High Profile Cases Probe Chidambaram plea: Supreme court reserves order in 2G case October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its judgement on a plea by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy for a probe into Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s role as the then finance minister in deciding the second generation (2G) spectrum pricing. Swamy said, “Counsels representing Union of India pleaded before the court that Chidambaram was being targeted, […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case Criminal breach of public trust DMK MP Kanimozhi former Telecom Minister A. Raja Home Minister P. Chidambaram Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News CBI shielding Chidambaram, petitioner tells Supreme court September 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was Wednesday told that the probe into the 2G scam by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was ‘less than honest’ as it failed to examine the role of the then finance minister and present Home Minister P. Chidambaram over the fixing of spectrum price. The Centre for Public Interest Litigation […] Read more » Attorney General G. Vahanvati CBI CBI shielding Chidambaram Chidambaram counsel Prashant Bhushan CPIL Deputy Director P.G.S. Rao Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News No political influence in commutation of death: Apex Court September 28, 2011 / September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said it will decide on pleas for commuting death sentences to life imprisonment on the grounds of delay purely on the basis of law without being influenced by politics. “If there are 20 people sentenced to death, then … some must have the support of some group or other… some […] Read more » commutation of death Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya No political influence Supreme Court
Top Law News Lawyer complains of political, media reactions September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lawyer complains of political, media reactions Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) senior counsel in Supreme Court K.K. Venugopal Tuesday termed as “affront” the remarks of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha that his arguments on behalf of the probe agency, which included the defence of Home Minister P. Chidambaram, were “laughable”. Venugopal told the apex court bench of Justice G.S. […] Read more » Home Minister P. Chidambaram Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi K.K. Venugopal P.J. Thomas
Top Law News Panel probing judges can probe more charges: Supreme court August 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday held that a committee set up under the Judges Inquiry Act can go beyond the charges contained in the notice of motion admitted in the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha and forwarded to the committee in pursuance of an impeachment motion against a judge. ‘It will be naive to contend that […] Read more » judges can probe more charges Judges Inquiry Act Justice Aftab Alam Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Supreme Court
Top Law News Tobacco sold in plastic packs? August 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday asked the government to report how its order banning the use of plastic pouches to pack chewing tobacco was being implemented. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice H.L. Dattu decided to pass further orders if its earlier order of Dec 7, 2010 was not been complied with in its […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court Tobacco sold in plastic packs
Top Law News Don’t pass burden on fellow judges: Supreme court August 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has expressed its ‘strong disapproval’ of the tendency of some judges to pass their burden to fellow judges or to subordinate courts when confronted with complicated issues. The court said that such an approach weakens our judicial system.‘Of late, we have come across several orders which would indicate that some of the […] Read more » Don't pass burden on fellow judges Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
Top Law News 2G: Supreme court issues notice to CBI August 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the CBI on a petition by Sanjay Chandra of Unitech and Vinod Goenka of DB Realty seeking bail in the second generation spectrum scam. Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice H.L. Dattu issued the notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), returnable in two weeks. Both Chandra and […] Read more » 2G Supreme court issues notice to CBI Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice H.L. Dattu notice to CBI
Top Law News Can’t blame courts if they try to help poor: Apex court July 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has slammed the political executive both at the central and the state level for tardy implementation of welfare schemes and raising the bogey of judicial activism when courts intervene and issues directions. “In last 63 years, parliament and state legislatures have enacted several laws for achieving the goals set out in the […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News State biggest land grabber: Supreme Court of India July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on State biggest land grabber: Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the state was the biggest land grabber, depriving farmers of their livelihood for generations. The apex court bench of Justice G S Singhvi and Justice A K Ganguly said that farmers’ lands were being acquired in the name of public interest and being given to builders to construct […] Read more » biggest land grabber Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Land Acquisition Act. State Supreme Court of India
Top Law News Apex court declines plea against Delhi varsity semester system May 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to entertain a petition seeking a stay on a Delhi University notification introducing the semester system for under-graduate courses in various disciplines from the coming academic year. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad said: “We are not inclined to stay the notification.” Justice Singhvi […] Read more » apex court declines Delhi varsity semester system Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi
Top Law News A judge’s conduct should be exemplary: Supreme Court May 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said a judge has a certain personality in the court and it should find extension in his conduct in public life. “The judge in the court has certain personality and his conduct must be exemplary in all respect and aberration (in the personality) would make him liable for being proceeded against,” […] Read more » Chief Justice J.S. Khehar conduct exemplary JIC judge judges inquiry committee Justice Aftab Alam Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Karnataka High Court senior counsel Basava Prabhu Patil senior counsel P.P. Rao senior counsel U.U. Lalit Supreme Court