Criminal Law News Supreme Court notice to Kerala Police on Italian ship April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to authorities in Kerala on a petition filed by MT Enrica Lexie — the Italian ship anchored in the high seas off the Indian coast for about two months since its involvement in the killing of two Kerala fishermen — challenging a Kerala High Court order refusing to […] Read more » advocate K K Venugopal Italian ship Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court breather for Madhur Bhandarkar April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday stayed criminal proceedings against filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar in a rape charge levelled against him by actress Priti Jain. While staying the proceedings, an apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice C. K. Prasad issued notice to the Maharashtra government and Jain on Bhandarkar’s plea seeking that the case against […] Read more » actress Preeti Jain Bombay High Court filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court
Criminal Law News 23 convicted, 23 acquitted for Gujarat riots massacre April 9, 2012 / April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court in Anand on Monday convicted 23 people and acquitted as many others for want of evidence in connection with the Ode village massacre in 2002 post-Godhra riots. The verdict was delivered by the district and sessions court Judge Poonam Singh. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence later. The riot case […] Read more » advocate C K Patel Gujarat riots massacre Judge Poonam Singh Special Investigation Team Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court grants bail to Pakistani doctor Chisty April 9, 2012 / April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court has granted interim bail to 80-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chisti during the pendency of his appeal against Rajasthan high court order upholding his conviction in a murder case. Dr Chisti had applied for bail on the ground that he is 80 years old and has already been in prison for the last 20 […] Read more » Home Minister P. Chidambaram murder in Ajmer in 1992 Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chisti Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Pakistanis urge India to free aged prisoner Chishti April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani officials Sunday urged India to set free an 80-year-old virologist, Khalil Chishty, who is serving life imprisonment in an Ajmer jail with his appeal pending in the Supreme Court. Sources said the issue of the ailing Pakistani prisoner figured at the luncheon meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Asif Ali Zardari. The […] Read more » Ajmer jail Indian counterpart P. Chidambaram Supreme Court virologist Khalil Chishty
High Profile Cases Ghai land allotment row: BJP says Deshmukh must quit April 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thursday sought union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s resignation following the Supreme Court’s observation that land allotment to filmmaker Subhash Ghai in Maharashtra for his film academy during Deshmukh’s term as chief minister was not transparent. “The way in which he had allotted land for a media baron, which was stuck down by the high court and […] Read more » Bombay High Court Comptroller and Auditor General Filmmaker Subhash Ghai Ghai land allotment row Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Supreme Court to hear government’s plea April 13 April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear on April 13 the government’s plea seeking a review of its February 2 verdict cancelling 123 2G licences granted in 2008, holding that the first come, first served policy was flawed and that natural resources should only be auctioned. While directing the listing of the government’s plea seeking review of […] Read more » 2G Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Chidambaram overruled officials on 2G : Supreme Court April 5, 2012 / April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Wednesday that Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in his earlier capacity of finance minister, overruled officials who favoured an upward revision of the 2G telecom licence fee in 2008. The officials maintained that either 2G licences should be auctioned or there should be an upward revision in their prices and they […] Read more » 2G licences Home Minister P. Chidambaram Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Setback for Ghai in land allocation row April 5, 2012 / April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to filmmaker Subhash Ghai, the Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed an appeal by his Mukta Arts Ltd challenging a Bombay High Court verdict cancelling the allotment of 20 acres of land in Goregaon for his film academy. An apex court bench headed by H.L. Dattu, while dismissing the petition, said the application on […] Read more » Bombay High Court Filmmaker Subhash Ghai land allocation row Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Apex court examines review petitions April 4, 2012 / April 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday examined the petitions of the central government, former communications minister A. Raja and seven telecom companies seeking a review of its verdict quashing 122 licences for 2G mobile phone services issued in 2008. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan examined the review petitions in the […] Read more » 2G former communications minister A. Raja Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court can’t regulate reporting of cases April 4, 2012 / April 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court is not empowered to frame guidelines on media reporting of cases and anyone fearing denial of a fair trial due to news coverage of the proceedings could move a petition to seek preventive relief, a senior lawyer contended Tuesday. Senior counsel Rajiv Dhawan was appearing for the Editors Guild of India. The […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice R.P. Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court calls for files of 18 mercy pleas April 4, 2012 / April 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday called for the original files of 18 mercy petitions, including that of the 2001 parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru, pending before the president for conversion of the death penalty to a life term. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya directed the Additional Solicitor General Harin […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy pleas Supreme Court