High Profile Cases Excess spectrum allocation: Supreme Court notice on plea for recovering charges March 13, 2012 / March 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking the transfer of a petition from the Delhi High Court to the apex court for making service providers pay for the excess spectrum allocated to them. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya issued the notice – also […] Read more » Excess spectrum allocation Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI
Top Law News Supreme Court assails state’s neutrality on gay sex March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday assailed the “new phenomenon” of the government not taking any position on the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalizing consensual gay sex. A bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice S.J.Mukhopadhaya said: “It is a new phenomenon. The state says we are neutral. He (Additional Solicitor General Mohan Jain) says that he has […] Read more » gay sex Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Top Law News Scope of penal provision on gay sex wide: Supreme Court February 17, 2012 / February 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Scope of penal provision on gay sex wide: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Thursday said the scope of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was wide and could not be limited to holding homosexuality or sex between the same sex as being against the order of nature and criminal. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said that […] Read more » homosexuality Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Radia tapes: Supreme Court notice to government on Tata plea February 17, 2012 / February 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the central government on a plea by Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata seeking a copy of the income tax department’s report on its probe into the leak of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s taped conversations. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, while […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Radia tapes Supreme Court
Top Law News Homosexuality, lesbian relationships unnatural : Supreme Court February 16, 2012 / February 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday was told that homosexuality and lesbian relationship were unnatural and against the order of nature as provided under the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Senior counsel Amarendra Saran told the court during the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the Delhi High Court’s July 2, 2009 verdict […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya lesbian relationship Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court issues notice to CBI on Essar Teleholdings’ petition February 15, 2012 / February 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Cout Wednesday issued notices to the CBI, the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) and others on a petition of Essar Teleholdings Ltd and Loop Telecom Ltd, questioning the special CBI court’s jurisdiction to try them even though they have not been charged under the anti-corruption Act. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi […] Read more » Essar Teleholdings' petition Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Notice to centre on plea linked to excess spectrum January 31, 2012 / January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the centre on a plea seeking court-guided investigation by the CBI into alleged irregularities in the allocation of excess 2G spectrum to service providers thereby causing a huge loss to the public exchequer. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya issued notice on […] Read more » 2G spectrum Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court to hear plea linked to Manipur blockade December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking directions to the central and Manipur governments to prevent a repeat of the just-concluded over three-month blockade of the national highway running through the state. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said it would hear the plea Tuesday along […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court three-month blockade of the national highway of Manipur
Top Law News Supreme court wants just relief to road accident victims December 9, 2011 / December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday awarded a compensation of nearly Rs.11 lakh, including interest, to the parents of a man who died in a road accident in Tamil Nadu in 1999 and emphasised on giving just relief to victims of such incidents. Anbu alias Anbarasu died in an accident on Perunduri Road of Erode district in […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya relief to road accident victims Supreme Court
Top Law News States ignoring PM’s anti-graft missive: Supreme court November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday expressed concern over states ignoring the prime minister’s missive asking them to provide infrastructure and set up special CBI courts for speedy trial of graft cases. The court told the states to do so within eight weeks. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said the […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya States ignoring PM’s anti-graft missive Supreme Court
Top Law News Medicine prices should’nt rise: Supreme Court November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Medicine prices should’nt rise: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Thursday told the central government that the prices of medicines should not rise further. “It should go down, not go up,” said an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya. The bench expressed the view that prices of medicines and ordinary lab tests were already too high and […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Medicine prices should'nt rise Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Mentally ill can’t be hanged, Bhullar tells supreme court November 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The death sentence can not be carried out in respect of a person who is mentally ill, the Supreme Court was Wednesday told by Devender Pal Singh Bhullar who was given capital punishment for a 1993 blast here which killed nine people. He has sought commutation of his execution to life term on this ground. […] Read more » Devender Pal Singh Bhullar Justice G.S. Singhvi justice P.N. Bhagwati Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court