High Profile Cases Respond to allegations that you met accused: SC to CBI chief Ranjit Sinha September 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked CBI director Ranjit Sinha to respond to allegations by an NGO CPIL saying that he has been frequently meeting accused in 2G case and others being probed by the investigating agency. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice designate Justice H.L. Dattu while giving a week’s time to the […] Read more » advocate Kamini Jaiswal counsel Prashant Bhushan Justice H.L. Dattu NGO CPIL Respond to allegations that you met accused SC to CBI chief Ranjit Sinha
Top Law News Prior sanction needed for action against officials? SC reserves verdict February 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved verdict on the validity of a legal provision that mandates the CBI to seek the government’s prior sanction before proceeding against an officer of the rank of joint secretary or above on charges of corruption. However, the six-bench constitution bench said that if it had to invalidate section 6A of […] Read more » 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act Central Vigilance Commission counsel Prashant Bhushan CVC Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Dipak Misra Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla Justice R.M. Lodha Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya Lokpal news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC to hear natural gas pricing matter March 4 January 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hold March 4 hearing in the plea by Communist lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta and NGO Common Cause seeking review of the government decision to hike the natural gas price from $4.2 to $8.4 million British thermal unit (mmBtu) from April 2014 . Common Cause has sought a court monitored probe by a […] Read more » Communist lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta counsel Prashant Bhushan Justice Ranjan Gogoi news senior counsel Colin Gonsalves todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Prashant Bhushan apologises to Supreme Court November 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court took exception to counsel Prashant Bhushan’s comment that it was hesitant in taking action against Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati, but later Wednesday accepted his apology that he did not intend to lower the esteem of the court or hurt judges. The apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha, hearing the matter […] Read more » counsel Prashant Bhushan Justice R.M. Lodha Prashant Bhushan apologises to Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Top Law News SC to examine curbs on news on private FM radio October 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court, hearing a PIL by an NGO, Thursday said it will examine the rules that bar private FM radio channels and community radios from broadcasting news and current affairs. It also issued notice on the issue to the central government, returnable in two weeks. As a bench of Chief Justice P.Sathasivam and Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam counsel Prashant Bhushan curbs on news on private FM radio Justice Ranjan Gogoi news on private FM radio SC to examine curbs on news
Top Law News Centre wants ban on nicotine-laced gutka, chewing tobacco October 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Tuesday pitched for a ban on all forms of chewing tobacco, gutka or supari laced with nicotine, saying these products fell under the prohibition prescribed under the food safety provisions. “Gutka by its definition is a food added with nicotine and flavours” that is prohibited under the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and […] Read more » ASG Indira Jaising Centre wants ban on nicotine-laced gutka counsel Prashant Bhushan Food Safety and Standards Justice C Nagappan Justice G.S. Singhvi national news news NGO Indian Asthma Care Society todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Natural resources are also for future generations: SC September 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Natural resources are also for future generations: SC The Supreme Court Wednesday said the right to life belongs not only to the present generation but also the future generations when it comes to the exploitation of natural resources. “It is not just right to life of present generation but also of the future generations,” said the apex court green bench of Justice A.K. […] Read more » counsel Prashant Bhushan Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice F.M.I Kalifulla Justice S.S.Nijjar national news news NGO Goa Foundation Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News NGO asks SC to cancel all coal block allocations September 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court should cancel all the coal blocks allocated to private and public sector companies in a non-transparent and unfair manner and in violation of rules, a petitioner said Thursday. Petitioner NGO Common Cause has sought the cancellation of coal blocks allocated to state-owned companies which had in turn entered into joint venture agreements with the […] Read more » cancel all coal block allocations Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act counsel Prashant Bhushan Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice R.M. Lodha Mines and Minerals Development (Regulation) Act national news news NGO Common Cause todays news todays top news Top news
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC asks why agencies sat over Radia tapes August 8, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday wondered why the agencies that knew about instances of illegalities that surfaced in former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s tapped phone calls in 2009 did not act for four years. The court’s observation came as it perused the files of the Income Tax Department relating to Radia tapes that gave details of […] Read more » counsel Prashant Bhushan CPIL Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice V. Gopala Gowda national news news Niira Radia SC asks why agencies sat over Radia tapes todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC nod sufficient to probe corrupt officials: CBI August 7, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on SC nod sufficient to probe corrupt officials: CBI The CBI Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it did not require the government’s sanction for a corruption probe against public servants in court-monitored cases but the government disagreed with this. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told an apex court bench of Justice RM Lodha, Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph it […] Read more » Attorney General GE Vahanvati counsel Prashant Bhushan Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice RM Lodha national news news SC nod sufficient to probe corrupt officials: CBI Senior counsel Amarendra Saran todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Kudankulam safety steps a matter of public interest, says SC September 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday told the government not to treat as an adversarial litigation the petition seeking implementation of all safety steps before the commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) as it concerns public interest. A bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Dipak Misra made the observation when Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman […] Read more » Atomic Energy Regulatory Board authority subservient to the atomic energy establishment Bhushan counsel Prashant Bhushan current AEB chief was earlier chief of the NPCIL Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in Japan IT professional P. Sundarrajan Justice Dipak Misra Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Kudankulam safety steps a matter of public interest Madras High Court Nariman that issues being raised by Bhushan National Disaster Management Authority nuclear fuel rods in the reactor of the plant Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd says SC
Top Law News SC poses searching queries to Centre on Kudankulam September 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday wanted to know from the Centre as to what would be the guarantee that there would be no radio active substance in the spent fuel to be stored at the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu to prevent any accident. Posing a host of searching queries to the […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Bhopal gas tragedy counsel Prashant Bhushan G Sundarrajan challenging the Madras high court's decision impose any restraint against the plant justices Deepak Misra justices K S Radhakrishanan Kudankulam Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu radio active substance SC poses searching queries to Centre on Kudankulam social activist G Sundarrajan Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman
