Top Law News TN Secretariat row: Supreme Court refuses to step into the dispute June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to interfere with a plea pending at the Madras High Court and seeking to restrain the Tamil Nadu Government from shifting the State secretariat building at Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai to erstwhile Fort St George on coast. “How can we issue a writ of prohibition to the high […] Read more » justices H L Gokhale and Ranjana Prakash Desai Res judicata Supreme Court TN Secretariat row TN Secretariat row: Supreme Court refuses to step into the dispute
Top Law News SC to examine plea on manipulation, hacking of All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance examination courses June 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a girl student’s petition alleging large-scale manipulation, hacking and tampering of the ongoing online counselling for All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance examination courses across the country. A bench of justices H L Gokhale and Ranjana Prakash Desai said it would take up the petition on Tuesday after […] Read more » All India manipulation and hacking inPost Graduate Medical Entrance examination courses justices H L Gokhale and Ranjana Prakash Desai on hacking of medical entrance Supreme Court
Top Law News Minority Sub-Quota:files documents in Supreme Court June 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Tuesday filed before theca set of documents supporting its plea seeking a stay on the Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict quashing 4.5 percent reservation for minorities in central government educational institutions and jobs within 27 the percent OBC reservation. Additionalccccmade a mentioning to this effect before the apex court vacation bench of […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice J.S. Khehar Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan minority reservation minority reservation case in Andhra Pradesh High court minority reservation case in supreme court minority sub-quota muslim reservation muslim reservation case in Andhra Pradesh High court muslim reservation case in supreme court muslim sub-quota OBC reservation Solicitor General Gourab Banerjee Supreme Court
Top Law News UP local bodies’ election will go ahead: Supreme Court June 11, 2012 / June 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a breather for the newly-elected Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court Monday declined to stall the election of chairpersons of the state’s local bodies that is to take place in four phases from June 20 – but with a rider. An Supreme court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Khehar, however, said that […] Read more » Justice J.S. Khehar Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court UP local bodies' election UP local bodies' election will go ahead
Top Law News Law Commission can’t define an ‘influential person’! June 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amid growing demand that influential people involved in criminal cases should be investigated and tried quickly, the Law Commission has said it is not feasible to define who is an influential person as not only those holding public office but even their close associates wield influence to impact probes and trials. The panel’s reluctance to […] Read more » 'influential person' Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren Law Commission Shibu Soren's Supreme Court
Top Law News Parts of hostile witness’s evidence can be used: Supreme court May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Parts of hostile witness’s evidence can be used: Supreme court Judges should not treat as totally erased the evidence tendered by a witness whom the prosecution terms as hostile during a trial, the Supreme Court has said. “It is a settled legal proposition that the evidence of a prosecution witness cannot be rejected in toto merely because the prosecution chose to treat him as hostile […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Dipak Misra Parts of hostile witness's evidence can be used Supreme Court
Top Law News Deaf-mute can be credible witness: Supreme Court May 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday said a deaf-mute need not be prevented from giving evidence in court merely on account of his physical disability as he can do so either by writing or through gestures. The court said this while upholding the Rajasthan High Court’s verdict of May 29, 2005 by which it had quashed […] Read more » Deaf-mute can be credible witness Deaf-mute can be witness Supreme Court
Top Law News Personal liberty can’t be curtailed illegally: Supreme Court May 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Personal liberty is the “most precious and prized right” guaranteed by the Indian constitution and it can’t be taken away without following the due procedure of law, says the Supreme Court. The court said this as a caution while holding that a person who is already in custody could be ordered to remain in detention […] Read more » Personal liberty can't be curtailed illegally Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court notice on entry to Kalighat temple May 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the centre and the West Bengal government on a petition seeking that devotees be permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Kolkata-based Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the presiding deity. An apex court vacation bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice SJ Mukhopadhyay issued the […] Read more » entry to Kalighat temple Justice Deepak Verma Justice SJ Mukhopadhyay Kalighat temple Supreme Court
Top Law News Fair justice bedrock of good governance: Supreme Court May 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that in a democratic polity, justice, both in its concept and in essence, being fair and unbiased is the bedrock of good governance. “It is not to be forgotten that in a democratic polity, justice in its conceptual eventuality and inherent quintessentiality in essence forms the bedrock of good governance,” […] Read more » Fair justice bedrock of good governance Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court bans use of black films on car glasses April 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday banned the use of black films of any visible light transmission (VLT) percentage or any other material on the front and rear screens and windows of all vehicles throughout the country. The ban would be enforceable from May 4. We have no hesitation in holding that use of black films or […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court visible light transmission
Top Law News Prepaid mobile connections : Panel to give guidelines April 28, 2012 / April 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday directed the setting up of a five-member committee to recommend guidelines for verification of those applying for prepaid mobile connections. A bench of Chief Justice SH Kapadia, Justice AK Ganguly and Justice Swatanter Kumar, in its order, said the committee should be headed by the secretary, department of telecommunications (DoT), […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia justice AK Ganguly Justice Swatanter Kumar prepaid mobile connections Supreme Court Telecom Regulatory Authority of India