Top Law News Supreme Court assails state’s neutrality on gay sex March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday assailed the “new phenomenon” of the government not taking any position on the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalizing consensual gay sex. A bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice S.J.Mukhopadhaya said: “It is a new phenomenon. The state says we are neutral. He (Additional Solicitor General Mohan Jain) says that he has […] Read more » gay sex Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Don’t deprive Pakistani prisoners of rights, dignity: Supreme Court February 29, 2012 / February 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Don’t deprive Pakistani prisoners of rights, dignity: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Tuesday said that Pakistani nationals who are languishing in Indian jails long after completing their jail sentences could not be deprived of their dignity and rights, and can no longer be considered prisoners. A bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.R. Gokhale said this after the central government informed it that […] Read more » Justice H.R. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Pakistani prisoners Supreme Court
Top Law News “Married but not legally wed” – A Book for Rights of Woman February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment 29 feb, New Delhi: A book on laws for protection of women against violence “Married but not legally wed” written by Dr. Charu Walikhanna & Jyotika kalra is released in Krishn Menon Bhawan at 4:00 pm.The venue is in front of Supreme Court. The book is released by Speaker of Lok Sabha Mrs.Meera Kumar and […] Read more » “Married but not legally wed” A Book for Rights of Woman Domestic Violence Act 2005 Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court rebuffs government for flip-flop on homosexuality February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday rebuffed an attempt by the government to distance itself from submissions made by Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra that homosexuality was immoral. An apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and S.J. Mukhopadhyay said it could not accept new submissions of the government that there was nothing wrong with a Delhi […] Read more » homosexuality Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay Section 377 Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Ex-judge could head shoot-out probe panel : Supreme Court February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After rejecting the Gujarat government’s appointee to monitor the probe into 22 alleged staged shoot-out cases, the Supreme Court Monday suggested the name of a former apex court judge to head the committee. However, a bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai adjourned the matter till Friday after Gujarat’s Additional Advocate General […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice M.B. Shah Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai shoot-out cases Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court reserves verdict on Talwars’ trial transfer plea February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday reserved its verdict on the plea by dentist couple Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar for transfer of trial in their daughter Aarushi’s murder case from the special CBI court in Ghaziabad to Delhi. A bench of Justice B.S.Chauhan and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, while reserving the order, directed the trial court […] Read more » Aarushi’s murder case Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear PIL against Cairn-Vedanta deal February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear March 2 a suit that wants the acquisition of Cairn India, the nation’s biggest onshore oil deposit, by Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Resources declared invalid. A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the apex court Monday seeking invalidation of the government approval for the Cairn Energy-Vedanta deal under which Vedanta […] Read more » Cairn-Vedanta deal public interest litigation Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court defers till March 2 hearing in Gujarat fake encounters February 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today adjourned till March 2 the hearing of the two petitions seeking CBI probe into fake encounters in Gujarat. A bench comprising Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai had earlier directed the CBI to investigate all the 22 fake encounters which took place in Gujarat between 2002 to 2006. On the last date of hearing, the Supreme Court had […] Read more » Gujarat fake encounters Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai lyricist Javed Akhtar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Mullaperiyar panel gets two-month extension February 27, 2012 / February 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday gave two more months to an expert commitee headed by former chief justice of India A.S. Anand to submit its report on the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala. A five-judge bench headed by Justice G.K. Jain accepted the request by the committee for two more months time to submit […] Read more » former chief justice of India A.S. Anand Justice G.K. Jain Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court nod on river interlinking February 27, 2012 / February 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today gave the green signal for implementing the ambitious project to interlink India’s rivers, saying it was in national interest. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia also constituted a high-powered committee headed by the water resources minister to work out the roadmap for the project. The court said that […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia interlink India's rivers Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Another NGO accuses Assam government of ‘negligence’ February 26, 2012 / February 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Another non-governmental organisation (NGO) Saturday alleged that starvation had led to the deaths of 12 persons in the Bhuban Valley tea estate in Assam’s Barak Valley region, and that the state government had turned a blind eye to the whole matter. The Peoples’ Rights Forum (PRF) presented to the media their survey report on the […] Read more » Bhuban Valley tea estate in Assam's Barak Valley region non-governmental organisation (NGO) Peoples' Rights Forum Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court pulls up government for bureaucratic delays February 25, 2012 / February 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday censured the government for procedural delays and red tape even for challenging an adverse verdict against it by a lower court. The apex court said the government cannot cite administrative inertia as a reason for any delay and dismissed an appeal by the department of posts, challenging a 2009 judgement of […] Read more » Justice J. Chelameswar Justice P.Sathasivan procedural delays Supreme Court