Top Law News Registered NRI voters overseas will have to wait for future elections April 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NRIs who are registered voters in India will not be able to vote from their foreign locations as the Supreme Court on Friday accepted that the Election Commission faced statutory and logistic impediments in extending overseas voting facilities to them. Noting that election for some phases has already been completed, a bench of Justice KS […] Read more » justice KS Radhakrishnan Justice Vikramajit Sen news NRI voters have to wait for future elections petitioner Shamsheer VP Senior counsel Meenakshi Arora todays news todays top news Top news
Corporate Law News SEBI tightens noose around Sahara Group chief March 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment SEBI moved to the Supreme Court for the house arrest of Sahara Group Chairman Subroto Roy for not refunding of Rs 24,000 crore money belonging to investors in his companies. It has been also asked by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in its application, to impound the passport of Roy and two other […] Read more » justice KS Radhakrishnan Sahara Group Chairman Subroto Roy SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India Subroto Roy Supreme Court
Top Law News SC notice to Russia on Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant liability exemption October 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the central government on a PIL challenging the exemption to Russia from any liability under the nuclear liability act in the event of any accident in Unit 1 and 2 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. The petition by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) has […] Read more » Attorney General G. Vahanvati Centre for Public Interest Litigation Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act environmental clearance Justice Dipak Misra justice KS Radhakrishnan Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant NGO Common Cause nuclear liability law PIL challenging the exemption to Russia Russian was granted waiver from any civil liability SC notice to Russia on Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant liability exemption senior counsel Jayant Bhushan union environment and forests ministry directed
Top Law News Individual liberty can’t be allowed for anarchy : SC September 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today ruled that the personal liberty of an individual, despite being paramount, cannot entitle “notorious characters” to bail to create anarchy in the society. “It is also to be kept in mind that individual liberty cannot be accentuated to such an extent or elevated to such a high pedestal which would bring […] Read more » Allahabad High Court to a history sheeter Shiv Raj Singh apex court cancelled Singh's bail cannot entitle "notorious characters" criminal activities relating to kidnapping despite being paramount ignoring the prosecution's plea that Singh Individual liberty can't be allowed for anarchy : SC Justice Deepak Misra justice KS Radhakrishnan personal liberty of an individual prevail in a civilised milieu Singh was arrested for allegedly kidnapping one Bihari Lal victim could manage to escape
Top Law News Karnataka: SC may allow some iron ore mining to resume September 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it may permit resumption of iron ore mining in category A mines in Karnataka’s Bellary, Chitradurga and Timkur districts, provided they complied with all statutory forest and environmental clearances. “The statutory compliance must be there. There can be no compromise on the statutory clearance and the undertaking by […] Read more » Central Empowered Committees recommendations Chitradurga and Timkur districts committed marginal illegalities counsel Prashant Bhushan opposed it illegal mining of an unprecedented scale Justice Aftab Alam justice KS Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Karnataka: SC may allow some iron ore mining to resume Karnataka's Bellary permit mining in category A mines renewal of statutory clearances
Top Law News Where is Fasih Mahmood, asks Supreme court June 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it had never taken into custody Fasih Mahmood, an engineer from Bihar who went missing in Saudi Arabia, and was trying to ascertain his whereabouts. The centre told an apex court bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice JS Khehar that it was in contact […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerjee an engineer from Bihar Fasih Mahmood Fasih Mahmood an engineer from Bihar Fasih Mahmood missing Justice JS Khehar justice KS Radhakrishnan
High Profile Cases Chidambaram allocated extra spectrum to 2G licence holders: Swamy April 21, 2012 / April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Friday told the Supreme Court that home minister P Chidambaram as the then finance minister had given his nod for the allocation of extra spectrum to service providers even before they had fulfilled their roll out obligations. Swamy told the apex court bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice […] Read more » 2G licence Home Minister P. Chidambaram Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice GS Singhvi justice KS Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
Environment Law News Supreme Court panel to decide on endosulphan export August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked an expert panel appointed by it to explore the possibility of exporting the existing stock of banned pesticide Endosulfan here to other countries. The apex court, which sought answers on various questions related to Endosulfan, also wanted to know from the expert body, how the quantity of the pesticide after […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia endosulphan export ICMR Indian Council Medical Research justice KS Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court