Criminal Law News Supreme Court allows Bengal to withdraw Nandigram plea February 25, 2012 / February 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Decks were cleared for action against police personnel involved in the March 2007 Nandigram firing as the Supreme Court Friday permitted the West Bengal government to withdraw its appeal against a Calcutta High Court order holding the police action unwarranted. The state was permitted to withdrew the appeal that was filed during the tenure of […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Justice C.K. Prasad March 2007 Nandigram firing Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Gujarat appointee for shootout probe monitoring rejected February 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme court Friday refused to accept the Gujarat government’s appointee to head the monitoring authority which would have overseen a probe into 22 alleged staged shootouts that took place in the state between 2002 and 2006. The Gujarat government Thursday appointed Justice (retd.) K.R. Vyas to head the monitoring authority after Justice M.B. Shah […] Read more » Justice (retd.) K.R. Vyas Justice M.B. Shah lyricist writer Javed Akthar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: CBI given time to reply on Chandolia’s appeal in Supreme Court February 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday granted time to the CBI to file its reply to an appeal by 2G case accused R.K. Chandolia, a former aide of ex-telecom minister A. Raja, challenging the Delhi High Court order that put his bail on hold. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was also granted time to file its […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam Delhi High Court Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Swamy moves Supreme Court to make Chidambaram an accused February 24, 2012 / February 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Special CBI court’s verdict rejecting his plea to make Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram an accused in the 2G scam. Swamy contended that as complainant, all that was required at this initial stage of the proceedings was to make a prima facie case […] Read more » 2G scam Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
Criminal Law News Supreme Court cautions police, stir organisers February 24, 2012 / February 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said that the law enforcing agencies should give reasonable notice and time to organisers of agitations to comply with their orders, while the protestors too have the duty to maintain order. The directions issued by the apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said “except in cases […] Read more » Baba Ramdev Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Activists slam government’s stand on gay sex February 24, 2012 / February 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The union home ministry’s opposition in the Supreme Court Thursday to decriminalising gay sex has drawn flak from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) activists who said the move is “irresponsible and illogical”. “I think it is irresponsible, illogical to come up with such opinions at this time. The ministry is ignoring what the Delhi […] Read more » homosexuality Section 377 Supreme Court union home ministry
Criminal Law News Mumbai terror attack footage to be screened in Supreme Court February 23, 2012 / February 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday would hear the intercepted conversation between the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes and their handlers based in Pakistan. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and C K Prasad decided to hear the recorded talks between the 10 terrorists and their bosses in Pakistan after the Maharashtra government claimed […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Mumbai terror attack Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court asks states for details of pending mercy pleas February 22, 2012 / February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The supreme court here Wednesday directed the home secretaries of all states to send all records pertaining to the pending mercy petitions to the union home secretary. The court directed that these records should be sent through special messengers within three days. The apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi gave this direction after […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi mercy petitions to the union home secretary Supreme Court union home secretary
High Profile Cases Notice to Bihar on new norms for MP’s development funds February 22, 2012 / February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Bihar government on a petition challenging its decision to frame different guidelines for implementing the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). A bench of Justice D.K. Jain and Justice Anil R. Dave issued notice on a public suit by Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad, a Lok Sabha […] Read more » Justice Anil R. Dave Justice D.K. Jain Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court pulls up Modi on FIR against activist February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up the Gujarat government for filing a frivolous FIR against social activist Teesta Setalvad in connection with the 2002 Gujarat Riots case involving the digging up of unidentified bodies buried at Lunawada in Gujarat. The apex court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam told counsel for the Gujarat government that […] Read more » 2002 Gujarat Riots case Justice Aftab Alam Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court issues notice to Jayalalithaa February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a CBI petition challenging the quashing of its FIRs and chargesheets by the Madras High Court in a case against her under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The apex court bench issued the notice after the CBI told it that there […] Read more » Madras High Court Prevention of Corruption Act Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
Criminal Law News Reply to Aarushi parents’ plea, Supreme Court tells CBI February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the CBI to file its reply on the plea by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking a transfer of the trial in their daughter Aarushi’s 2008 murder from a Ghaziabad special CBI court to New Delhi. The apex court bench headed by Justice B.S. Chauhan has asked the Central Bureau of […] Read more » Aarushi's 2008 murder Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court