High Profile Cases Centre shies from naming Rama Sethu a national monument April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government on Thursday shied from taking any stand on the plea by Janta party president Subramanium Swamy that the mythological Rama Sethu in the Palk Strait be declared a national monument. An Supreme Court bench of Justice H L Dattu and Justice Anil R Dave today recorded that the central government does not […] Read more » Janta party president Subramanium Swamy Justice Anil R. Dave Justice H.L. Dattu mythological Rama Sethu Supreme Court
Top Law News Newspaper society opposes fresh norms on court reporting April 19, 2012 / April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian Newspapers Society (INS) Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there was no need for any “further or fresh guidelines” on regulating media reporting on sub-judice matters and any violation of an accused’s right to free and fair trial by reporting could be addressed through the existing laws. “There may not be a need […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Indian Newspapers Society Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice R.P. Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear plea on abducted Odisha legislator April 19, 2012 / April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will Thursday hear a plea seeking restraint on the Odisha government from freeing 29 imprisoned suspected Maoists and their sympathisers in exchange for the release of ruling Biju Janata Dal’s legislator Jhina Hikaka, who was abducted by the rebels March 24. The apex court bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Gyan […] Read more » Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice T.S. Thakur Odisha legislator Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Bihar to move Supreme Court against massacre case acquittal April 19, 2012 / April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bihar will file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Patna High Court verdict acquitting 23 men convicted for the 1996 massacre of 21 people by the upper-caste Ranvir Sena in Bhojpur district, a minister said Wednesday. Bihar Schedule Castes/Schedule Tribes Welfare Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi said here that the government will file an […] Read more » 1996 massacre Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist Patna High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court rejects plea on election symbols April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the Election Commission’s order setting criteria for the allocation of election symbols to the registered and recognised political parties. Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S.S. Nijaar, constituting a bench of the apex court, in their majority judgment rejected the plea of a number of registered but unrecognised political parties for […] Read more » allocation of election symbols Justice Altamas Kabir Justice J. Chelameswar Justice S.S. Nijaar Supreme Court
Top Law News Right to fair trial can’t overshadow freedom of speech April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A person’s right to free and fair trial enjoys no primacy over the right to freedom of speech and expression of the media, senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the Supreme Court Tuesday. Fundamental rights could only be restricted by a legislation passed by parliament and no guidelines by the apex court could shrink them, Jethmalani […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice R.P. Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar right to freedom of speech and expression senior counsel Ram Jethmalani Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court to hear in July a 37-year-old case April 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said it would hear in July the petition by Ranjan Dwivedi – an accused in a bomb attack at then railway minister Lalit Narayan Mishra in 1975 – seeking quashing of charges and criminal proceedings against him, in a trial hanging for more than 37 years. An apex court bench of […] Read more » 37-year-old case Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu railway minister Lalit Narayan Mishra in 1975 Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court wants VIP quota for Haj to go April 16, 2012 / April 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday said that the VIP quota in Haj pilgrimage should not go on perpetually. An apex court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam said that the government has proposed a Haj quota of one plus nine for VIPs, but it should come down to one plus three and eventually should be […] Read more » Haj quota Justice Aftab Alam Supreme Court VIP quota
Criminal Law News Supreme Court slams misuse of leniency for minor accused April 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court slams misuse of leniency for minor accused No accused should be allowed to wrongly seek leniency under the guise of being a minor, the Supreme Court has said, slamming a trial court for allowing a rape accused to face a court for juvenile delinquents as there was ambiguity over his age in school records. The Supreme Court said the statutory protection provided […] Read more » Justice G.S. Misra Justice G.S. Singhvi legislation Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000 Rajasthan High Court Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court approves reclamation of Karnataka mines April 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday gave its nod to its central empowered committee’s plan for the reclamation and rehabilitation of the iron ore mines in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts of Karnataka. An apex court forest bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Swatanter Kumar, while accepting the recommendations of the CEC, […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice Aftab Alam Justice Swatanter Kumar Karnataka mines Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Supreme Court issues notice on review petition April 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice on the government’s plea seeking a review of its verdict cancelling 122 2G licenses and holding that an auction was the only route for disposing of natural resources. The Supreme Court, by its Feb 2 verdict, had also held that the policy of allocating 2G licenses on a first-come-first-served […] Read more » 2G case Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
Top Law News Gujarat seeks policy on staged shootout probes April 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government and the apex human rights panel on the Gujarat governments plea seeking directions to formulate a uniform policy for setting up an independent agency to probe alleged staged shootouts. The notice was issued to the National Human Rights Commission and all state governments and union […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai National Human Rights Commission probe alleged staged shootouts Supreme Court