Top Law News SC lays down directions on Haj pilgrimage April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Here in New Delhi the state government has been directed by the Supreme court of India to frame a five-year policy for regulating the Hajj pilgrimage to replace the current annual plan which it termed as “ad-hoc and unsatisfactory. The apex court also held the government’s policy allowing repeaters to accompany lady and elderly pilgrims as […] Read more » ad-hoc and unsatisfactory constitutional Delhi government fair and reasonable Haj Policy 2013-2017 Legal mehrams pilgrimage for lady pilgrims Supreme Court unmarriageable kin
Criminal Law News ‘Irreparable loss if delay not condoned in Babri case’ April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: According to the CBI which has told in the Supreme Court here that by not condoning delay in filing appeal against the Allahabad High Court’s order on dropping conspiracy charge against BJP leader L. K. Advani and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case would cause irreparable loss. The agency contended before a bench […] Read more » 2G case Advani Allahabad High Court Ashok Singhal B L Sharma Babri Masjid demolition case BJP leader L. K. Advani C R Bansal CBI conspiracy charge against L. K. Advani Dharam Das Giriraj Kishore Jagdish Muni Maharaj Kalyan Singh Mahant Avaidhynath Moreshwar Save Murli Manohar Joshi Nritya Gopal Das Param Hans Ram Chandra Das R V Vedanti Sadhvi Ritambhara Satish Nagar Satish Pradhan section 120B of IPC Supreme Court Uma Bharti V H Dalmia Vinay Katiyar
Top Law News SC refuses to believe Bhuller’s medical report April 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to give credence to Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar’s medical reports which said that he became mentally disturbed due to living for a long time under the shadow of death, while turning down his plea for commutation of death penalty to life imprisonment. “Though the documents produced by K T […] Read more » Allied Sciences Associate Professor in Psychiatry Bhuller's medical report Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital Devinderpal Singh Bhullar Dr. Rajesh Kumar Institute of Human Behaviors Khalistani terrorist physically and mentally Supreme Court
Top Law News SC justifies death for convicts in terror cases April 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The decision will pave the way for his hanging and is likely to have an impact on 17 other convicts on the death row including those held guilty in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Devinderpal Singh Bhullar’s plea for commutation of the death sentence against him, the Supreme Court today said it cannot be done […] Read more » Bhullar's execution Devinderpal Singh Bhullar Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Supreme Court TADA terror cases
Top Law News Statistics on pending mercy pleas disturbing: SC April 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Disturbing” is how the Supreme Court termed the statistics which showed that 17 mercy pleas filed between 1999 and 2011 remained pending for periods ranging from one year to 13 years. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya also noted that the figures “give an impression” that the Centre and the […] Read more » 17 mercy pleas 69 petitions rejected by President Additional Solicitor General Afzal Guru justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Criminal Law News All hopes shattered: Bhullar’s wife April 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on All hopes shattered: Bhullar’s wife The wife of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, whose plea to commute death sentence to life term was on Friday dismissed by the Supreme Court, said all her hopes have been shattered after an 18-year wait and questioned why he had been “singled out”. “The court did not consider our point. We were hopeful that […] Read more » 1993 Delhi bomb blast death penalty Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar M.S. Bitta Supreme Court Supreme Court rejection Youth Congress
Top Law News SC restrains Airtel from providing 3G roaming April 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bharti Airtel was on Thursday restrained by the Supreme Court from providing 3G roaming services to new customers in seven circles where it does not have license to do so. The apex court also said that no coercive steps will be taken on the issue of penalty raised against Airtel for allegedly illegally providing 3G […] Read more » 3G roaming Bharti Airtel Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Vikramajit Sen Department of Telecommunications (DoT) roaming services to new customers in seven circles SC restrains Airtel from providing 3G roaming Supreme Court
Top Law News SC gets two more judges; strength goes up to 30 April 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justices Arjan Kumar Sikri and Sharad Arvind Bobde were today elevated as judges of the Supreme Court, taking its strength to 30. Justice Sikri, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Justice Bobde, Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court have been appointed as judges of the Supreme Court, a Law Ministry statement […] Read more » Bar Council of Delhi Bombay High Court Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Bobde justice Sharad Arvind Bobde Justices Arjan Kumar Sikri Law Ministry statement Madhya Pradesh High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Jagan assets case: AP Home Minister named in CBI chargesheet April 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Today CBI named Sabita Indra Reddy the minister of Andhra Pradesh Home Minister as one of the accused in its fifth chargesheet in connection with the disproportionate assets case against YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy. The fifth charge sheet has been filled by the special CBI court here naming jagan and naming 12 other individuals and […] Read more » AP Home Minister AP Mining Development Corporation CBI chargesheet Chanchalguda Central Prison Director Mines in Andhra Pradesh V D Raja Gopal Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy OMC illegal mining case Prevention of Corruption Act sections of IPC Supreme Court
Top Law News SC rejects magistrate’s report in Tarn Taran incident April 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The magisterial probe has been rejected by the Supreme court of India here in New Delhi of the Tarn Taran incident in which a girl was beaten up by Punjab Police saying it does not have the value more that of a “scrap paper”. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and Kurien Joseph said that […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Bihar police Delhi Police DGP grass-rootslevel justices G S Singhvi and Kurien Joseph New Delhi Patna demanding regularisation Punjab police scrap paper secretary senior advocate Harish Salve Supreme Court Tarn Taran incident Union Territory of Chandigarh administration
Corporate Law News SC agrees to give early hearing to SEBI plea against Sahara April 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Here in New Delhi to give an early hearing to SEBI’s plea seeking its permission to detain Sahara Group’s chairman Subrata Roy Sahara the Supreme Court has got agreed and also to initiate contempt proceedings against him for not complying with its orders to refund Rs. 24,000 crore to investors. A bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan posted the […] Read more » Ashok Roy Choudhary Ravi Shankar Dubey Sahara Group Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Sahara India Real Estate Corporation SEBI SEBI plea against Sahara Subrata Roy Sahara Supreme Court
Top Law News Babri Masjid: SC irked at delay in challenging Allahabad HC order April 3, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre as well as the CBI has been lambasted by the Supreme court for deliberate delay in challenging the order of Allahabad High Court dropping charges of criminal conspiracy against Sangh Parivar leaders including L K Advani in Babri Masjid demolition case. The Allahabad High Court had quashed the charges of criminal conspiracy against senior BJP […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Allahabad High Court Babri Masjid Babri Masjid demolition case BJP Vice-President Uma Bharti CBI criminal conspiracy against Sangh Parivar district Faizabad justices H L Dattu L.K. Advani Praveen Togadia Sadhvi Ritambhara Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh VHP leaders Ashok Singhal Vishnu Hari Dalmia