Top Law News Three firms keen to beef up Supreme Court security March 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment At least three public sector undertakings have expressed interest in executing the Supreme Court’s plan to augment its security by putting up electric fencing along its boundary coupled with audio-visual control and alarm system, official sources said Saturday. The companies have responded to a notice inviting expression of interest floated by the apex court. Sources, […] Read more » audio-visual control Delhi High Court Supreme Court Supreme Court security
High Profile Cases 2G: Ravi Ruia, three others skip court again March 17, 2012 / March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Saturday exempted from personal appearance corporate honcho Ravi Ruia of the Essar group and three others from hearing of the 2G case. The matter has been listed for March 31. The defence counsel of Ravi Ruia, Anshuman Ruia, Loop Telecom promoters I.P. Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan, […] Read more » 2G case Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Supreme Court
High Profile Cases New Supreme Court bench to hear 2G case March 17, 2012 / March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A new special Supreme Court bench comprising Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Patnaik would hear all matters relating to the 2G case. “There is a direction that all 2G matters be taken up by by a special bench comprising me and Justice A.K. Patnaik,” Justice Singhvi told Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy when his […] Read more » 2G case Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Azad was killed in genuine shootout, CBI tells Supreme Court March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Friday told the Supreme Court that the 2010 gun battle in which Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and freelance journalist H.C. Pandey were killed was genuine. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said this in its final report submitted to the court on its investigation into the killing of Azad and Pandey. […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to examine validity of nuclear damages act March 16, 2012 / March 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said it would examine the constitutional validity of the civil liability for nuclear damages act 2010 wherein the maximum liability on the supplier and the operator of a nuclear power plant is pegged at Rs.15,000 crore ($2.9 billion). The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia issued notice to […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia nuclear damages act 2010 Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court to hear Nupur, Rajesh Tawlar’s review petition March 16, 2012 / March 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear in an open court a review plea by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar challenging its decision to allow their prosecution in the 2008 double murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. Usually review applications are disposed of without oral arguments but the court has made exception in this case. […] Read more » 2008 double murder of Aarushi and Hemraj Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court urges self-caution on exercising its powers March 16, 2012 / March 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has urged self-caution in exercising its inherent powers under Article 142 of the constitution and should take recourse to these only sparingly. “In other words, not that there is any restriction on the power or authority vested in the Supreme Court in exercising powers under Article 142 of the constitution, but that […] Read more » Article 142 of the constitution Justice Altamas Kabir Justice J. Chelameswar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases UP foodgrain scam: Supreme Court seeks CBI’s response March 15, 2012 / March 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to respond to a plea seeking lifting of curbs on a corruption case related to alleged diversion of foodgrain. The petition sought a vacation of partial stay imposed by the court in 2011 on an order by the Allahabad […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court UP foodgrain scam
Criminal Law News Rajesh Talwar to continue on bail March 14, 2012 / March 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hearing the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj murder case, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday allowed Rajesh Talwar to remain on bail. Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar had moved the Supreme Court seeking the transfer of trial on the grounds of their personal security, and that a large number of witnesses in the […] Read more » Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj murder case Rajesh Talwar Supreme Court
Top Law News India has four lakh men who have sex with men March 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there were four lakh men who have sex with men (MSM) in India and face a high risk of AIDS. A rough estimate of high-risk MSM who could be infected with HIV was between 28,000-31,000, the health and family welfare ministry told the court. In an affidavit […] Read more » AIDS Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya men sex with men Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Breather for Kripashankar: Supreme Court stays attachment order March 14, 2012 / March 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a breather for Maharashtra Congress leader Kripashankar Singh, the Supreme Court Tuesday stayed a Bombay High Court order attaching movable and immovable properties belonging to him and his family members in an illegal assets case. An apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Anil R. Dave directed Kripashankar Singh and his family […] Read more » Bombay High Court Breather for Kripashankar Justice Anil R. Dave Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Excess spectrum allocation: Supreme Court notice on plea for recovering charges March 13, 2012 / March 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking the transfer of a petition from the Delhi High Court to the apex court for making service providers pay for the excess spectrum allocated to them. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya issued the notice – also […] Read more » Excess spectrum allocation Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI