Top Law News In intercaste marriage, facts decide offspring’s status: Supreme Court January 19, 2012 / January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the determination of caste of a person born of a marriage between a tribal and a non-tribal cannot be determined in complete disregard of attending facts of the case. In such a marriage, there may be a presumption that the child has the caste of the father. This presumption […] Read more » intercaste marriage Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Gujarat to move Supreme Court against Lokayukta’s appointment January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat government Wednesday said it will approach the Supreme Court against the high court order upholding the appointment of R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta or ombudsman by Governor Kamla Beniwal. “The way forward is to study the judgment and after having the competent legal advice we shall challenge it before the honourable apex court […] Read more » Gujarat government spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas Gujarat High Court R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Khurshid remark no interference in 2G case : Supreme Court January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Tuesday described as “baseless” the allegation that Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid’s opinion on a service provider facing trial in the 2G case amounted to giving it a clean chit and weakened the prosecution case against it. “The applicants’ plea that interference of an influential minister is evident, is baseless,” said an […] Read more » 2G case law and justice minister Salman Khurshid Supreme Court
Top Law News Court tells Sterlite to seek licence from pollution board January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Sterlite Industries to apply afresh to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for the renewal of its licence to run its Tuticorin copper smelting plant. The plea would be decided after an inquiry by the board in accordance with pollution control laws, the court said. The apex court bench […] Read more » Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board
High Profile Cases Army chief’s age row: Govt moves in Supreme Court January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The battle between chief of the Indian Army General VK Singh and the government over his age is moving at rapid-fire speed. The Prime Minister met Defence Minister AK Antony today as the government prepped the ground for its defense in the Supreme Court, where it will maintain that it has to treat 1950 as […] Read more » Army chief's age row Defence Minister AK Antony Indian Army General VK Singh Supreme Court
Top Law News Rajasekhara Reddy’s widow withdraws plea from Supreme Court January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s widow Y.S. Vijaya Monday withdrew from the Supreme Court her petition imputing bias to the Andhra Pradesh High Court in an illegal assets’ case involving politicians. The apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice T.S. Thakur asked senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for Vijaya, […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice T.S. Thakur Rajasekhara Reddy's widow Y.S. Vijaya Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Chidambaram had no role in eviction of Ramdev, Centre tells Supreme Court January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre on Monday denied in the Supreme Court that Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram gave instructions to the Delhi Police for evicting yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila grounds on June 4, 2011. Solicitor-General Rohinton Nariman made this submission before a Bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar, hearing […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
High Profile Cases Ayodhya case: Advani, others oppose CBI plea January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and his colleagues accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case have told the Supreme Court that a CBI plea that challenged the quashing of conspiracy charges against them amounted to abuse of process of law. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has challenged an Allahabad High Court […] Read more » Ayodhya case Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court
Top Law News Circumstantial evidence should be conclusive: Supreme Court January 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman found murdered, her jewellery gone missing and her two neighbours arrested after their “confession” — what the Kerala Police built as an open-and-shut case was torn apart by the Supreme Court, which maintained that circumstantial evidence should leave absolutely no room for doubt. “In a case resting on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution […] Read more » Circumstantial evidence should be conclusive Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court pulls up Tamil Nadu on film ban January 14, 2012 / January 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday slammed the Tamil Nadu government for banning the screening of film ‘Dam 999’, saying that “when the whole country has one constitution, your state can`t have a separate constitution”. A bench of Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly and Justice J.S. Khehar asked the state`s Additional Advocate General Guru Krishna Kumar how the […] Read more » film ‘Dam 999’ Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice J.S. Khehar Supreme Court
Top Law News Courts can’t decide poll dates: Supreme Court January 13, 2012 / January 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday declined to interfere in the conduct of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, dismissing a petition seeking rescheduling of elections in the two states. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia said it was not for the court to decide on the election schedule. Petitioner C […] Read more » Central Board of Secondary Education Chief Justice SH Kapadia Supreme Court
Top Law News Three year jail for Mumbai hit-and-run convict: Supreme Court January 13, 2012 / January 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Over five years after Alistair Pereira, driving under the influence of alcohol, ran over 15 labourers sleeping on a Mumbai pavement killing seven of them, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Bombay High Court verdict awarding him a three-year jail sentence. The apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice J.S. Khehar cancelled […] Read more » jail for Mumbai hit-and-run convict Justice J.S. Khehar Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court