Top Law News No guidelines to regulate media reporting of sub-judice matters: SC September 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down a constitutional principle where aggrieved parties can seek from appropriate court the postponement of the publication of court hearings and a decision taken on a case-by-case basis. The court, however, refrained from framing broad guidelines for reporting of sub-judice court matters, saying it cannot be done “across the […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia court hearings and a decision taken on a case-by-case basis court proceedings on case-by-case basis framing broad guidelines for reporting justices DK Jain justices JS Khehar justices Ranjana Prakash Desai justices SS Nijjar neutralising technique No guidelines to regulate media reporting of sub-judice matters: SC postponement of the publication sub-judice court matters
Top Law News Justice Lokur sworn in as Supreme Court judge June 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Madan B Lokur was on Monday sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice SH Kapadia. Prior to his elevation, Justice Lokur was Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. With his elevation, the strength of the apex court has gone up to 26, five short of the sanctioned […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia Justice Lokuras Supreme Court judge
Top Law News Prepaid mobile connections : Panel to give guidelines April 28, 2012 / April 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday directed the setting up of a five-member committee to recommend guidelines for verification of those applying for prepaid mobile connections. A bench of Chief Justice SH Kapadia, Justice AK Ganguly and Justice Swatanter Kumar, in its order, said the committee should be headed by the secretary, department of telecommunications (DoT), […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia justice AK Ganguly Justice Swatanter Kumar prepaid mobile connections Supreme Court Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Top Law News With new judge, Supreme Court has 26 judges April 2, 2012 / April 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Mohamad Ibrahim Khalifullah was on Monday sworn-in as a judge of the Supreme Court, taking the strength of the apex court to 26 judges. He was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice SH Kapadia. Before his elevation to the apex court, Justice Khalifullah was chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia Justice Khalifullah Justice Mohamad Ibrahim Khalifullah Supreme Court
Top Law News Centre submits report on former chief justice Balakrishnan March 12, 2012 / March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The centre on Monday submitted to the Supreme Court the status report of the probe into allegations that close relatives of former chief justice KG Balakrishnan had amassed huge wealth during his tenure. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia was given the report in a sealed cover by Attorney General G […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia former chief justice KG Balakrishnan National Human Rights Commission Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court nod on river interlinking February 27, 2012 / February 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today gave the green signal for implementing the ambitious project to interlink India’s rivers, saying it was in national interest. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia also constituted a high-powered committee headed by the water resources minister to work out the roadmap for the project. The court said that […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia interlink India's rivers Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court upset at ex-judges giving opinion on matters January 30, 2012 / January 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to attach opinions by former apex court judges to their PILs in a bid to bolster their claim. The bench voiced its disapproval with: “If we can’t honour this court, who will do it?” The court had taken objection to former judges rendering […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia ex-judges giving opinion on matters Supreme Court
Top Law News Courts can’t decide poll dates: Supreme Court January 13, 2012 / January 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday declined to interfere in the conduct of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, dismissing a petition seeking rescheduling of elections in the two states. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia said it was not for the court to decide on the election schedule. Petitioner C […] Read more » Central Board of Secondary Education Chief Justice SH Kapadia Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court permits export of endosulfan formulation December 13, 2011 / December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the export of over 2,500 kl of endosulfan formulation, used for the manufacture of the pesticide, lying with different companies. An apex court bench headed by chief justice SH Kapadia, while permitting the export, said the same would be channelised through public sector undertaking Hindustan Insecticides Ltd. The court […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia endosulfan formulation Supreme Court
Top Law News Policy issues not for courts: Supreme Court December 5, 2011 / December 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Policy issues not for courts: Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday said it was not for the courts to involve themselves in issues of policy which come under the domain of the government and Parliament. “As as far as public safety is concerned, Article 21 of the Constitution is there. For all other issues, they may not be for the court […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia Policy issues not for courts Supreme Court
Environment Law News Supreme Court panel to decide on endosulphan export August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked an expert panel appointed by it to explore the possibility of exporting the existing stock of banned pesticide Endosulfan here to other countries. The apex court, which sought answers on various questions related to Endosulfan, also wanted to know from the expert body, how the quantity of the pesticide after […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia endosulphan export ICMR Indian Council Medical Research justice KS Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court