Top Law News Supreme Court permits export of endosulfan formulation December 13, 2011 / December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the export of over 2,500 kl of endosulfan formulation, used for the manufacture of the pesticide, lying with different companies. An apex court bench headed by chief justice SH Kapadia, while permitting the export, said the same would be channelised through public sector undertaking Hindustan Insecticides Ltd. The court […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia endosulfan formulation Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court gives bail to suspended Gujarat bureaucrat December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday granted bail to suspended Gujarat Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pradip Sharma, who is in jail for alleged involvement in a land scam. An apex court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam granted bail after Sharma filed an undertaking that he would make himself available for trial as and when called […] Read more » IAS officer Pradip Sharma Justice Aftab Alam Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court to hear plea linked to Manipur blockade December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking directions to the central and Manipur governments to prevent a repeat of the just-concluded over three-month blockade of the national highway running through the state. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said it would hear the plea Tuesday along […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court three-month blockade of the national highway of Manipur
Top Law News Bhopal hospital staff seek pay hike, government gets notice December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government for its response to the demand by a Bhopal hospital’s staff for wage hike and parity with employees of other federal government hospitals. Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre’s workers are demanding pay scales as per the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for the central government employees. The […] Read more » Bhopal hospital staff seek pay hike Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Form South Asian Human Rights Commission: Ganguly December 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly has called a South Asian Human Rights Commission. Speaking here on Human Rights Day Saturday, he said that India had the “inescapable responsibility” to set up a Human Rights Convention for SAARC nations and therefore must take the lead. Delivering an address at at event organised by the O.P. Jindal […] Read more » Form South Asian Human Rights Commission judge A.K. Ganguly Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Dead Man Alive: Supreme Court Asks Jhansi Court to Probe December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two step brothers had similar names and one of them was allegedly murdered 11 years ago. The three men convicted for the crime have told the supreme court they were falsely implicated and given life imprisonment in the murder that never was as the brother is actually alive. The apex court Friday directed a Jhansi court […] Read more » Jhansi Court Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
Top Law News Look into nurses’ grievance, supreme court tells government December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to look into the nurses’ grievance that private hospitals were retaining their original professional certificates, thereby thwarting their chances of exploring better employment opportunities. A bench of Chief Justice S.H.Kapadia, Justice A.K.Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar asked Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerji to look into the matter […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Why security for those who don’t deserve: Supreme Court December 9, 2011 / December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Why security for those who don’t deserve: Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over the taxpayers’ money spent on providing security to people who don’t deserve it. An apex court bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi observed: “How much we are spending on the security of the people who don’t deserve it?” The court made the observation while hearing a petition […] Read more » Justice GS Singhvi Supreme Court Why security for those who don't deserve
Top Law News Gujarat officer facing land scam probe may get bail December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday indicated that it may grant bail to Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service officer Pradip Sharma, currently in Bhuj jail for his alleged involvement in a land scam. The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.P. Desai asked Sharma to give an undertaking that he would appear before the […] Read more » Gujarat officer facing land scam Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court wants just relief to road accident victims December 9, 2011 / December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday awarded a compensation of nearly Rs.11 lakh, including interest, to the parents of a man who died in a road accident in Tamil Nadu in 1999 and emphasised on giving just relief to victims of such incidents. Anbu alias Anbarasu died in an accident on Perunduri Road of Erode district in […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya relief to road accident victims Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court Stays Goa Information Panel Order December 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday stayed all proceedings arising out of a notice by the Goa information commissioner asking the governor’s office to furnish all the reports it had sent to the president during the political turmoil in the state in 2007. The apex court bench headed by Justice Balveer Bhandari issued notice saying that some […] Read more » Bombay High Court Goa Information Panel Order Justice Balveer Bhandari Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme court quashes order for CBI probe against Punjab officer December 7, 2011 / December 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday quashed a Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing a CBI probe into the alleged involvement of senior IPS officer of Punjab in the killing of Balwant Singh Bhullar and Balwant Singh Multani during the period of Sikh insurgency in the state. An apex court bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice B.S. Chauhan Punjab and Haryana High Court Supreme Court