Top Law News SC to take up Amit Shah’s plea Monday August 9, 2013 / August 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will on Monday hear BJP leader Amit Shah’s plea seeking modification of its order asking him to report to the CBI office every alternate Saturday after he was allowed to enter Gujarat following the trial in Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shooting case being shifted to Mumbai. As senior counsel M.N.Krishnamani pointed to the […] Read more » BJP leader Amit Shah Chief Justice P Sathasivam counsel M.N.Krishnamani Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai national news news SC to take up Amit Shah's plea Monday Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shooting case todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC cautions on slapping murder charge in dowry death case July 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In dowry death cases, the trial courts should not mechanically frame a murder charge against the accused unless there is prima facie evidence supporting the finding, the Supreme Court has said. “The question whether it is murder punishable under Section 302 IPC or a dowry death punishable under Section 304B IPC depends upon the fact, […] Read more » Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai justice TS Thakur national news news SC cautions on slapping murder charge in dowry death case todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC rejects plea of Novartis for patent of Glivec drug April 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on SC rejects plea of Novartis for patent of Glivec drug The Supreme Court cleared the decks for Indian drug manufacturing companies to make available life saving medicines to patients in India at a cheaper rate, by coming to the rescue of cancer patients. A bench comprising Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai dismissed a petition of Swiss pharma giant Novartis for permission to get the […] Read more » common man in India Glivec drug Glivec permanently patented Indian drug manufacturing companies Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justices Aftab Alam Novartis pharma company Supreme Court
Top Law News Patents law provisions conflicting, Novartis tells SC September 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swiss pharma company Novartis Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there cannot be conflicting provisions in a patents statute where one provision recognises innovation in drug development and another knocks it down. Novartis told an apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai that once the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Paras Kuhad chronic myeloid leukemia imatinib mesylate Intellectual Property Appellate Board IPAB verdict declining patent to Novartis anti-cancer drug Glivec Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumors Novartis tells SC Patents law Patents law provisions conflicting pharmaceutical efficacy pharmaceutical giant challenging the IPAB pharmaceutical product Glivec Patents Act senior counsel Gopal Subramanium Subramanium Swiss pharma company Novartis
Top Law News Foreign arbitration awards beyond Indian courts’ jurisdiction, says SC September 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Foreign arbitration awards beyond Indian courts’ jurisdiction, says SC In a boost to foreign investors, the Supreme Court Thursday held that if an Indian investor chooses to go for arbitration with a foreign company abroad, the Indian courts will then have no jurisdiction to interfere with such an arbitration award. By its ruling, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia reversed […] Read more » Arbitration Act Bhatia International Chief Justice Kapadia Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Foreign arbitration awards beyond Indian courts' jurisdiction international commercial arbitration Justice D.K. Jain Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar Venture Global Engineering case
Top Law News SC reserves verdict on Amit Shah’s bail in Sohrabuddin case September 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its order on a CBI plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to former Gujarat minister Amit Shah by the state high court and the transfer of trial in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged-shootout case outside Gujarat to Mumbai. However, the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana […] Read more » alleged involvement in Sohrabuddin's killing Amit Shah CBI plea seeking cancellation of bail granted head of extortion syndicate in Gujarat Jethmalani Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai SC reserves verdict on Amit Shah's bail in Sohrabuddin case senior counsel Ram Jethmalani Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged-shootout case Sohrabuddin Sheikh's killing
Top Law News Apex court strikes down rounding off marks for admission September 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a ruling that would impact thousands of students, the Supreme Court has held that there can be no rounding-off of the percentage of marks to the next digit for making a candidate eligible for admission to a course when eligibility criteria are clearly mentioned. “When eligibility criteria are prescribed in a qualifying examination, it […] Read more » Apex court strikes down rounding off marks for admission B.Sc. Hemlatha had secured Bachelor of Science degree in nursing Bangalore-based Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Indian Nursing Council for securing admission Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Karnataka High Court N.T.R. University of Health Sciences Nagasamudram post-graduate nursing course Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
Top Law News CBI to File Charge Sheet in Prajapati Case Few Days August 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI told the Supreme Court Tuesday it will file a charge sheet in the Tulsiram Prajapati staged shootout case in a couple of days. Senior CBI counsel Vivek Tankha told this to the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai in the course of the hearing of the agency’s […] Read more » agency's plea challenging grant of bail Andhra Pradesh cadre Indian Police Service CBI to File Charge Sheet in Prajapati Case Few Days Gujarat home minister Amit Shah Hyderabad to Sangli in Maharashtra Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Sohrabuddin Sheikh Tulsiram Prajapati Tulsiram Prajapati staged shootout case Vivek Tankha
High Profile Cases Videograph court proceedings to ensure accurate reporting: Prashant Bhushan April 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan has told the Supreme Court that to ensure fair and accurate reporting, proceedings of the Supreme Court and of the high courts should be videographed and made publicly available, as is done for parliament. “In order to avoid inaccurate or one-sided reporting” Bhushan told the apex court constitution bench to direct […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar lawyer Prashant Bhushan Supreme Court
Top Law News Balance freedom of press with rights of accused : Supreme Court March 28, 2012 / March 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said it has to frame guidelines to balance the freedom of press with that of the right of an accused under trial in a criminal case, but was told that it could not enforce them in the absence of law backing it. “Anything that has not been enacted could not be […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Ex-judge could head shoot-out probe panel : Supreme Court February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After rejecting the Gujarat government’s appointee to monitor the probe into 22 alleged staged shoot-out cases, the Supreme Court Monday suggested the name of a former apex court judge to head the committee. However, a bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai adjourned the matter till Friday after Gujarat’s Additional Advocate General […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice M.B. Shah Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai shoot-out cases Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court defers till March 2 hearing in Gujarat fake encounters February 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today adjourned till March 2 the hearing of the two petitions seeking CBI probe into fake encounters in Gujarat. A bench comprising Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai had earlier directed the CBI to investigate all the 22 fake encounters which took place in Gujarat between 2002 to 2006. On the last date of hearing, the Supreme Court had […] Read more » Gujarat fake encounters Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai lyricist Javed Akhtar Supreme Court
