Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC rejects plea challenging Coal Ordinance December 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea challenging the ordinance on coal blocks, providing for retrospective recovery of a levy of Rs. 295 per metric tonne of extracted coal and linking its payment as a qualification to participate in the cancelled . The Coal Mines (Special Provision) Ordinance, 2014, was promulgated for the allocation of […] Read more » Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi CESC senior counsel Gopal Subramanium coal blocks' auction Coal Mines (Special Provision) Ordinance 2014 Coal Ordinance Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur plea challenging Coal Ordinance rejected SC rejects plea challenging Coal Ordinance SC rejects plea challenging Coal Ordinance senior counsel K.V. Vishwanathan
Bar, Bench & Firm News SC asks Centre not to appoint CVC & VC without its permission December 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to take its permission before appointing the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and Vigilance Commissioner (VC) and also sought details about the selection process. A bench comprising chief justice H.L. Dattu and justice Madan B. Lokur, however, allowed the government to continue with the selection process. During the […] Read more » Chief Justice H.L. Dattu Justice Madan B. Lokur Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2013 not to appoint CVC & VC
Top Law News SC to hear plea on Monday on attack on journalists at Hisar, November 26, 2014 / November 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on Monday a petition filed by a group of journalists seeking a direction to the Centre and Haryana for ordering a judicial probe into alleged assault on them and other media persons during a police operation to arrest ‘godman’ Rampal in Hisar. “List it on Monday,” a […] Read more » attack on journalists at Hisar Chief Justice HL Dattu Justice A K Sikri said. Justice Madan B. Lokur senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Can’t restrict companies from extracting coal: SC October 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said that it cannot restrict the companies whose mining licences have been cancelled by it from extracting coal as they have been asked to continue with their operations for six months till alternate arrangements are made. The apex court bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice […] Read more » Can't restrict companies from extracting coal Chief Justice H.L. Dattu extracting coal Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Madan B. Lokur SC
High Profile Cases CBI won’t file any coal scam chargesheet: SC September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday restrained the CBI from filing any chargesheet or closure report in coal scam cases till it decides whether the investigating agency deputed director Ranjit Sinha to deal with the probe and prosecution for coal block allocation scam. The apex court bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Madan B. Lokur and […] Read more » Chief Justice R M Lodha Coal block allocation scam coal scam chargesheet Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur
Top Law News Allocation of a coal block amounts to largesse: SC August 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme court today said that allocation of a coal block by the Centre amounts to grant of largesse, rejecting government contention that it is only a first statutory step. “The allocation of coal block by the Central Government results in the selection of beneficiary which entitles the beneficiary to get the prospecting licence or […] Read more » Allocation of a coal block amounts Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Chief Justice R M Lodha Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC asks CVC to examine dispute over closure reports in 20 cases March 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the CVC to examine 20 cases where there is a dispute within the CBI between investigating officers and the senior officer whether closure report should be filed in them or not. A bench of Justice R.M.Lodha, Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph asked the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) […] Read more » Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice R.M. Lodha news SC asks CVC to examine dispute over 20 cases Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Land acquisition invalid if compensation not paid to owner, says SC January 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has held that if compensation for land acquired under the 1894 act has not been paid to the land owner or deposited with a competent court and retained in the treasury, then the acquisition would be deemed to have lapsed and would be covered under the 2013 law […] Read more » 1894 act 1894 Land Acquisition Act Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice R.M. Lodha Land acquisition news Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC to hear black money case Feb 19 January 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said it would hear Feb 19 a plea by counsel Ram Jethmalani seeking enforcement of the court’s July 4, 2011, order that had directed the setting up of a special investigating team headed by two former judges to monitor a probe into stashing away of black money in tax havens. A […] Read more » counsel Ram Jethmalani Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice H.L. Dattu Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar news SC to hear black money case Feb 19 todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Show us coal blocks allocation guidelines, SC tells government January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the central government to place before it the guidelines that the screening committee followed in allocating coal blocks to applicants. “What were the guidelines followed by the screening committee? Whether guidelines were disclosed in the advertisement inviting applications for allocation of coal blocs,” asked a bench of Justice RM […] Read more » CEA Central Electricity Authority Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice RM Lodha news Show us coal blocks allocation guidelines todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC declines PIL on Telangana November 18, 2013 / November 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment oi8nh6The Supreme Court Monday declined to entertain a PIL challenging the cabinet decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out a new state of Telangana. “We decline to entertain the petition. However, we clarify that the legal questions raised in the petition will be open for arguments at an appropriate stage in an appropriate writ […] Read more » Justice H.L. Dattu Justice Madan B. Lokur PIL on Telangana PIL on Telangana declined by SC SC declines PIL on Telangana
Top Law News SC wants speedy criminal justice system November 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has expressed anguish over the delays in the criminal justice system. The court said this after a convict in a dowry death case had to wait nearly 13 years before his appeal was decided by the Punjab and Haryana High Court while the apex court took another nine years before giving a […] Read more » Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai SC wants speedy criminal justice system \speedy criminal justice system
