High Profile Cases Approach trial court for bail: Supreme Court to Andhra official April 3, 2012 / April 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to grant bail to Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi, allegedly involved in the Obulapuram mining scam, saying she should approach the trial court for this. The apex court said she should approach the trial court as a supplementary chargesheet against her has already been filed. “When the chargesheet is […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu Obulapuram mining scam Supreme Court
Top Law News Don’t turn to us for everything, Supreme Court tells government April 3, 2012 / April 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday slammed the tendency of government departments to seeks its decision before acting when confronted with a contentious situation. “Everyone wants the decision of the court be it army, minister of defence or the home ministry. They want the stamp of this court,” said a bench of Justice B.S.Chauhan and Justice Swatanter […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court United Liberation Front of Asom
Top Law News Supreme Court issues notice on sterilization April 3, 2012 / April 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and all state governments on a petition seeking that sterilization should be done only by trained doctors in proper hospitals. Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale issued notice on senior counsel Collin Gonsalves’ petition which alleged that NGOs were carrying out sterlization in the most […] Read more » Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha sterilization Supreme Court
Top Law News With new judge, Supreme Court has 26 judges April 2, 2012 / April 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Mohamad Ibrahim Khalifullah was on Monday sworn-in as a judge of the Supreme Court, taking the strength of the apex court to 26 judges. He was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice SH Kapadia. Before his elevation to the apex court, Justice Khalifullah was chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia Justice Khalifullah Justice Mohamad Ibrahim Khalifullah Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court decries abuse of court process by criminals April 2, 2012 / April 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Haryana-based black-marketeer sentenced to a one-year jail term kept filing petitions in various courts for over 12 years to delay his surrender. The Supreme Court, while dismissing the man’s petition, voiced anguish at criminals repeatedly approaching courts by moving “misconceived and untenable” petitions to frustrate the course of justice, and even succeeding on some […] Read more » criminals Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice J.S. Khehar Supreme Court
Criminal Law News 19 cops given life in staged shootout case after 20 years March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As many as 19 policemen were sentenced by a CBI court here Thursday to life imprisonment in the case of killing of a gurdwara sewadar in a staged shootout in 1992. Seventeen of the cops will serve the sentence since two have already died of natural causes. The case goes back to 1992, when the […] Read more » CBI court killing of a gurdwara sewadar shootout in 1992 Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court to examine opening of Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple vault March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court to examine opening of Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple vault The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine a plea for opening of “vault B” of the famed Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple as sought by an expert committee to further strengthen the security apparatus around the purported massive wealth stored in it. A bench of justices R M Lodha and A K Patnaik said it will […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.M. Lodha Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court slams Punjab government for ‘drama’ in Rajoana case March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday criticized the Punjab government for enacting a “drama” to frustrate the execution of death sentence awarded to Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana in the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya observed: “We would have liked […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Rajoana case Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court wants balanced reporting of court proceedings March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday advocated balanced reporting of court proceedings, saying reports need to carry views of both sides. “My personal view is that if the views of both the sides are covered, particularly when one’s reputation is involved, then many of these problems would not arise,” Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said. He was hearing […] Read more » balanced reporting of court proceedings Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia D.K. Jain judge J.S. Khehar judge Ranjana Prakash Desai judge S.S. Nijjar Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Centre stays Rajoana hanging: Badal March 29, 2012 / March 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Wednesday stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana for the Aug 31, 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. The execution was scheduled Saturday. This was revealed by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal here after their meeting with President […] Read more » 1995 assassination Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Supreme Court
Top Law News Cannot ban news as it is perishable : Supreme Court March 29, 2012 / March 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As Supreme Court Wednesday explored the option of postponing the publication of court proceedings in sensitive matters, including criminal cases, it was told that news was a perishable commodity which lost its value, if banned. “We are not banning but are invoking the doctrine of postponement. It is a question of the timing” of the […] Read more » Chief Justice Kapadia Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice R.P. Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar postponing the publication of court Supreme Court
Top Law News Can Rama Sethu be made national monument, asks Supreme Court March 28, 2012 / March 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government to make its stand clear on whether the ancient Rama Sethu could be declared as a national monument. A bench headed by Justice HL Dattu granted a day’s time to Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Haren Raval to take instructions from the relevant government departments on the issue […] Read more » Justice HL Dattu national monument Rama Sethu Supreme Court