Top Law News Paying minimum wages in rural job scheme: Supreme Court January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday reminded the central government that the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was a socially beneficial legislation and the government could not be seen as being reluctant in releasing funds for the scheme. “It’s (MGNREGA) a piece of beneficial legislation. You should give it yourself instead of being seen […] Read more » Justice Cyriac Joesph Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Karnataka High Court Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Supreme Court
Criminal Law News CBI told to complete probe into Azad’s killing by March 12 January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete by March 12 its probe into the death of Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and freelance journalist Hem Chandra Pandey in 2010. A bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai granted time till March 12 even though the […] Read more » freelance journalist Hem Chandra Pandey Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Sikkim notification on corruption probes by CBI challenged January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Sikkim notification on corruption probes by CBI challenged The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and Sikkim governments and the CBI on a plea seeking the quashing of a notification requiring prior sanction of the state government for probing complaints of corruption against its functionaries and employees. A bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale issued notice on a […] Read more » Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Sikkim notification Supreme Court
Environment Law News Green tribunal to hear plea against new Hindon river bridge January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has told a petitioner to move the National Green Tribunal over his allegation of an environmental threat from a proposed bridge over the Hindon river in Ghaziabad, a lawyer said Monday. The plea may come up before the tribunal Feb 14. Vikrant Sharma withdrew the petition, filed on behalf of the Rashtriya […] Read more » Hindon river bridge Karhera bridge National Green Tribunal Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Iskcon factions in court battle over Krishna temple January 23, 2012 / January 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After winning a ‘ban Gita’ petition in a Rusian court, two sets of Iskcon followers are now bracing for a turf war before the Supreme Court of India to determine who owns the imposing, multi-crore temple complex on Hare Krishna Hill in Bengaluru. The Supreme Court has been asked to decide if the temple complex […] Read more » Iskcon factions Karnataka High Court Krishna temple Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Construction near monuments in public interest only: Supreme Court January 23, 2012 / January 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that construction of buildings in the vicinity of a protected monument could only be permitted in “exceptional” circumstances if public interest was involved. The court said renovation of existing buildings near monuments only meant repair and not razing them and putting up new ones. The permission to construct buildings in […] Read more » Construction near monuments Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court reserves verdict on police action on Ramdev January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on the Delhi Police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters at Ramlila ground last year, and asked police to immediately arrange the viewing of the CCTV camera footage and the CD on the episode. The apex court bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice […] Read more » Justice BS Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court yoga guru Baba Ramdev
High Profile Cases Vodafone needn’t pay tax for Hutch acquisition: Supreme Court January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday set aside the Bombay High Court order directing Vodafone to pay a tax of Rs.11,218 crore ($2.5 billion) for acquiring the operations of Hutch Essar in 2007. Delivering a majority judgment, Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said Indian tax authorities have no jurisdiction over the transactions carried out abroad. He said for […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court Vodafone
High Profile Cases Supreme Court rejects plea on army chief’s age January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Supreme court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar said: “In our view, the writ petition of the Grenadiers Association (Rohtak Chapter) is not maintainable”, as the date of birth of an individual could not be decided by an association taking recourse to the PIL route. The court […] Read more » army chief's age Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Law panel study on backlog of cases sought January 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Law panel study on backlog of cases sought The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will ask the Law Commission to undertake a study on the additional courts and judges needed in lower judiciary to tackle piled up cases. The government assured the court that it will “request the Law Commission to consider and convey to the government … its recommendations […] Read more » Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice T.S. Thakur Law panel study on backlog of cases Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Gujarat Govt moves Supreme Court on Lokayukta issue January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat Government on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging the state High Court order upholding the appointment of Justice R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta by the governor. The Gujarat High Court had on Wednesday upheld the appointment of Justice (Retd) Mehta as the Lokayukta while sharply criticising Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his “pranks” […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Justice J.R. Vora Justice R.A. Mehta Justice V.M. Sahai Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court stays bar association resolution on membership January 19, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday stayed a resolution of its bar association that sought to overcome an apex court verdict restricting its membership to control bogus voting in its election. An apex court bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir stayed the resolution till Friday when it will take up the matter for hearing. The resolution, passed […] Read more » bar association resolution on membership Justice Altamas Kabir Supreme Court