] Read more » army chief's age Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Corporate Law News Supreme court extends interim relief for Sahara group firms January 10, 2012 / January 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday admitted a plea by two Sahara group companies challenging the Securities Appellate Tribunal’s order directing them to refund Rs.17,400 crore mopped up from 2.3 crore investors and ordered the continuation of its interim stay on the tribunal’s direction. The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Sahara group companies Supreme Court
Top Law News Lack of Judges, Adjournments Delaying Justice: Experts December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Lack of Judges, Adjournments Delaying Justice: Experts The Supreme Court’s desire to know how a railway minister’s assassination case has dragged on for 37 years has again brought into sharp focus delays in the justice system. Legal experts blame the state of affairs on a low judge-population ratio, frequent adjournments as well as transfer of cases. Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, in his […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia High Court judge Rupinder Singh Sodhi low judge-population ratio Supreme Court
Top Law News Bhopal hospital staff seek pay hike, government gets notice December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government for its response to the demand by a Bhopal hospital’s staff for wage hike and parity with employees of other federal government hospitals. Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre’s workers are demanding pay scales as per the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for the central government employees. The […] Read more » Bhopal hospital staff seek pay hike Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Look into nurses’ grievance, supreme court tells government December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to look into the nurses’ grievance that private hospitals were retaining their original professional certificates, thereby thwarting their chances of exploring better employment opportunities. A bench of Chief Justice S.H.Kapadia, Justice A.K.Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar asked Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerji to look into the matter […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court stays SAT order to 2 Sahara firms to refund investors November 28, 2011 / November 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to Sahara group, the Supreme Court today stayed the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) order directing its two companies to refund around Rs 17,400 crore to their investors and asked for the details of their assets and liabilities. A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia directed the two companies to file […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Supreme Court