Top Law News SC disapproves RGs order in Italian vassel case July 19, 2012 / July 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday disapproved of Kerala High Court Registrar General’s modifying its direction to execute a Rs 3 crore bond as surety for securing the presence of 6 crew members of Italian vassel ‘Enrica Lexie’ whose marines allegedly killed 2 Indian fishermen. A bench of justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale, […] Read more » 'Enrica Lexie' Italian vassel Italian vassel case Italian vessel 'Enrica Lexie' Italian vessel booked for crime committed in indian territorial water Italian vessel owner italian vessel row Kerala High Court Registrar General SC Supreme Court
Top Law News RTI Rules Row: SC seeks Alld HC registry response July 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Allahabad High Court Registry’s response on a PIL challenging the provisions of RTI rules framed by it for divulging information to the public as being unconstitutional and ultra-vires of the 2005 transparency law. A bench of Justice AK Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar issued a notice to the […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court (Right to Information) Rules 2006 Allahabad High Court's RTI Rules 2006 Article 19(1)(a) Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution Delhi High Court Justice AK Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules 2006 RTI RTI applications RTI Regulation of Fee and Cost Rules 2006 RTI rules RTI Rules Row SC Supreme Court
Top Law News SC constitutes medical team to examine conjoint twins July 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court(SC) today asked the Centre to constitute a medical board to provide medical aide to 16-year-old Bihar’s conjoint twins Saba and Farah Saleem, observing that “the acute agony of the girls would shock anybody’s conscience.” An SC bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also issued notices to the Centre, Attorney General […] Read more » constitution of medical team to examine conjoint twins SC SC constitutes medical team to examine conjoint twins Supreme Court
Top Law News Notice to CBI on Nupur’s bail plea in Aarushi murder case July 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI move to grant bail in Aarushi murder case has been questioned by Supreme court. The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the CBI on dentist Nupur Talwar’s plea seeking bail in the double murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic held Hemraj. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and J S […] Read more » Aarushi murder case accused in Aarushi murder case accused of Aarushi murder case CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Nupur Talwar in Aarushi murder case Nupur Talwar mother of Aarushi SC Supreme Court
Top Law News SC: Minor variations in prosecution’s story irrelevant July 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding that minor variations in prosecution’s story cannot entitle the accused to acquittal, the Supreme Court(SC) has upheld the life term awarded to eight West Bengal natives for strangulating a man and chopping his body into pieces for not meeting their extortion demand. A bench of SC comprises of Justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar […] Read more » apex court identification parade Justice Swatanter Kumar Justices A K Patnaik SC SC decision on variations in prosecution's story Supreme Court
Top Law News Centre: Govt duty-bound to auction 2G telecom spectrum July 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it was bound by its ruling on allocation of 2G telecom spectrum through auction and the Presidential reference was only pertaining to adoption of the process for allocation of other natural resources. “There is no question of overturning the result in the judegment of the 2G telecom […] Read more » 2G case 2G telecom spectrum 2G telecom spectrum case 2G telecom spectrum verdict allocation of 2G allocation of 2G telecom Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati auction of 2G telecom spectrum Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia FDI Foreign Direct Investment SC Supreme Court
Top Law News Ban on tint films in vehicles: Next hearing on July 19 July 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Ban on tint films in vehicles: Next hearing on July 19 A division bench of Supreme Court has directed that all review and impleading petitions pertaining to the ban on use of tint films on four wheelers be posted for hearing on July 19. The Car Owners and Consumers’ Association (COCA) here had filed a review and impleading application in the first week of July. The […] Read more » Ban on tint films in vehicles Car Owners and Consumers' Association Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia COCA Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Motor Vehicles Act Motor Vehicles Act 1988 MV Act SC Supreme Court tint films
Top Law News No disclosure under RTI at pre-detention stage: SC July 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on No disclosure under RTI at pre-detention stage: SC The state is not under an obligation to disclose under the Right to Information Act(RTI) the grounds of detention of a person under a preventive detention law before his arrest, the Supreme Court has ruled. A three-judge bench of justices Altamas Kabir, Gyan Sudha Misra and J Chelameshwar said a detune under the preventive detention […] Read more » Article 22 of the Constitution Article 22(5) clauses (1) and (2) of Article 22 COFEPOSA Justice Altamas Kabir NSA preventive detention laws preventive detention laws like NSA Right to Information Act RTI RTI Act. RTI at pre-detention stage SC Section 3 of the RTI Act Section 3 of the RTI Act 2005 section 8(1) of the RTI Act sub section (1) of Section 8 of the RTI Act Supreme Court
Top Law News DM murder case: SC upholds conviction of Bihar MP July 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and life term of former Bihar MP Anand Mohan Singh in the murder of Gopalganj district magistrate in DM murder case. Anand Mohan, former MP from Sheohar, was awarded life term under Sections 302 (murder) and 109 (abetment of offence), of inciting a mob to lynch Gopalganj district magistrate […] Read more » BIHAR Bihar MP conviction in DM murder case conviction of MP in DM murder case DM murder case Gopalganj Gopalganj district murder of district magistrate SC Supreme Court
Top Law News SC seeks govt’s reply on ‘killings’ by BSF July 9, 2012 / July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court(SC) today sought the Centre’s reply on a plea for probe into the alleged torture and extra-judicial killings by the Border Security Force(BSF) personnel in the border area of West Bengal. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar asked the government to file its response within three weeks. The court’s […] Read more » 'killings' by BSF 'West Bengal border area of West Bengal Border Security Force BSF Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Kolkata SC Supreme Court torture and extra-judicial killings by Border Security Force torture and extra-judicial killings by BSF West Bengal Police
Top Law News SC: “Courts must take up poll petition to preserve purity” July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Courts are duty-bound to examine the petitions of defeated candidates and preserve the purity of the election process, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled keeping in view that the elections often got vitiated by electoral malpractices and irregularities. “An election which is vitiated by reason of corrupt practices, illegalities and irregularities enumerated in Sections 100 and […] Read more » corruption in election elections in India game of elections in India SC SC decisions SC on election process SC on malpractices of election Supreme Court supreme court decision on election malpractices supreme court decisions supreme court latest decisions
Top Law News SC dismisses Cox & Kings plea July 6, 2012 / July 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by a leading UK travel firm, Cox & Kings, contesting the decision to terminate a joint venture agreement for operating super luxury tourist train ‘Maharaja Express’. In its appeal, Cox & Kings challenged the Delhi High Court order upholding the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd […] Read more » 'Maharaja Express' Cox & Kings SC SC decision on Cox & Kings plea Supreme Court Supreme court decision on Cox & Kings plea UK leading travel firm UK leading travel firm Cox & Kings