Criminal Law News Supreme Court cautions police, stir organisers February 24, 2012 / February 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said that the law enforcing agencies should give reasonable notice and time to organisers of agitations to comply with their orders, while the protestors too have the duty to maintain order. The directions issued by the apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said “except in cases […] Read more » Baba Ramdev Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Reply to Aarushi parents’ plea, Supreme Court tells CBI February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the CBI to file its reply on the plea by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking a transfer of the trial in their daughter Aarushi’s 2008 murder from a Ghaziabad special CBI court to New Delhi. The apex court bench headed by Justice B.S. Chauhan has asked the Central Bureau of […] Read more » Aarushi's 2008 murder Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Aarushi case: CBI gets notice on Talwars’ plea February 3, 2012 / February 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to respond to dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar’s plea to transfer their trial in their daughter Aarushi’s murder case from Ghaziabad to a Delhi court. A bench of Justice B.S.Chauhan and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar issued notice to the CBI after senior counsel […] Read more » Aarushi case Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Jagdish Singh Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court suspends bail for Kobad Ghandy January 27, 2012 / January 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday suspended the Andhra Pradesh High Court order granting bail to Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, accused of conspiracy in a bomb attack and the 2005 killing of then assembly deputy speaker Narsi Reddy. The apex court bench headed by Justice B.S. Chauhan also issued a notice to Ghandy on a petition by […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice B.S. Chauhan Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy Supreme Court
Top Law News Rajasekhara Reddy’s widow withdraws plea from Supreme Court January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s widow Y.S. Vijaya Monday withdrew from the Supreme Court her petition imputing bias to the Andhra Pradesh High Court in an illegal assets’ case involving politicians. The apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice T.S. Thakur asked senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for Vijaya, […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice T.S. Thakur Rajasekhara Reddy's widow Y.S. Vijaya Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Chidambaram had no role in eviction of Ramdev, Centre tells Supreme Court January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre on Monday denied in the Supreme Court that Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram gave instructions to the Delhi Police for evicting yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila grounds on June 4, 2011. Solicitor-General Rohinton Nariman made this submission before a Bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar, hearing […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
High Profile Cases ‘Police crackdown on Ramdev was decided in advance’ December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Friday that the Delhi Police operation for evicting yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters from Ramlila ground on the night of June 4/5 was taken in advance at the instance of Home Minister P. Chidambram. ‘They did to Baba Ramdev exactly what they did to Anna Hazare two months […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court yoga guru Baba Ramdev
Top Law News Supreme court judge recuses himself from hearing PIL on army chief’s age December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Justice T.S. Thakur Friday recused himself from hearing a petition seeking the quashing of the defence ministry’s July 21, 2011 order fixing Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh’s date of birth as May 10, 1950. As a consequence of this order, the army chief will retire a year earlier than he would have […] Read more » judge Justice T.S. Thakur Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme court quashes order for CBI probe against Punjab officer December 7, 2011 / December 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday quashed a Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing a CBI probe into the alleged involvement of senior IPS officer of Punjab in the killing of Balwant Singh Bhullar and Balwant Singh Multani during the period of Sikh insurgency in the state. An apex court bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice B.S. Chauhan Punjab and Haryana High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Why not death, supreme court asks Hawara December 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Why not death, supreme court asks Hawara The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted for his involvement in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, on a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking enhancement of his life imprisonment term to death penalty. Hawara was convicted by the trial court and awarded death sentence […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser, police tell supreme court November 29, 2011 / November 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser, police tell supreme court Delhi police Monday told the Supreme Court that yoga guru Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser and was responsible for the events culminating in the police operation to evict him and his anti-graft supporters from Ramlila ground here past midnight June 4. It was Baba Ramdev who transformed a crowd of 30,000 people into a “belligerent angry […] Read more » Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Ramdev himself responsible for crackdown: Delhi Police November 26, 2011 / November 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Police Friday sought to lay the blame for its post-midnight crackdown of June 4/5 at the Ramlila ground at the doorstep of yoga guru Ramdev, when it told the Supreme Court that he was responsible for creating a situation that forced the police action. Detailing the circumstances and the sequence of events to […] Read more » Delhi Police Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Ramdev himself responsible for crackdown