Top Law News Supreme Court seeks attorney general’s assistance in gay law case March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Attorney General G. Vahanvati to assist the court in the hearing of the plea challenging the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising the consensual sex between two consenting adults of the same sex. A bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya asked Vahanvati to assist the court in the […] Read more » gay law case Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Section 377 IPC Supreme Court
High Profile Cases New Supreme Court bench to hear 2G case March 17, 2012 / March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A new special Supreme Court bench comprising Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Patnaik would hear all matters relating to the 2G case. “There is a direction that all 2G matters be taken up by by a special bench comprising me and Justice A.K. Patnaik,” Justice Singhvi told Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy when his […] Read more » 2G case Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News India has four lakh men who have sex with men March 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there were four lakh men who have sex with men (MSM) in India and face a high risk of AIDS. A rough estimate of high-risk MSM who could be infected with HIV was between 28,000-31,000, the health and family welfare ministry told the court. In an affidavit […] Read more » AIDS Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya men sex with men Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Excess spectrum allocation: Supreme Court notice on plea for recovering charges March 13, 2012 / March 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking the transfer of a petition from the Delhi High Court to the apex court for making service providers pay for the excess spectrum allocated to them. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya issued the notice – also […] Read more » Excess spectrum allocation Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI
High Profile Cases Review sought of ruling on public servant’s prosecution March 2, 2012 / March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking the review of its Jan 31 verdict, which held that the sanction for the prosecution of a public servant could be applied for even before a complaint is filed against him/her. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A. K.Ganguly (since retired) had, on their […] Read more » Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Government seeks time till March 2013 for 2G licence auction March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking time till March 2013 for auctioning the 2G licences and allocation of spectrum, cancelled by the apex court by its Feb 2 order. The application for clarificatory orders/direction has sought the court’s nod for conducting the auction of the cancelled 2G licences broadly in accordance […] Read more » 2G licence auction Central Government Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi spectrum allocation Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court assails state’s neutrality on gay sex March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday assailed the “new phenomenon” of the government not taking any position on the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalizing consensual gay sex. A bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice S.J.Mukhopadhaya said: “It is a new phenomenon. The state says we are neutral. He (Additional Solicitor General Mohan Jain) says that he has […] Read more » gay sex Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court rebuffs government for flip-flop on homosexuality February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday rebuffed an attempt by the government to distance itself from submissions made by Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra that homosexuality was immoral. An apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and S.J. Mukhopadhyay said it could not accept new submissions of the government that there was nothing wrong with a Delhi […] Read more » homosexuality Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay Section 377 Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: CBI given time to reply on Chandolia’s appeal in Supreme Court February 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday granted time to the CBI to file its reply to an appeal by 2G case accused R.K. Chandolia, a former aide of ex-telecom minister A. Raja, challenging the Delhi High Court order that put his bail on hold. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was also granted time to file its […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam Delhi High Court Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court asks states for details of pending mercy pleas February 22, 2012 / February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The supreme court here Wednesday directed the home secretaries of all states to send all records pertaining to the pending mercy petitions to the union home secretary. The court directed that these records should be sent through special messengers within three days. The apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi gave this direction after […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi mercy petitions to the union home secretary Supreme Court union home secretary
Top Law News Scope of penal provision on gay sex wide: Supreme Court February 17, 2012 / February 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Scope of penal provision on gay sex wide: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Thursday said the scope of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was wide and could not be limited to holding homosexuality or sex between the same sex as being against the order of nature and criminal. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said that […] Read more » homosexuality Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Radia tapes: Supreme Court notice to government on Tata plea February 17, 2012 / February 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the central government on a plea by Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata seeking a copy of the income tax department’s report on its probe into the leak of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s taped conversations. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, while […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Radia tapes Supreme Court