Top Law News Gujarat minister headed ‘crime syndicate’, Supreme Court told September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday told the Supreme Court that former Gujarat minister Amit Shah was the ‘commander of crime syndicate with some officials of state police as its foot soldiers’ who would eliminate crucial witnesses in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout. The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Vivek Tankha CBI crime syndicate Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai minister Amit Shah senior counsel Ram Jethmalani Supreme Court
Top Law News Panel probing judges can probe more charges: Supreme court August 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday held that a committee set up under the Judges Inquiry Act can go beyond the charges contained in the notice of motion admitted in the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha and forwarded to the committee in pursuance of an impeachment motion against a judge. ‘It will be naive to contend that […] Read more » judges can probe more charges Judges Inquiry Act Justice Aftab Alam Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court admits plea against Ayodhya verdict August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday admitted a petition by the Akhil Bhartiya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Babri Masjid case. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha, while admitting the petition, tagged it with the main case. The Sunni Waqf Board, which opposed […] Read more » Akhil Bhartiya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti Allahabad High Court Babri Masjid case Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha Sunni Waqf board Supreme Court Supreme court admits plea against Ayodhya verdict
High Profile Cases Cash-for-votes scandal: Apex court rebukes Delhi Police August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked Delhi Police for its tardy investigations into the cash-for-votes scandal of 2008, when the Congress-led central government was accused of bribing MPs to win a trust vote in parliament. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha Friday took into consideration Delhi Police’s comprehensive status […] Read more » Cash-for-votes scandal Delhi Police Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Dinkaran resigns as Sikkim Chief Justice July 30, 2011 / July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tainted Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran sent his resignation to President Pratibha Patil on Friday. In his resignation, Dinakaran said that he has been targeted as he belongs to the lower caste and the system does not grant him any support. “I have a sinking suspicion that my misfortune was because of my […] Read more » Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran Justice Aftab Alam land grab charges for Justice P.D.Dinakaran President Pratibha Patil Sikkim High Court
Top Law News Supreme Court stops all mining work in Bellary July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday ordered the suspension of all mining operations in Karnataka’s Bellary region. “Mining (is) suspended with immediate effect till further orders,” said a bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia and including Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Aftab Alam. “The greed of a few is making everyone suffer,” the bench […] Read more » Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa illegal mining in Karnataka Justice Aftab Alam Justice Swatanter Kumar Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hedge mining in Karnataka's Bellary region suspension of all mining operations in Karnataka
Top Law News Cash-for-vote scam: Delhi Police faces heat in apex court July 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Cash-for-vote scam: Delhi Police faces heat in apex court The Supreme Court Friday castigated Delhi Police for their tardy investigations into bribery charges during a trust vote in parliament in 2008. “We are wholly unsatisfied with the status report,” the court said. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha lambasted police after they filed a status report on investigations […] Read more » Cash-for-vote scam Delhi Police Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha senior counsel Rajiv Dhawan Supreme Court
Top Law News A judge’s conduct should be exemplary: Supreme Court May 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said a judge has a certain personality in the court and it should find extension in his conduct in public life. “The judge in the court has certain personality and his conduct must be exemplary in all respect and aberration (in the personality) would make him liable for being proceeded against,” […] Read more » Chief Justice J.S. Khehar conduct exemplary JIC judge judges inquiry committee Justice Aftab Alam Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Karnataka High Court senior counsel Basava Prabhu Patil senior counsel P.P. Rao senior counsel U.U. Lalit Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court stays ‘strange, surprising’ Babri verdict May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court stays ‘strange, surprising’ Babri verdict Calling it ‘a strange and surprising order’ as none of the parties had sought a partition, the Supreme Court Monday stayed last year’s Allahabad High Court verdict dividing the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi disputed site into three parts. While Muslim groups welcomed the ruling, the BJP and RSS hoped that all legal impediments to a Ram temple […] Read more » Allahabad High Court apex court Babri verdict Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha strange surprising
Media & Entertainment News Bhopal tragedy: Hearing on harsher charges begins Wednesday April 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will Wednesday hear petitions of the CBI and the central government for restoration of stringent charges against the then head of Union Carbide India Keshub Mahindra and six others in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy case and enhancemment of compensation for victims. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) moved the apex court […] Read more » Bhopal tragedy Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia J.N. Mukund Justice Aftab Alam Justice Altamas Kabir Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice R.V. Raveendran K.V. Shetty methyl isocyanate (MIC) S.I. Quereshi S.P. Chaudhary senior executives Kishore Kamdar
High Profile Cases NGO moves apex court over probe into cash-for-votes scam April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on NGO moves apex court over probe into cash-for-votes scam Referring to the US diplomatic cables revealed by WikiLeaks on what has come to be known as the cash-for-votes scam, an NGO Monday approached the Supreme Court for a direction for constituting a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the case. The WikiLeaks expose hinted that the Congress allegedly bought MPs to win the 2008 […] Read more » apex court cash-for-votes scam Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha NGO probe SIT
Environment Law News Apex court to hear plea to hike Bhopal gas victims’ relief February 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said it would hear a petition of the central government seeking enhancement of compensation for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy to the tune of Rs.7,500 crore. The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Altmas Kabir, Justice R.V. Raveendran, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice Aftab […] Read more » apex court Bhopal gas tragedy Bhopal gas victims hike Justice Aftab Alam Justice Altmas Kabir Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice R.V. Raveendran methyl isocyanate gas of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia plea Relief Union Carbide