High Profile Cases Ayodhya case: Advani, others oppose CBI plea January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and his colleagues accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case have told the Supreme Court that a CBI plea that challenged the quashing of conspiracy charges against them amounted to abuse of process of law. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has challenged an Allahabad High Court […] Read more » Ayodhya case Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court
Top Law News Supeme court declines order on national medical entrance test December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined to pass an order on the central government’s plea seeking amendment of the Medical Council of India’s December 2010 notification to hold a National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate medical courses from academic year 2013-14 instead of 2012-13. Apparently not pleased with the latest position of the central government, a […] Read more » Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu national medical entrance test Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court Notice to CBI in Minister’s Killing December 15, 2011 / December 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the CBI on a petition by accused Ranjan Dwivedi in late railway minister L.M. Mishra bomb attack case seeking quashing of charges and criminal proceedings. An apex court bench headed by Justice H.L. Dattu, while issuing the notice, asked: “Why this matter is taking so long.” “We want […] Read more » Justice H.L. Dattu railway minister L.M. Mishra bomb attack case 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
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to hear Prashant Bhushan’s plea on contempt of court November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it would hold hearing on counsel Prashant Bhushan’s plea seeking reference to the constitution bench of the question whether bonafide expression of opinion on the extent of alleged corruption in judiciary amounted to contempt of court. The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice Cyriac Joseph and […] Read more » Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Cyriac Joseph Justice H.L. Dattu Prashant Bhushan's plea Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Agnivesh should weigh his words: Supreme Court November 8, 2011 / November 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up social activist Swami Agnivesh for hurting the religious sentiments of people by describing as “pakhand”, or hypocrisy, the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine. The apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice C.K. Prasad told Agnivesh that he should weigh his words “many a time before uttering […] Read more » Agnivesh Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu 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
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 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
Environment Law News Pay compound interest for 14 years:Supreme Court to polluting firm July 23, 2011 / July 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pulling up a chemical company for trying to wriggle out of paying up for the pollution caused by it, the Supreme Court directed the firm, M/s Hindustan Agro Chemical Ltd, to pay Rs.37.38 crore along with compound interest at 12 percent for the last 14 years during which it resorted to every legal avenue to […] Read more » compound interest to pay for polluting firm Enviro-Legal Action Hindustan Agro Chemical Ltd Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice H.L. Dattu NEERI pollution caused by chemical industry Rajasthan Pollution Control Board