Top Law News Kudankulam safety steps a matter of public interest, says SC September 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday told the government not to treat as an adversarial litigation the petition seeking implementation of all safety steps before the commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) as it concerns public interest. A bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Dipak Misra made the observation when Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman […] Read more » Atomic Energy Regulatory Board authority subservient to the atomic energy establishment Bhushan counsel Prashant Bhushan current AEB chief was earlier chief of the NPCIL Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in Japan IT professional P. Sundarrajan Justice Dipak Misra Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Kudankulam safety steps a matter of public interest Madras High Court Nariman that issues being raised by Bhushan National Disaster Management Authority nuclear fuel rods in the reactor of the plant Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd says SC
Top Law News SC seeks details of sites damaged in Gujarat riots July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat government to file a survey report of the religious sites which were damaged and destroyed during the 2002 Gujarat riots in the state. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also asked the state government to quantify the amount needed for building and repairing […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots 2002 post-Godhra riots Godhra riots Gujarat Gujarat government Gujarat High Court Gujarat riots Gujarat riots victims Justice Dipak Misra Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan National Human Rights Commission NHRC post-Godhra riots Supreme Court supreme court on gujarat riots
Top Law News Don’t link woman’s character to rape:SC May 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment If a woman of “easy virtue” accuses a person of rape, then courts must not discard her evidence but it must be “cautiously appreciated”, the Supreme Court ruled while acquitting a Delhi resident concurrently held guilty of rape by a trial court and the Delhi high court. “Merely because a woman is of easy virtue, […] Read more » Don’t link woman’s character to rape:SC Justice Dipak Misra Justices B.S. Chauhan link of woman’s character to rape women character and rape women character related to rape
Top Law News Parts of hostile witness’s evidence can be used: Supreme court May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Parts of hostile witness’s evidence can be used: Supreme court Judges should not treat as totally erased the evidence tendered by a witness whom the prosecution terms as hostile during a trial, the Supreme Court has said. “It is a settled legal proposition that the evidence of a prosecution witness cannot be rejected in toto merely because the prosecution chose to treat him as hostile […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Dipak Misra Parts of hostile witness's evidence can be used Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Right to self-defence extends to killing only in grave danger’ May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The right to self-defence cannot be used to escape aggressive offences punishable under law, and the person invoking the right has to demonstrate that there was fear of suffering grievous injury or death, the Supreme Court has ruled. “Right of private defence cannot be used to do away with a wrongdoer unless the person concerned […] Read more » 'Right to self-defence Justice Dipak Misra Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan killing only in grave danger'
High Profile Cases Satyam’s Ramalinga Raju, two others get bail November 4, 2011 / November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jailed erstwhile Satyam Computers Services Ltd founder chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, his brother B. Rama Raju and former chief financial officer V. Srinivas were Friday granted bail by the Supreme Court. An supreme court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Dipak Misra said from the facts of the case and considering the totality of the […] Read more » Hyderabad's Chanchalguda central jail Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Dipak Misra Satyam's Ramalinga Raju
High Profile Cases supreme court judge withdraws from Jayalalithaa case November 4, 2011 / November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on supreme court judge withdraws from Jayalalithaa case The Supreme Court Thursday put off for a day the hearing on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s petition, challenging a Bangalore court’s order that directed her to appear before it again Nov 8 in disproportionate assets case, after a judge withdrew from the bench. The supreme court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Justice T.S. Thakur […] Read more » Jayalalithaa case Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Dipak Misra Justice T.S. Thakur Supreme Court judge
High Profile Cases Satyam case: Supreme court notice to CBI October 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a bail plea by the accused in one of India’s biggest corporate frauds – erstwhile Satyam Computers Services Ltd founder chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju and former employee V. Srinivas. Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Dipak Misra issued […] Read more » chairman B. Ramalinga Raju Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Dipak Misra Satyam case Supreme court notice to CBI
High Profile Cases Supreme Court rejects Jayalalithaa plea October 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court Wednesday declined her plea and directed her to appear before a trial court in Bangalore to record her statement in a corruption case. The Supreme court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Dipak Misra directed her to appear before the court […] Read more » Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Dipak Misra Supreme Court rejects Jayalalithaa plea Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
Top Law News Supreme court: Provide toilets in government schools October 19, 2011 / October 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Provide toilet facilities in all government schools by Dec 31, the Supreme Court Tuesday told all the states and union territories (UT). Temporary facilities must be provided by Nov 30, in case permanent services cannot be made available, said Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Dipak Misra. The court’s direction came in the course of the […] Read more » Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Dipak Misra Provide toilets in government schools Supreme Court
Top Law News Court questions Delhi government on education of disabled July 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has questioned the Delhi government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and a group of schools over a petition seeking facilities in private and aided schools for differently-abled students. A division bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna July 6 issued notice and asked the government, the MCD and […] Read more » Delhi government Delhi High Court education of disabled Justice Dipak Misra Justice Sanjiv Khanna Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Top Law News Delhi Lok Adalat disposes 7,900 pending cases March 13, 2011 / March 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Lok Adalat (people’s court) organised by the Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) here Saturday disposed more than 7,900 pending cases, including 6,700 related to dishonoured cheques. Asha Menon, DLSA member secretary, said: ‘In this Lok Adalat, all kinds of matters were taken up pending in various district courts of Delhi.’ About 90 percent of […] Read more » Delhi Legal Services Authority DLSA Executive Chairman Justice Vikramajit Sen Justice Dipak Misra