Top Law News Lifer moves SC for release after 35 years in jail July 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A life convict, who has spent 35 years behind the bars in a murder case, today approached the Supreme Court(SC) for getting released from jail. Agreeing to hear plea of the convict, a bench of justices P Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government. SC asked the state government to file its […] Read more » Allahabad High Court SC SC of India Supreme Court Supreme Court of India
Top Law News SC:’Land acquisition illegal if owners are not intimated’ June 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on SC:’Land acquisition illegal if owners are not intimated’ Land acquisition proceedings will become illegal if government fails to observe the mandatory requirement of issuing public notices to the affected parties, the SC has held, quashing Maharashtra government’s acquisition of a piece of land for a defence unit. A SC bench of justices H L Dattu and A R Dave said that besides notifying […] Read more » Bombay High Court H L Dattu and A R Dave illegality of land education SC Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act Supreme Court
Top Law News SC: Partial relief to woman BJP MP June 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to set aside a Karnataka High Court order, which has disqualified woman BJP MP J Shantha from Bellary (ST) Lok Sabha seat, but allowed her to attend the Parliamentary proceedings without exercising her voting right or availing any perquisite. Observing that BJP MP election in 2009 had “materially affected” the […] Read more » BJP MP BJP MP in fake caste certificate case fake caste certificate cases against pliticians fake caste certificate cases in India Karnataka fake caste certificate cases Karnataka High Court SC Supreme Court
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 No airport development fee for Delhi, Mumbai: SC April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Passengers travelling out of Delhi and Mumbai airports would no longer have to pay Airport Development Fee (ADF) with the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashing the levy which has yielded about Rupees 2,500 crore in two years. Hearing an appeal against the Delhi High Court’s order which had upheld levying of ADF, a bench set […] Read more » AAI AERA Airport Development Fee Airports Authority of India Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Delhi Delhi International Airport Ltd DIAL MIAL Mumbai Mumbai International Airport Ltd SC