Top Law News Coalgate case: Why was court kept in the dark: SC April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a big embarrassment to the government in the Coalgate case , the Supreme Court today termed as “very disturbing” the CBI affidavit on sharing its report with the Law Minister and others and slammed the agency for having kept the court in the dark on the issue. Hearing the coal blocks allocation scam case in a […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Haren Raval coal blocks allocation scam case Coal Ministry Coalgate case law minister Law Minister Ashwani Kumar Ministry of Coal Prime Minister's Office Supreme Court UPA-I tenure
Corporate Law News No contempt made out against us: Sahara to SC April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “No case of contempt is made out against them as they have complied with its directions on the issue of supplying documents to Sebi and has started refunding Rs 24,000 crore to its investors,” said by the Sahara group and its promoter Subrata Roy to Supreme court here in New Delhi. The Sahara group mentioned the matter before a […] Read more » advocate Keshav Mohan advocate Ram Jethmalani Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan market regulator Sahara Group SEBI Subrata Roy Supreme Court
Top Law News SC agrees to examine validity of IT Rules April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “To examine the validity of Information Technology Rules“, the Supreme court has got agree to making it mandatory here in New Dlehi for a website owner to screen content and exercise online censorship of the contents posted on the portal. A bench of justices T S Thakur and S J Mukhopadhaya issued the notice to the Centre […] Read more » criminal action Information Technology News Information Technology Rules IT Rules Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Justice T.S. Thakur Mouthshut.com(India) Pvt Supreme Court unlawful content validity of IT Rules
Top Law News SC refuses to issue contempt notice on delay in FIR April 30, 2013 / April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Initiate contempt action has been declined by the Supreme court which was against Delhi Police for alleged delay in lodging FIR for missing child in the case of rape of a five-year-old girl but took serious exception that money was offered to the family members to keep quiet. The court was not impressed with the submission […] Read more » Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Contempt notice FIR for missing child Initiate contempt action justice Sharad Arvind Bobde Justice Vikramajit Sen Supreme Court
Top Law News AICTE’s role only advisory, not to issue sanctions: SC April 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The role of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is only “advisory” and it has no authority to issue any sanction on universities, the Supreme Court has said while clarifying that colleges affiliated to varsities are not required to take its approval for running MBA and MCA courses. The apex court said as per […] Read more » AICTE AICTE Act All India Council for Technical Education MBA and MCA courses Supreme Court University Grants Commission University Grants Commission Act 1956
Top Law News Coal scam: DMK seeks fair probe April 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With CBI submitting before the apex court that its status report on coal allocation scam was “shared” with Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, former UPA ally DMK today indicated that it sought a fair probe into the matter. “My opinion is that everything should happen (in a) straightforward (manner),” DMK chief M Karunanidhi said in a […] Read more » Ashwani Kumar coal scam former UPA ally DMK Law Minister Ashwani Kumar M. Karunanidhi Ministry of Coal Prime Minister's Office Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Top Law News SC to Censor: Review classification of ‘Sadda Haq’ April 27, 2013 / April 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Apr 26: The Supreme Court today asked the Censor Board to consider whether the “U” certificate granted to Punjabi film “Sadda Haq” that allegedly glorifies extremism era can be changed to “A” following recommendation of a court appointed panel which did not favour suspending its screening. After perusing the report of the four-member […] Read more » "U" certificate granted film Censor Board Central Board of Film Certification Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Delhi Punjab Punjabi film Supreme Court the Union Territory of Chandigarh Union of India Vs K M Shankarappa
Top Law News CBI status report shared with Law Minister: CBI Director to SC April 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on CBI status report shared with Law Minister: CBI Director to SC Here in New Delhi an affidavit has been submitted by the CBI in Supreme Court stating that the coal scam status report prepared by the investigating agency was shared with the PMO and two concerned ministers before presenting it to the court on March 8. CBI director Ranjit Sinha’s two-page affidavit filed on the direction of […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval CBI CBI affidavit CBI director CBI director Ranjit Sinha CBI status report Coal Ministry investigating agency joint secretary in the coal ministry law minister law minister Ashwini Kumar PMO Supreme Court
Top Law News Police reform: SC asks CS of states to file response April 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chief Secretaries of Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa have been directed by the Supreme court here in New Delhi to file their affidavits on compliance of its directions on police reforms and constituting State Security Commission(SSC). A bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi directed the Chief Secretaries to respond when the SSC […] Read more » Chief Justice of the High Court Chief Secretaries of Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretaries of Goa Chief Secretaries of Haryana Chief Secretaries of Maharashtra Chief Secretaries of Rajasthan Chief Secretaries of Uttar Pradesh Police reform Prakash Singh case State Security Commission Supreme Court
Top Law News Tribes have right to maintain ties with land: SC April 20, 2013 / April 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI, 19 APRIL: With tribes being displaced due to industrialisation and mining, the Supreme Court has held that they have right to maintain relationship with their land which is their most important asset. The apex court said that social, political and cultural rights of indigenous people must be protected and any industrial venture cannot be […] Read more » news Niyamgiri hills of Odisha right to maintain ties with land Supreme Court Top news of today Tribes have right to maintain ties with land: SC
Top Law News Sustainable development a fundamental right: SC April 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sustainable development is an integral part of fundamental rights conferred on citizens by the Constitution and cannot be allowed to be hampered by environmental degradation, the Supreme Court has said. “Inter-generational equity and sustainable development have come to be firmly embedded in our constitutional jurisprudence as an integral part of the fundamental rights conferred by […] Read more » environmental damage Environmental issues Karnataka illegal mining Supreme Court Sustainable development Sustainable development a fundamental right: SC
Criminal Law News After Dutt, 7 more convicts get 4 weeks to surrender April 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on After Dutt, 7 more convicts get 4 weeks to surrender A day after actor Sanjay Dutt was granted four weeks time to surrender, seven other convicts including 70-year-old Zaibunnisa Anwar Kazi, were also given the same amount of time by the Supreme Court to turn themselves in to serve their remaining sentence in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Granting relief to Abdul Razak Memon, Altaf […] Read more » Abdul Razak Memon Altaf Ali Sayed five years imprisonment of Yusuf Khan Issaq Mohd Hajwane Kesri Adajania Sanjay Dutt Shariff Abdul Gafoor Parker alias Dadabhai Supreme Court surrender of sanjay Dutt TADA court Yusuf Mohsin Nulwalla Zaibunnisa