Top Law News Government says court verdict vindicates stand on policy September 28, 2012 / September 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government maintained on Friday that the Supreme Court had vindicated its stand that policy-making was the executive’s prerogative and revenue-maximisation cannot be the sole criteria to distribute scarce natural resources. Reacting to Thursday’s verdict on a presidential reference on the 2G issue, three senior ministers, however, did not dwell on whether the official auditor […] Read more » allocating radio waves and coal mines allocation of coal mines Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Comptroller and Auditor General of India Constitutional authority constitutional mandate or principal executive's prerogative and revenue-maximisation Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Government says court verdict vindicates stand on policy law and justice minister Salman Khurshid presidential reference on the 2G issue sole criteria to distribute scarce natural resources three senior ministers variance vis-a-vis the government's stand verdict vindicates
High Profile Cases Has anti-graft campaign learnt lessons, asks Khurshid March 18, 2012 / March 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said the government had learnt its lessons after Anna Hazare’s protest last year but wondered if the anti-corruption movement too had done the same. “We have learnt and learnt a lot of lessons… (but) has the anti-corruption movement,” asked Khurshid at the India Today conclave here on […] Read more » Anna Hazare's protest anti-graft campaign India-Marxist politburo member Brinda Karat law and justice minister Salman Khurshid
High Profile Cases Khurshid remark no interference in 2G case : Supreme Court January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Tuesday described as “baseless” the allegation that Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid’s opinion on a service provider facing trial in the 2G case amounted to giving it a clean chit and weakened the prosecution case against it. “The applicants’ plea that interference of an influential minister is evident, is baseless,” said an […] Read more » 2G case law and justice minister Salman Khurshid Supreme Court
Top Law News 56,383 cases pending in Supreme Court December 20, 2011 / December 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Inadequate number of judges and delay in filling vacancies were among the various reasons responsible for the large number of pending cases in courts, including 56,383 cases in the Supreme Court, law and justice minister Salman Khurshid said Monday. The minister told the Rajya Sabha in reply to a written question that till Oct 31, […] Read more » 56383 cases pending in Supreme Court law and justice minister Salman Khurshid Supreme Court