Top Law News Dismantling of toxic ships in Gujarat worries apex court May 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed concern over the environmental impact of dismantling and recycling of foreign ships carrying radioactive material and other toxic wastes at Alang port in Gujarat. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad wondered why these ships were not dismantled or broken in the country of their […] Read more » apex court Dismantling GMB Gujarat Gujarat Maritime Board Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi toxic ships
Top Law News Fair land takeover package will cut litigation: Apex court May 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said there would be far less litigation relating to land takeover if governments paid reasonable compensation to landowners. The court said that landowners whose land was acquired had a ‘legitimate grievance’ that the government took away their land for peanuts ‘in the name of development’. ‘If the state takes steps for […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) P.P. Malhotra apex court Fair land takeover Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi litigation
Top Law News Supreme Court pulls up Maharashtra’s training institutions May 20, 2011 / May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has rejected the plea by a number of teachers training institutions in Maharashtra to recognise the admissions given to their students, saying that the institutes misrepresented facts about their recognition by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE). The court directed these institutions to pay Rs.1 lakh each to their students as […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Panickar Radhakrishnan Maharashtra's training institutions National Council of Teacher Education NCTE Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court issues notice on Dinakaran’s petition May 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the judges enquiry committee on a petition by Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, saying that charges framed against him were beyond the scope of the notice of motion seeking his impeachment for alleged misconduct. The bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad issued the […] Read more » apex court Chief Justice J.S. Kehar Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran Dinakaran's petition judge Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Karnataka High Court P.P. Rao senior counsel Sikkim High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on tobacco sachets April 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to lift a ban on the sale of tobacco products in plastic sachets and asked the central government to file its reply to petitions challenging the curbs. The petitions were filed by manufacturers of chewing tobacco challenging the rules banning the product’s sale in plastic sachets. The ban came into […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan Supreme Court tobacco sachets
Top Law News Government asked to notify CBI probe into Batcha’s death April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday directed the government to issue within three days a notification for handing to the CBI the probe into the mysterious death of Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of former Telecom Minister A. Raja. “In the facts and circumstances of the case, we direct the government to issue notification within three […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising Batcha's death CBI Centre for Public Interest Litigation former Telecom Minister A. Raja Government Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi notify probe Sadiq Batcha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Media & Entertainment News CBI to probe Raja associate’s death April 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will investigate the alleged suicide of Sadiq Batcha, a close associate of former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja now in jail in the 2G spectrum scam. A Supreme Court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly was told by CBI senior counsel K.K. Venugopal that a request for […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaisingh Andimuthu Raja associate's death CBI CBI senior counsel K.K. Venugopal Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Raja Sadiq Batcha Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court concerned at cases over increments, promotions March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Concerned over the increasing number of cases filed by disgruntled employees on denial of increments and promotions, the Supreme Court Wednesday sought the total number of such cases pending before different courts of the country in the last five years. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly said that […] Read more » Apex court concerned at cases over increments Central Administrative Tribunals Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi promotions Supreme Court
Top Law News Ketan Desai’s election to Gujarat University senate challenged March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a petition by an NGO challenging the election of Ketan Desai, a former president of the Medical Council of India (MCI), to the Gujarat University senate. The petition was filed by People For Better Treatment (PBT) president Kunal Saha. Desai was removed from the MCI last year over […] Read more » challenged election Gujarat University Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Ketan Desai PBT People For Better Treatment senate Supreme Court
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Apex court reserves verdict on plea to cancel 2G licences March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition for cancellation of 2G licences illegally granted in 2008 after it was told considerations of ‘chaos’ and ‘loss’ of foreign investments if the licences were quashed could not outweigh the concerns over national security. The posituion was made clear to the apex court bench of […] Read more » 2G licences apex court Attorney General G. Vahanvati Janata Party president Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi reserves Senior counsel Prashant Bhushan Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI verdict
High Profile Cases Supreme Court voices concern over security in 2G licencing March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said if security concerns were not taken care of in the allocation of telecom licences then it could have serious consequences for the country. ‘We are not experts, but if these things are not taken care then the sensitive information even about army operations could fall in wrong hands,’ Justice G.S. […] Read more » 2G licencing concern Janata Party president Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi security Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court voices
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Apex court questions government on telecom firm’s licence March 2, 2011 / March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government to reveal what happened between March 5, 2010, when telecom company S Tel’s second generation (2G) licences were cancelled, and April 15, 2010, when they were restored. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly sought the details after studying the documents that were […] Read more » apex court Government Janata Party president Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi questions Subramainian Swamy telecom firm's licence