Top Law News Mangalore crash: Supreme Court notice on Rs.75 lakh compensation January 3, 2012 / January 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the central government and Air India on a petition seeking a minimum compensation of Rs75 lakh each for the 158 passengers killed in the May 2010 air crash in Mangalore. An apex court bench issued the notice after senior counsel Harish Salve appearing for petitioner S […] Read more » Mangalore crash senior counsel Harish Salve Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court notice to Chhattisgarh on judges’ appointment January 3, 2012 / January 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notices to the central and Chhattisgarh governments on a plea seeking an independent inquiry into the alleged lapses in selection of civil judges in the state in 2008. The petition, moved by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), sought court monitoring of the probe by an independent agency. The […] Read more » Chhattisgarh on judges' appointment Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Supreme court notice to CBI on Behura’s bail January 2, 2012 / January 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a bail plea by former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, accused in the multi-crore 2G spectrum scam. An apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi issued notice on Behura’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court order by which his petition for […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court spared neither holy cows, nor corrupt in 2011 December 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It was a year of judicial activism as the Supreme Court was in 2011 called on to adjudicate on a wide swathe of issues ranging from governance, to graft, to police high-handedness. In the process it was as harsh on the corrupt as on holy cows — and even cautioned judges to stay within the […] Read more » holy cows Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News 56,383 cases pending in Supreme Court December 20, 2011 / December 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Inadequate number of judges and delay in filling vacancies were among the various reasons responsible for the large number of pending cases in courts, including 56,383 cases in the Supreme Court, law and justice minister Salman Khurshid said Monday. The minister told the Rajya Sabha in reply to a written question that till Oct 31, […] Read more » 56383 cases pending in Supreme Court law and justice minister Salman Khurshid Supreme Court
Top Law News Lack of Judges, Adjournments Delaying Justice: Experts December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Lack of Judges, Adjournments Delaying Justice: Experts The Supreme Court’s desire to know how a railway minister’s assassination case has dragged on for 37 years has again brought into sharp focus delays in the justice system. Legal experts blame the state of affairs on a low judge-population ratio, frequent adjournments as well as transfer of cases. Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, in his […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia High Court judge Rupinder Singh Sodhi low judge-population ratio Supreme Court
Top Law News Supeme court declines order on national medical entrance test December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined to pass an order on the central government’s plea seeking amendment of the Medical Council of India’s December 2010 notification to hold a National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate medical courses from academic year 2013-14 instead of 2012-13. Apparently not pleased with the latest position of the central government, a […] Read more » Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu national medical entrance test Supreme Court
High Profile Cases ‘Police crackdown on Ramdev was decided in advance’ December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Friday that the Delhi Police operation for evicting yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters from Ramlila ground on the night of June 4/5 was taken in advance at the instance of Home Minister P. Chidambram. ‘They did to Baba Ramdev exactly what they did to Anna Hazare two months […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court yoga guru Baba Ramdev
Top Law News Supreme court judge recuses himself from hearing PIL on army chief’s age December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Justice T.S. Thakur Friday recused himself from hearing a petition seeking the quashing of the defence ministry’s July 21, 2011 order fixing Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh’s date of birth as May 10, 1950. As a consequence of this order, the army chief will retire a year earlier than he would have […] Read more » judge Justice T.S. Thakur Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Will protect Mullaperiyar dam, Kerala assures Supreme Court December 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kerala Thursday assured the Supreme Court that it would protect the Mullaperiyar Dam from any attacks by protestors while Tamil Nadu opposed Kerala’s suggestion for convening of a meeting of the two states by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the resolution of the dispute. On Tamil Nadu’s plea seeking central security for the dam, the […] Read more » Kerala’s senior counsel Harish Salve Mullaperiyar Dam Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court Notice to CBI in Minister’s Killing December 15, 2011 / December 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the CBI on a petition by accused Ranjan Dwivedi in late railway minister L.M. Mishra bomb attack case seeking quashing of charges and criminal proceedings. An apex court bench headed by Justice H.L. Dattu, while issuing the notice, asked: “Why this matter is taking so long.” “We want […] Read more » Justice H.L. Dattu railway minister L.M. Mishra bomb attack case Supreme Court
Top Law News Mullaperiyar Dam: Supreme Court seeks centre’s response December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the central government to respond to the Tamil Nadu government’s plea seeking deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for the security of the Mullaperiyar Dam. A constitution bench of the apex court headed by Justice D.K. Jain asked the central government to get back to the court […] Read more » Justice D.K. Jain Mullaperiyar Dam Supreme Court