Criminal Law News Supreme Court slams misuse of leniency for minor accused April 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court slams misuse of leniency for minor accused No accused should be allowed to wrongly seek leniency under the guise of being a minor, the Supreme Court has said, slamming a trial court for allowing a rape accused to face a court for juvenile delinquents as there was ambiguity over his age in school records. The Supreme Court said the statutory protection provided […] Read more » Justice G.S. Misra Justice G.S. Singhvi legislation Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000 Rajasthan High Court Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Supreme Court issues notice on review petition April 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice on the government’s plea seeking a review of its verdict cancelling 122 2G licenses and holding that an auction was the only route for disposing of natural resources. The Supreme Court, by its Feb 2 verdict, had also held that the policy of allocating 2G licenses on a first-come-first-served […] Read more » 2G case Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Explain turnaround on Dayanidhi Maran’ April 12, 2012 / April 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday directed NGO Telecom Watchdog to explain its turnaround in stating that Dayanidhi Maran, when he was the communications minister, had not compelled Chennai-based businessman C. Sivasankaran to sell his stake in mobile telephony provider Aircel to Singapore-based Maxis. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan passed […] Read more » Dayanidhi Maran Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks details of mercy pleas decided in 2011 April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government for details of mercy petitions decided by the president in 2011 and other similar pleas awaiting a decision. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya issued the order after perusing files relating to mercy petitions of several death row convicts. The court direction […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy pleas Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Supreme Court to hear government’s plea April 13 April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear on April 13 the government’s plea seeking a review of its February 2 verdict cancelling 123 2G licences granted in 2008, holding that the first come, first served policy was flawed and that natural resources should only be auctioned. While directing the listing of the government’s plea seeking review of […] Read more » 2G Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Chidambaram overruled officials on 2G : Supreme Court April 5, 2012 / April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Wednesday that Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in his earlier capacity of finance minister, overruled officials who favoured an upward revision of the 2G telecom licence fee in 2008. The officials maintained that either 2G licences should be auctioned or there should be an upward revision in their prices and they […] Read more » 2G licences Home Minister P. Chidambaram Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Apex court examines review petitions April 4, 2012 / April 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday examined the petitions of the central government, former communications minister A. Raja and seven telecom companies seeking a review of its verdict quashing 122 licences for 2G mobile phone services issued in 2008. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan examined the review petitions in the […] Read more » 2G former communications minister A. Raja Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court calls for files of 18 mercy pleas April 4, 2012 / April 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday called for the original files of 18 mercy petitions, including that of the 2001 parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru, pending before the president for conversion of the death penalty to a life term. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya directed the Additional Solicitor General Harin […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy pleas Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court slams Punjab government for ‘drama’ in Rajoana case March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday criticized the Punjab government for enacting a “drama” to frustrate the execution of death sentence awarded to Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana in the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya observed: “We would have liked […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Rajoana case Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court commences hearing in mercy petition cases March 28, 2012 / March 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday commenced hearing on the question whether a convict who has filed a mercy petition was entitled to remission of death sentence on the grounds of inordinate delay in deciding his plea. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya asked Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal how 20 mercy petitions […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy petition cases Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court reserves verdict on anti-gay sex petitions March 28, 2012 / March 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the Delhi High Court’s judgement decriminalising consensual sex among adults of the same gender. The apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi reserved the verdict on the conclusion of the arguments that had spread over many weeks. The hearing witnessed […] Read more » anti-gay sex petitions Delhi High Court Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News Government disowns remarks on gays March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As the Supreme Court said parliament was the forum to decide the desirability of retaining Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the government Wednesday sought to disassociate itself from Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra’s controversial remark that homosexuality was immoral. Attorney General G. Vahanvati told an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court