International Trade Law Top Law News Sovereignty is not given but asserted : Supreme Court judge January 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sovereignty is not “given” but it is asserted, According to the Supreme Court of India while holding that the Italian marines allegedly involved in the killing of two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala can be prosecuted under municipal laws. The apex court did not agree with the contention of the marines that the […] Read more » Chief Justice of India citizens of India coast of Kerala Indian fishermen Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala Indian Penal Code Indian territorial waters Italian marines Justice J. Chelameswar Maritime Zones Act Parliament Sovereignty sovereignty of the country Supreme Court Supreme Court judge Supreme Court of India territorial waters territory of India under municipal laws
Top Law News States, UTs no for statues at public places: Supreme Court January 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court restrained all the state governments and Union Territories from granting permission for erecting statues or construction of any structure at public places which obstructs traffic movement. However, the apex court said that this order would not apply for installation of structures like street lights which facilitate smooth traffic movement. The order was passed by a bench […] Read more » justicesR M Lodha Kerala government S J Mukhopadhaya state governments Supreme Court traffic movement Union Territories
International Trade Law Pakistan government seeks to stall PM arrest January 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plan has been plotting by the Pakistan government to file a review petition against the Supreme Court order calling for the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashrafand 16 others over corruption charges. The government is considering filing a review petition against the Supreme Court’s Tuesday order for the arrest of all 16 accused, including the […] Read more » Attorney General Irfan Qadir Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira Interior Minister Rehman Malik Pakistan government Pakistan prime minister prime minister Qamar Zaman Kaira Raja Pervez Ashraf Supreme Court Supreme court of Pakistan
Criminal Law News Cheating: TDP MLA surrenders before Hyd court January 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the connection with the case of forgery and cheating TDP MLA Suman Rathod surrndered before Miyapur court. Rathod, who represents Khanapur constituency, is accused, along with others, of forging documents and fradulently selling a 400 square yards plot of land at Kukatpally Housing Board colony. According to the prosecution, the accused passed off the […] Read more » 14 days judicial custody Assistant Public Prosecutor Ravinder Reddy case of forgery and cheating Cyberabad police forging documents and fradulently selling a 400 square yards plot Khanapur constituency land at Kukatpally Housing Board Miyapur court pocketed Rs 45 lakh Rathod surrender Rathod surrnder Supreme Court TDP MLA Suman Rathod the police
Top Law News Supreme Court indicates speeding up hearing cases against women January 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “It will speed up hearing of appeals pending before it in sexual harassment and other cases related to crime against women all these things,” has been indicated by The Supreme Court of India. According to a bench comprising Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and justices J Chelameswar and Vikramjit Sen, “Please wait for a week. I have something […] Read more » acquittal of accused cases against women Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and justices J Chelameswar Crime against women jail term and a fine Kerala High Court rape case Supreme Court Supreme Court in 2005 Supreme Court of India Suryanelli in Idukki district of Kerala Suryanelli rape incident Vikramjit Sen
Top Law News Govt should take over FPS to check PDS corruption: Supreme Court panel January 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court appointed panel has recommended that the above-poverty-line (APL) families should not be given subsidised food grains and the government agencies should undertake their distribution directly instead of doing so through Fair Price Shops run by private persons to check corruption in PDS. Justice D P Wadhwa Committee told that there is undoubtedly […] Read more » above-poverty-line ATM bureaucrats cooperatives Diversion of PDS food grain to black-market Fair Price Shop (FPS) owners Fair Price Shops Justice D P Wadhwa lAS officer Mother Dairy outlet Panchayati Raj Institutions politicians Post Office registered women Supreme Court Supreme Court of India transporters
Corporate Law News SC rejects Sahara plea on refund of Rs 24K crore January 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The petitions of two Sahara companies has been rejected by the Supreme Court for review of its August 31 judgment directing them to refund Rs 24,000 crore they had collected between 2008 and 2011 from over 2.96 crore investors flouting mandatory regulatory provisions and the Companies Act. The three-month deadline given by the bench of […] Read more » Companies Act investors Justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures ( OFCDs) Sahara companies Sahara companies petition Sahara firms Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Ltd Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Ltd SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) SHICL SIRECL Supreme Court Supreme Court of India
Top Law News Supreme Court anguished on tardy trial in lower courts December 29, 2012 / December 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has expressed anguish over “unhappy state of affairs” of lower courts which take years in concluding the trial and said the proceedings must be concluded within a reasonable time. A bench of justices Swatanter Kumar and Madan B Lokur said the governments and the courts must gear up the administrative machinery for […] Read more » 1983 murder case bench of justices Swatanter Kumar and Madan B Lokur charge sheet charge sheet was filed in 1987 conclusion of trial life imprisonment quick disposal of cases Supreme Court trialof 14 years unhappy state of affairs
Top Law News High Court assuages enraged nation in 2012 December 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The year 2012 saw the Delhi High Court ordering day-to-day trial of sexual offence cases in the aftermath of the brutal gangrape case besides some judicial interventions for loosening decades-old grip of politicians on sports bodies. Following the widespread protests and calls for speedy justice, the high court came up with the unprecedented order that […] Read more » 2010 Commonwealth Games\ 2G scam All India Chess Federation All India Football Federation Athletic Federation of India brutal gangrape Congress veteran N D Tiwari Delhi High Court Gymnastic Federation of India Hockey India Indian Hockey Federation MCOCA charges National Sports Development Code sexual offence cases speedy justice Supreme Court V K Malhotra of BJP respectively Wrestling Federation of India
Top Law News Jaya wealth case: Sudhakaran records statements December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment VN Sudhakaran, disowned foster son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and co-accused in the multi-crore disproportionate assets case against her, on Wednesday appeared before a special court for recording his statements. He replied to 143 questions posed by the 36th Additional City Civil and Sessions Court Judge MS Balakrishna. The judge asked questions relating […] Read more » Additional City Civil multi-crore disproportionate assets case Sessions Court Judge MS Balakrishna Special court Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa VN Sudhakaran
Top Law News Supreme Court blow to govt in high-profile cases, death to Kasab December 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judgements giving a body blow to the government in the high-profile Vodafone tax case and scrapping of 2G spectrum licences hogged the limelight in the Supreme Court which in 2012 also brought the curtains down on the 26/11 case by sending the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab to the gallows. The 25-year-old Kasab’s nearly […] Read more » 2G verdict Ajmal Kasab Army Chief V K Singh FDI high-profile Vodafone tax case Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy legal battle for life Pakistani Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab perversity prejudice scrapping of 2G spectrum licences Supreme Court Union Minister P Chidambaram Vodafone
Top Law News DA case: High Court dismisses Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s bail plea December 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The bail petition of YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy has been dismissed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in connection with the case of alleged disproportionate assets involving him. Jagan earlier moved the High court contending that he is entitled to bail as a matter of right in view of the fact that the CBI […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court CBI CBI on corruption charges Chanchalguda Central Prison High Court industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad judicial remand Kadapa MP Supreme Court VANPIC YS Rajasekhara Reddy YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy