Media & Entertainment News Change in government should not hit students: Apex court June 15, 2011 / June 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said that in the event of a change in government, the interest of students must be kept in mind by the new dispensation while reversing any earlier decision on an academic issue. The apex court vacation bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said a “decision taken administratively and […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar
Top Law News Pillai, top cop get Supreme Court notice on Ramdev June 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai and Delhi Police chief B.K. Gupta asking them what were the circumstances under which yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters were forcibly evicted. A notice has also been issued to Delhi Chief Secretary P.K. Tripathi which has to be answered in […] Read more » Delhi Chief Secretary P.K. Tripathi Delhi Police chief B.K. Gupta Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatantar Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Revisit system of judges appointment, apex court told April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Monday asked the Supreme Court to reconsider the system of appointment of judges to higher judiciary as the existing collegium procedure has not delivered on expectations. The apex court bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan referred the matter to Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia to place the central government’s plea […] Read more » apex court Appointment Attorney General G. Vahanvati Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia judges Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Deepak Verma Revisit Supreme Court system
Top Law News Child witness’s testimony carries weight: Supreme Court March 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The courts can rely on evidence tendered by a child if it inspires its confidence and there was no embellishment or improvement in it, the Supreme Court has said. “The law on the issue (child’s evidence) can be summarised to the effect that the deposition of a child witness may require corroboration, but in case […] Read more » carries Child witness First Information Report Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice P. Sathasivam Supreme Court testimony weight
Top Law News Right to education law, spectrum scam top apex court’s agenda March 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A suit challenging the right to education law, the investigations into the 2G spectrum scam and the black money stashed away by Indians abroad will figure prominently in the Supreme Court this week. A request to transfer the investigation into Gujarat’s Tulsiram Prajapati shootout killing case from the police to the Central Bureau of Investigation […] Read more » agenda apex court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Foreign Exchange Management Act Hasan Ali Khan Income Tax Act Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice K.S. Panickar Radhakrishnan Justice P. Sathasivam Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Law Right to Education Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium spectrum scam