Tag: Justice D.K. Jain

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SC gives go-ahead to Cauvery panel to examine issues

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(IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday said the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) would examine at its meeting Wednesday all issues, including shortfall in the river water supplied to Tamil Nadu, and make recommendations. The court said this on being told that the union water resources secretary in a letter to the Tamil Nadu chief secretary had […]

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Foreign arbitration awards beyond Indian courts’ jurisdiction, says SC

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In a boost to foreign investors, the Supreme Court Thursday held that if an Indian investor chooses to go for arbitration with a foreign company abroad, the Indian courts will then have no jurisdiction to interfere with such an arbitration award. By its ruling, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia reversed […]

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Apex court queries Delhi airport development fee

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The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Airports Authorityof India (AAI) and concessionaire Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) to tell who was levying and collecting the airport developmentfee and how was it being spent. The court also expressed concern over the non-functioning of the appellate tribunal for Airport Economic Regulatory Authority decisions and other tribunals due […]

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Journalists must know their limits: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court Thursday said it wanted journalists to know their limits in reporting court proceedings even as the central government favoured framing of guidelines for the media, claiming that the right to freedom of speech and expression was for the benefit of people and not the press. Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said that in […]

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Plea questions reporters’ right to access court proceedings

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An NGO Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the media does not have a fundamental right to access courts and report their proceedings. An apex court constitution bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice D.K. Jain, Justice S.S. Nijjar, Justice R.P. Desai and Justice J.S. Khehar was told by the counsel for NGO Youth for […]

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Supreme Court notice to government on plea against Cairn-Vedanta deal

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The Supreme Court today sought the Centre’s response to a plea challenging the validity of the $ 8.5 billion Cairn-Vedanta deal and seeking a CBI probe into the reasons for ONGC and government in “not asserting” their legal rights on the issue. A bench of justices D K Jain and Anil R Dave issued notice […]

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Videograph court proceedings to ensure accurate reporting: Prashant Bhushan

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Eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan has told the Supreme Court that to ensure fair and accurate reporting, proceedings of the Supreme Court and of the high courts should be videographed and made publicly available, as is done for parliament. “In order to avoid inaccurate or one-sided reporting” Bhushan told the apex court constitution bench to direct […]

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Curb reporting on police probes, Supreme Court urged

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The Rajasthan government Thursday pleaded before the Supreme Court for restraining the media from reporting on matters related to police probes in criminal cases for protecting the rights of the accused. The state government told the constitution bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice D.K. Jain, Justice S.S. Nijjar, Justice R.P. Desai and Justice J.S. […]

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Newspaper society opposes fresh norms on court reporting

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The Indian Newspapers Society (INS) Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there was no need for any “further or fresh guidelines” on regulating media reporting on sub-judice matters and any violation of an accused’s right to free and fair trial by reporting could be addressed through the existing laws. “There may not be a need […]

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Right to fair trial can’t overshadow freedom of speech

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A person’s right to free and fair trial enjoys no primacy over the right to freedom of speech and expression of the media, senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the Supreme Court Tuesday. Fundamental rights could only be restricted by a legislation passed by parliament and no guidelines by the apex court could shrink them, Jethmalani […]

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Don’t cross ‘Lakshman Rekha’ on media curbs, Supreme Court urged

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While protecting the rights of an accused to a free and fair trial not prejudiced by media reporting, the Supreme Court should not cross the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ of reasonable restrictions provided in the constitution, a senior counsel contended Wednesday. An apex court constitution bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice D.K. Jain, Justice S.S. Nijjar, […]

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Supreme Court can’t regulate reporting of cases

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The Supreme Court is not empowered to frame guidelines on media reporting of cases and anyone fearing denial of a fair trial due to news coverage of the proceedings could move a petition to seek preventive relief, a senior lawyer contended Tuesday. Senior counsel Rajiv Dhawan was appearing for the Editors Guild of India. The […]

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