Top Law News Supreme court to hear plea linked to Manipur blockade December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking directions to the central and Manipur governments to prevent a repeat of the just-concluded over three-month blockade of the national highway running through the state. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said it would hear the plea Tuesday along […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court three-month blockade of the national highway of Manipur
Top Law News Supreme court wants just relief to road accident victims December 9, 2011 / December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday awarded a compensation of nearly Rs.11 lakh, including interest, to the parents of a man who died in a road accident in Tamil Nadu in 1999 and emphasised on giving just relief to victims of such incidents. Anbu alias Anbarasu died in an accident on Perunduri Road of Erode district in […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya relief to road accident victims Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Supreme Court breather for Chandolia December 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the Delhi High Court proceedings by which it had suspended the special CBI court’s order granting bail to former telecom minister A. Raja’s ex-personal secretary R.K. Chandolia. The apex court bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir stayed the high court proceedings after senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi mentioned the matter before […] Read more » 2G scam Justice Altamas Kabir Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court breather for Chandolia
Top Law News Hear land owner before acquisition: Supreme court November 25, 2011 / November 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that before any individual is deprived of his land by way of compulsory acquisition by a government or its instrumentalities he must get an opportunity to oppose the decision. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said Wednesday that in the recent past various state […] Read more » Hear land owner before acquisition Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Five executives get bail in 2G spectrum case November 23, 2011 / November 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Seven months after they were taken into custody as co-accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum allocation case, the Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to five corporate executives on a surety of Rs.5 lakh each. The five are Sanjay Chandra of Unitech Wireless, Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom as well as Reliance Group’s Gautam Doshi, […] Read more » Judge O.P. Saini Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice H.L. Dattu second generation (2G) spectrum allocation case special CBI court
Top Law News States ignoring PM’s anti-graft missive: Supreme court November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday expressed concern over states ignoring the prime minister’s missive asking them to provide infrastructure and set up special CBI courts for speedy trial of graft cases. The court told the states to do so within eight weeks. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said the […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya States ignoring PM’s anti-graft missive Supreme Court
Top Law News Medicine prices should’nt rise: Supreme Court November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Medicine prices should’nt rise: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Thursday told the central government that the prices of medicines should not rise further. “It should go down, not go up,” said an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya. The bench expressed the view that prices of medicines and ordinary lab tests were already too high and […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Medicine prices should'nt rise Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Rs 100 cr libel suit: No SC relief to Times Now November 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to interfere with a Bombay High Court order directing Times Global Broadcasting Co. to deposit Rs.20 crore with high court registrar along with a Rs.80 crore bank guarantee in a Rs.100 crore defamation suit filed by a retired supreme court judge. An apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi said […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice P.B. Sawant No SC relief to Times Now Rs 100 cr libel suit
Criminal Law News Telangana: Supreme Court notice on plea against agitation November 11, 2011 / November 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Telangana: Supreme Court notice on plea against agitation The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Andhra Pradesh government and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS) on a petition complaining that normal activities in the state have come to a standstill due to the Telangana agitation. An supreme court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi also issued notice to the registrar general […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court Telangana agitation
Criminal Law News Mentally ill can’t be hanged, Bhullar tells supreme court November 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The death sentence can not be carried out in respect of a person who is mentally ill, the Supreme Court was Wednesday told by Devender Pal Singh Bhullar who was given capital punishment for a 1993 blast here which killed nine people. He has sought commutation of his execution to life term on this ground. […] Read more » Devender Pal Singh Bhullar Justice G.S. Singhvi justice P.N. Bhagwati Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court slams rail, road blockades November 1, 2011 / November 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court slams rail, road blockades The Supreme Court on Tuesday stressed the need for taking preventive measures and giving free hand to police without any influence to counter the menace of road and rail blockades across the country during strikes and agitations in which public property also becomes a target. “Why does the government not take preventive means”, a bench […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya road blockades Supreme Court
High Profile Cases We did not oppose Kanimozhi’s bail: CBI November 1, 2011 / November 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even as the Supreme Court Tuesday reserved orders on the bail pleas of five top corporate honchos in the 2G spectrum scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said it did not oppose the bail petitions of DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others earlier before the trial court. Appearing for CBI, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam Judge O.P. Saini Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice H.L. Dattu Kanimozhi Supreme Court