Top Law News SC chides government over Bhopal’s toxic waste May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday chided the central government for not doing anything for disposing toxic waste for 28 years since the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said that there was total “apathy” in dealing with the situation “because the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerji Bhopal's toxic waste German Society for International Cooperation GIZ Gujarat Pollution Control Board Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya SC
Top Law News Supreme court permits access to Kalighat temple’s sanctum sanctorum May 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday permitted devotees to access the sanctum sanctorum of Kolkata’s Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the deity. An Supreme court bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya cleared the decks for the entry of devotees into the sanctum sanctorum after it stayed the April 20 order of the Calcutta High […] Read more » 'garbha griha' Justice Deepak Verma Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Kalighat temple's sanctum sanctorum Senior counsel Ashok Bhan
Top Law News Haryana judges told to move high court over promotion May 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has asked officers of the Haryana Judicial Service to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court to challenge their promotion criteria framed by the high court. As the apex court bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Wednesday asked the judicial officers to move the state high court, senior counsel […] Read more » Justice Deepak Verma Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya move high court over promotion
High Profile Cases 2G trial judge can’t hear cheating case: Telecom firm April 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A telecom company’s counsel told the Supreme Court Wednesday that the special Delhi court conducting the trial of 2G cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act could not take up the cases against Essar Teleholdings Ltd. and Loop Telecom Ltd, who have been booked for cheating. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and […] Read more » 2G 2G case 2G trial 2G trial cheating case Delhi court Essar Teleholdings Ltd. former communications minister A. Raja Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Loop Telecom Ltd special Judge O.P. Saini Supreme Court Telecom firm
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks time frame for deciding mercy pleas April 20, 2012 / April 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to set a time frame for deciding death row convicts’ mercy petitions pending before it. “You give us the time frame for deciding the mercy petitions which are pending before you,” the apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya told the government adding […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy pleas senior counsel K.T.S. Tulsi Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks details of mercy pleas decided in 2011 April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government for details of mercy petitions decided by the president in 2011 and other similar pleas awaiting a decision. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya issued the order after perusing files relating to mercy petitions of several death row convicts. The court direction […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy pleas Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court calls for files of 18 mercy pleas April 4, 2012 / April 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday called for the original files of 18 mercy petitions, including that of the 2001 parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru, pending before the president for conversion of the death penalty to a life term. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya directed the Additional Solicitor General Harin […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy pleas Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court slams Punjab government for ‘drama’ in Rajoana case March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday criticized the Punjab government for enacting a “drama” to frustrate the execution of death sentence awarded to Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana in the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya observed: “We would have liked […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Rajoana case Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court commences hearing in mercy petition cases March 28, 2012 / March 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday commenced hearing on the question whether a convict who has filed a mercy petition was entitled to remission of death sentence on the grounds of inordinate delay in deciding his plea. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya asked Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal how 20 mercy petitions […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy petition cases Supreme Court
Top Law News Government disowns remarks on gays March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As the Supreme Court said parliament was the forum to decide the desirability of retaining Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the government Wednesday sought to disassociate itself from Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra’s controversial remark that homosexuality was immoral. Attorney General G. Vahanvati told an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks attorney general’s assistance in gay law case March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Attorney General G. Vahanvati to assist the court in the hearing of the plea challenging the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising the consensual sex between two consenting adults of the same sex. A bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya asked Vahanvati to assist the court in the […] Read more » gay law case Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Section 377 IPC Supreme Court
Top Law News India has four lakh men who have sex with men March 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there were four lakh men who have sex with men (MSM) in India and face a high risk of AIDS. A rough estimate of high-risk MSM who could be infected with HIV was between 28,000-31,000, the health and family welfare ministry told the court. In an affidavit […] Read more » AIDS Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya men sex with men Supreme Court