High Profile Cases Supreme Court reserves verdict on police action on Ramdev January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on the Delhi Police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters at Ramlila ground last year, and asked police to immediately arrange the viewing of the CCTV camera footage and the CD on the episode. The apex court bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice […] Read more » Justice BS Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court yoga guru Baba Ramdev
High Profile Cases Supreme Court rejects plea on army chief’s age January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Supreme court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar said: “In our view, the writ petition of the Grenadiers Association (Rohtak Chapter) is not maintainable”, as the date of birth of an individual could not be decided by an association taking recourse to the PIL route. The court […] Read more » army chief's age Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Chidambaram had no role in eviction of Ramdev, Centre tells Supreme Court January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre on Monday denied in the Supreme Court that Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram gave instructions to the Delhi Police for evicting yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila grounds on June 4, 2011. Solicitor-General Rohinton Nariman made this submission before a Bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar, hearing […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
Corporate Law News Supreme court extends interim relief for Sahara group firms January 10, 2012 / January 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday admitted a plea by two Sahara group companies challenging the Securities Appellate Tribunal’s order directing them to refund Rs.17,400 crore mopped up from 2.3 crore investors and ordered the continuation of its interim stay on the tribunal’s direction. The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Sahara group companies Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme court puts sealing in Delhi on hold, to examine law January 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme court puts sealing in Delhi on hold, to examine law The Supreme Court Tuesday ordered no further sealing of unauthorised structures or their regularization or change in land use in Delhi till it examined the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill, 2011 and the challenge to Master Plan 2021. A special bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Swatanter Kumar further said […] Read more » Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill 2011 Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court the challenge to Master Plan 2021
High Profile Cases ‘Police crackdown on Ramdev was decided in advance’ December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Friday that the Delhi Police operation for evicting yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters from Ramlila ground on the night of June 4/5 was taken in advance at the instance of Home Minister P. Chidambram. ‘They did to Baba Ramdev exactly what they did to Anna Hazare two months […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court yoga guru Baba Ramdev
Top Law News Bhopal hospital staff seek pay hike, government gets notice December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government for its response to the demand by a Bhopal hospital’s staff for wage hike and parity with employees of other federal government hospitals. Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre’s workers are demanding pay scales as per the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for the central government employees. The […] Read more » Bhopal hospital staff seek pay hike Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Look into nurses’ grievance, supreme court tells government December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to look into the nurses’ grievance that private hospitals were retaining their original professional certificates, thereby thwarting their chances of exploring better employment opportunities. A bench of Chief Justice S.H.Kapadia, Justice A.K.Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar asked Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerji to look into the matter […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser, police tell supreme court November 29, 2011 / November 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser, police tell supreme court Delhi police Monday told the Supreme Court that yoga guru Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser and was responsible for the events culminating in the police operation to evict him and his anti-graft supporters from Ramlila ground here past midnight June 4. It was Baba Ramdev who transformed a crowd of 30,000 people into a “belligerent angry […] Read more » Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Ramdev himself responsible for crackdown: Delhi Police November 26, 2011 / November 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Police Friday sought to lay the blame for its post-midnight crackdown of June 4/5 at the Ramlila ground at the doorstep of yoga guru Ramdev, when it told the Supreme Court that he was responsible for creating a situation that forced the police action. Detailing the circumstances and the sequence of events to […] Read more » Delhi Police Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Ramdev himself responsible for crackdown
Top Law News Supreme Court not to meddle in fuel pricing November 18, 2011 / November 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain a plea challenging the deregulation of prices of petroleum products, saying fixing of petroleum prices was a matter of government policy and the court could not interfere in it. The plea challenging the fixing of prices by the public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) was heard by an […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court Supreme Court not to meddle in fuel pricing
Top Law News Supreme Court directs NGOs to approach PM on n-plants November 14, 2011 / November 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday asked NGOs Common Cause and Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) to first approach the prime minister or the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) for addressing their concerns on the safety and cost effectiveness of nuclear plants being set up in the country. An apex court bench of Chief Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice Swatanter Kumar nuclear power plant Supreme Court