Criminal Law News No CBI probe into Mumbai triple blasts: Supreme Court March 13, 2012 / March 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday rejected a plea seeking the transfer of investigations into the July 13, 2011 Mumbai triple blasts from the Maharashtra Police to the CBI. The petition was filed by Taquee Ahmed, whose brother Naquee Ahmed was arrested for the blasts, which killed 27 people and left 130 injured. An apex court bench […] Read more » Justice Altamas Kabir Justice S.S.Nijjar Mumbai triple blasts Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court notice on favours to Jaganmohan’s firms March 12, 2012 / March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on 26 government orders issued during the tenure of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajashekara Reddy to allegedly favour the business interests of his son, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, due to which he and others had amassed disproportionate assets. The notice was issued to the Central Bureau of […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajashekara Reddy Justice Dalveer Bhandari Supreme Court YS Jaganmohan Reddy
Top Law News Centre submits report on former chief justice Balakrishnan March 12, 2012 / March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The centre on Monday submitted to the Supreme Court the status report of the probe into allegations that close relatives of former chief justice KG Balakrishnan had amassed huge wealth during his tenure. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia was given the report in a sealed cover by Attorney General G […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia former chief justice KG Balakrishnan National Human Rights Commission Supreme Court
Top Law News Immediate reforms vital for cleansing public life March 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ridding the public domain of corruption and criminality may be a laudable goal, but it’s doubtful whether a Lokpal would succeed in reforming the system, a renowned engineer says. B. Rajaram, a former managing director of Konkan Railway, made these observations while drawing the attention of the Supreme Court and the Andhra Pradesh High Court […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Association for Democratic Reforms and Election Watch B. Rajaram a former managing director of Konkan Railway Supreme Court
High Profile Cases New bench of Supreme Court to hear 2G review plea March 4, 2012 / March 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government’s petition seeking a review of the Supreme Court verdict assailing the first come first served policy in the 2G case as flawed and instead favouring auction of the national resources to maximize the state’s revenues will be heard by a new bench. The new bench will have Justice GS Singhvi along with another […] Read more » 2G review plea Justice (retired) Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice GS Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News Government lacks will to tackle honour crimes: Jurist March 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court lawyer and women’s rights activist Kirti Singh Saturday said the government lacked the political will to tackle the issue of honour killings and claimed that a bill proposed by the government for criminalisation of honour killings was extremely limited. Speaking at the screening of film-maker Nakul Sawhney’s documentary on honour killings, “Izzatnagari ki […] Read more » All India Democratic Womens' Association (AIDWA) honour killings Supreme Court women's rights activist Kirti Singh
High Profile Cases SSTL files review petition in Supreme Court March 3, 2012 / March 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL), the joint venture between Russia’s Sistema and India-based Shyam Group, Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its order that quashed the firm’s 21 licences issued in 2008. “SSTL believes that the Supreme Court in its judgment has not considered several relevant submissions made by SSTL […] Read more » India-based Shyam Group Russia's Sistema Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court dismisses petition in Vodafone case March 2, 2012 / March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition by advocate M.L. Sharma as “irresponsible and scandalous” that alleged conflict of interest over the court’s verdict in the Rs.11,218 crore ($2.2 billion) tax dispute case of telecom firm Vodafone. Last month Sharma had alleged in a petition that Chief Justice S. H. Kapadia had not disclosed […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court tax dispute case of telecom firm Vodafone
Criminal Law News Supreme Court rejects Talwars plea to move trial to Delhi March 2, 2012 / March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed Rajesh and Nupur Talwar’s plea that the trial in their daughter Aarushi Talwar’s murder be transferred from the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ghaziabad to New Delhi. An apex bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and E.J.S. Khehar said the reason of inconvenience raised by the dentist couple […] Read more » Aarushi Talwar's murder E.J.S. Khehar Justices B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Review sought of ruling on public servant’s prosecution March 2, 2012 / March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking the review of its Jan 31 verdict, which held that the sanction for the prosecution of a public servant could be applied for even before a complaint is filed against him/her. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A. K.Ganguly (since retired) had, on their […] Read more » Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Government seeks time till March 2013 for 2G licence auction March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking time till March 2013 for auctioning the 2G licences and allocation of spectrum, cancelled by the apex court by its Feb 2 order. The application for clarificatory orders/direction has sought the court’s nod for conducting the auction of the cancelled 2G licences broadly in accordance […] Read more » 2G licence auction Central Government Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi spectrum allocation Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Deshmukh challenges ‘grave strictures’ in Supreme Court March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Cabinet Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the “extremely grave strictures” against him by the Bombay High Court, while quashing the allotment of land to film-maker Subhash Ghai’s production house for setting up a state-of-the-art film institute. The high court, in its Feb 9 verdict, quashed the joint venture agreement between […] Read more » Bombay High Court Film Corporation and Mukta Arts Supreme Court Union Cabinet Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh