Top Law News Supreme court notice to Chhattisgarh on judges’ appointment January 3, 2012 / January 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notices to the central and Chhattisgarh governments on a plea seeking an independent inquiry into the alleged lapses in selection of civil judges in the state in 2008. The petition, moved by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), sought court monitoring of the probe by an independent agency. The […] Read more » Chhattisgarh on judges' appointment Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Dead Man Alive: Supreme Court Asks Jhansi Court to Probe December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two step brothers had similar names and one of them was allegedly murdered 11 years ago. The three men convicted for the crime have told the supreme court they were falsely implicated and given life imprisonment in the murder that never was as the brother is actually alive. The apex court Friday directed a Jhansi court […] Read more » Jhansi Court Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Free Pakistani prisoners: Supreme Court December 3, 2011 / December 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding that liberty of a person should be taken seriously, the Supreme Court Friday directed the central government to immediately release Pakistani prisoners languishing in Indian jails without justification. Taking note of the “unreasonably long detention without justification”, the apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale directed the government that the […] Read more » Free Pakistani prisoners Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
Top Law News Amit Shah questions hearings in judges’ houses November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there could be no hearing of cases at judges’ houses away from the public gaze. He said this while referring to the Oct 30, 2010 hearing by the apex bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha on the […] Read more » Amit Shah questions hearings in judges' houses Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court releases jailed Kerala CPI-M leader MV Jayarajan November 15, 2011 / November 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the release of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader M.V. Jayarajan who was jailed for six months by the Kerala High Court for using derogatory language against its judges. An apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice HL Gokhale assailed the high court for not affording Jayarajan an […] Read more » Justice HL Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Kerala CPI-M leader MV Jayarajan Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks report on foreigners in Indian jails November 11, 2011 / November 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court seeks report on foreigners in Indian jails The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to file a comprehensive report on foreign nationals who had been languishing in Indian jails for a long time. An apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha passed the order on a petition by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party president Bhim Singh, seeking release of […] Read more » Justice R.M. Lodha report on foreigners in Indian jails Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court declines to oversee CWG probe September 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined to interfere in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the scam in the preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. A bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra said the petitioner Delhi Study Group, an NGO, has not pointed to any deficiency in the investigations already […] Read more » 2010 Commonwealth Games\ CWG Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court admits plea against Ayodhya verdict August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday admitted a petition by the Akhil Bhartiya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Babri Masjid case. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha, while admitting the petition, tagged it with the main case. The Sunni Waqf Board, which opposed […] Read more » Akhil Bhartiya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti Allahabad High Court Babri Masjid case Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha Sunni Waqf board Supreme Court Supreme court admits plea against Ayodhya verdict
High Profile Cases Cash-for-votes scandal: Apex court rebukes Delhi Police August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked Delhi Police for its tardy investigations into the cash-for-votes scandal of 2008, when the Congress-led central government was accused of bribing MPs to win a trust vote in parliament. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha Friday took into consideration Delhi Police’s comprehensive status […] Read more » Cash-for-votes scandal Delhi Police Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
Top Law News Cash-for-vote scam: Delhi Police faces heat in apex court July 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Cash-for-vote scam: Delhi Police faces heat in apex court The Supreme Court Friday castigated Delhi Police for their tardy investigations into bribery charges during a trust vote in parliament in 2008. “We are wholly unsatisfied with the status report,” the court said. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha lambasted police after they filed a status report on investigations […] Read more » Cash-for-vote scam Delhi Police Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha senior counsel Rajiv Dhawan Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court stays ‘strange, surprising’ Babri verdict May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court stays ‘strange, surprising’ Babri verdict Calling it ‘a strange and surprising order’ as none of the parties had sought a partition, the Supreme Court Monday stayed last year’s Allahabad High Court verdict dividing the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi disputed site into three parts. While Muslim groups welcomed the ruling, the BJP and RSS hoped that all legal impediments to a Ram temple […] Read more » Allahabad High Court apex court Babri verdict Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha strange surprising
High Profile Cases NGO moves apex court over probe into cash-for-votes scam April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on NGO moves apex court over probe into cash-for-votes scam Referring to the US diplomatic cables revealed by WikiLeaks on what has come to be known as the cash-for-votes scam, an NGO Monday approached the Supreme Court for a direction for constituting a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the case. The WikiLeaks expose hinted that the Congress allegedly bought MPs to win the 2008 […] Read more » apex court cash-for-votes scam Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha NGO probe SIT