Top Law News SC to take up Amit Shah’s plea Monday August 9, 2013 / August 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will on Monday hear BJP leader Amit Shah’s plea seeking modification of its order asking him to report to the CBI office every alternate Saturday after he was allowed to enter Gujarat following the trial in Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shooting case being shifted to Mumbai. As senior counsel M.N.Krishnamani pointed to the […] Read more » BJP leader Amit Shah Chief Justice P Sathasivam counsel M.N.Krishnamani Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai national news news SC to take up Amit Shah's plea Monday Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shooting case todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Judge who upheld Kasab’s hanging demits office April 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Aftab Alam, the judge who was part of the Supreme Court bench which upheld the death sentence of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, demitted office today. Justice Alam also headed the bench which delivered the recent verdict dismissing Swiss pharma major Novartis AG’s plea seeking a patent for […] Read more » Judge who upheld Kasab's hanging demits office Justice Aftab Alam news Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab todays news Top news
Top Law News Ex Setalvad aide seeks recusal of SC judge from riots case February 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Seeking recusal of Justice Aftab Alam from the bench hearing a matter relating to alleged “fabricating” of evidence in a post-Godhra riots case in which both of them are accused an estranged former aide of social activist Teesta Setalvad moved the Supreme Court . Rais Khan Pathan, who was an accused of fabricating evidence along with the […] Read more » Ex Setalvad fabricating Justice Aftab Alam Justice Alam NGO PPKP Promoting Pluralism Knowledge Program' (PPKP) riot victims in Gujarat riots case SC judge SC judge from riots case Secularism and the Supreme Court of India social activist Teesta Setalvad Supreme Court Supreme Court of India
Top Law News Riot victims’ rehabilitation national duty: SC September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the rehabilitation of riot victims was a national responsibility and could not just be construed within legal and moral parameters. Rehabilitating the riot victims was a “national liability and you have to be responsible not just legally or morally but in all dimensions of the word”, said an apex […] Read more » construed within legal and moral parameters deputy commissioner and commissioner of police Dharminder Singh Jaspal Singh was assisted by counsel Satinder Gulati Justice Aftab Alam Justice Alam directed the Punjab government Justice Ranjana Prajash Desai Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab government not to evict some petitioners Rehabilitating the riot victims was a "national liability Riot victims' rehabilitation national duty: SC Senior counsel Jaspal Singh victims of anti-Sikh riots
Top Law News Patents law provisions conflicting, Novartis tells SC September 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swiss pharma company Novartis Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there cannot be conflicting provisions in a patents statute where one provision recognises innovation in drug development and another knocks it down. Novartis told an apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai that once the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Paras Kuhad chronic myeloid leukemia imatinib mesylate Intellectual Property Appellate Board IPAB verdict declining patent to Novartis anti-cancer drug Glivec Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumors Novartis tells SC Patents law Patents law provisions conflicting pharmaceutical efficacy pharmaceutical giant challenging the IPAB pharmaceutical product Glivec Patents Act senior counsel Gopal Subramanium Subramanium Swiss pharma company Novartis
Top Law News Jagan facing charges in three cases, CBI tells SC September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI, opposing bail plea of jailed YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, told the Supreme Court Friday that the charge sheets filed against him were related to three different cases which are still being investigated. The Central Bureau of Investigation told this to the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Mohan Jain Andhra Pradesh High Court last month rejected the bail plea bail plea of Jaganmohan Reddy CBI has alleged against Jagan CBI tells SC charges of corruption Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy federal investigating agency High Court last month rejected the bail plea of the YSR Congress Party leader Jagan as the Lok Sabha member from Kadapa constituency Jagan facing charges in three cases Jagan was arrested by the CBI Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prasad Desai opposing bail plea of jailed YSR Congress Party opposing Jagan's bail plea senior counsel Gopal Subramaniam
Top Law News SC slams Karnataka on iron ore mining, orders CBI probe September 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In blistering criticism of the Karnataka government for overlooking the illegal mining, transport and export of iron ore, the Supreme Court Friday ordered a CBI probe into the illegal extraction and export of 50.7 lakh tonnes of iron ore from the state’s forest areas from January 2009 to May 2010. “Can there be any doubt […] Read more » custodial interrogations Hegde's report on illegal mining illegal mining in the state illegal mining of iron ore Justice Aftab Alam Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde orders CBI probe Raju Ramachandran sought to resist SC slams Karnataka on iron ore mining
Top Law News SC reserves verdict on Amit Shah’s bail in Sohrabuddin case September 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its order on a CBI plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to former Gujarat minister Amit Shah by the state high court and the transfer of trial in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged-shootout case outside Gujarat to Mumbai. However, the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana […] Read more » alleged involvement in Sohrabuddin's killing Amit Shah CBI plea seeking cancellation of bail granted head of extortion syndicate in Gujarat Jethmalani Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai SC reserves verdict on Amit Shah's bail in Sohrabuddin case senior counsel Ram Jethmalani Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged-shootout case Sohrabuddin Sheikh's killing
Top Law News Karnataka: SC may allow some iron ore mining to resume September 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it may permit resumption of iron ore mining in category A mines in Karnataka’s Bellary, Chitradurga and Timkur districts, provided they complied with all statutory forest and environmental clearances. “The statutory compliance must be there. There can be no compromise on the statutory clearance and the undertaking by […] Read more » Central Empowered Committees recommendations Chitradurga and Timkur districts committed marginal illegalities counsel Prashant Bhushan opposed it illegal mining of an unprecedented scale Justice Aftab Alam justice KS Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Karnataka's Bellary Karnataka: SC may allow some iron ore mining to resume permit mining in category A mines renewal of statutory clearances
Top Law News CBI to File Charge Sheet in Prajapati Case Few Days August 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI told the Supreme Court Tuesday it will file a charge sheet in the Tulsiram Prajapati staged shootout case in a couple of days. Senior CBI counsel Vivek Tankha told this to the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai in the course of the hearing of the agency’s […] Read more » agency's plea challenging grant of bail Andhra Pradesh cadre Indian Police Service CBI to File Charge Sheet in Prajapati Case Few Days Gujarat home minister Amit Shah Hyderabad to Sangli in Maharashtra Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Sohrabuddin Sheikh Tulsiram Prajapati Tulsiram Prajapati staged shootout case Vivek Tankha
Top Law News No mining in Karnataka till R&R measures are implemented: SC August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on No mining in Karnataka till R&R measures are implemented: SC The Supreme Court on Friday said it would not allow resumption of mining activities of iron and ore in Karnataka unless there is a statutory compliance and full implementation of reclamation and rehabilitation measures. “You don’t press for resumption of mining activities unless we are sure that there is a statutory compliance. No mining activities […] Read more » CBI investigation Central Empowered Committee encroachment of forest areas illegal mining Justice Aftab Alam Karnataka mining activities No mining in Karnataka till R&R measures are implemented: SC rehabilitation measures resumption of mining Samaj Parivartana Samudaya statutory compliance
Criminal Law News Kasab’s plea : Supreme Court reserves verdict April 26, 2012 / April 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on the hearing of a petition filed by 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab challenging the Bombay High Court verdict upholding his death sentence. The high court had upheld Kasab’s death sentence Feb 21, 2011. Kasab was awarded the death sentence by a Mumbai […] Read more » 2008 Mumbai terror attack Ajmal Kasab Bombay High Court co-accused Fahim Harshad Mohammad Yusuf Ansari Justice Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Kasab's plea Kasab’s death sentence Mumbai attackers Pakistani Ajmal Kasab Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab senior counsel Gopal Subramanium Supreme Court terrorist Ajmal Kasab
