Intellectual Property News Review law on property rights: Supreme Court October 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said that parliament may consider abolishing or amending a law that enables a trespasser take the title of a building or land from the true owner in certain conditions. An apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma noted that people were often astonished to learn that […] Read more » Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma law on property rights Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Chidambaram favoured 2G auction, CBI tells Supreme court September 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Chidambaram favoured 2G auction, CBI tells Supreme court The CBI on Thursday strongly defended home minister P Chidambaram, saying that the finance ministry under him had consistently favoured “auction and indexisation” of 2G spectrum price. An apex court bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice AK Ganguly was told that the “finance ministry took a consistent stand and never deviated from its position […] Read more » 2G auction A. Raja CBI CBI senior counsel KK Venugopal P. Chidambaram Supreme Court
Top Law News CBI shielding Chidambaram, petitioner tells Supreme court September 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was Wednesday told that the probe into the 2G scam by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was ‘less than honest’ as it failed to examine the role of the then finance minister and present Home Minister P. Chidambaram over the fixing of spectrum price. The Centre for Public Interest Litigation […] Read more » Attorney General G. Vahanvati CBI CBI shielding Chidambaram Chidambaram counsel Prashant Bhushan CPIL Deputy Director P.G.S. Rao Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News Probe against Maran over, CBI tells Supreme court September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till tomorrow hearing on a petition by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy seeking a probe against Home Minister P Chidambaram for his role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The apex court asked for all documents pertaining to the then finance secretary Subba Rao to be submitted before […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam A. Raja CBI CBI Special Judge OP Saini Dayanidhi Maran justice AK Ganguly Justice GS Singhvi P. Chidambaram Senior counsel KK Venugopal Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
Top Law News No political influence in commutation of death: Apex Court September 28, 2011 / September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said it will decide on pleas for commuting death sentences to life imprisonment on the grounds of delay purely on the basis of law without being influenced by politics. “If there are 20 people sentenced to death, then … some must have the support of some group or other… some […] Read more » commutation of death Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya No political influence Supreme Court
Top Law News Gujarat minister headed ‘crime syndicate’, Supreme Court told September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday told the Supreme Court that former Gujarat minister Amit Shah was the ‘commander of crime syndicate with some officials of state police as its foot soldiers’ who would eliminate crucial witnesses in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout. The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Vivek Tankha CBI crime syndicate Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai minister Amit Shah senior counsel Ram Jethmalani Supreme Court
Top Law News Punjab plea against Haryana’s canal wall dismissed September 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the Punjab government’s application seeking to restrain Haryana from undertaking the construction of a 3.8-km long wall on the left bank of Hansi-Butana canal along the Ghaggar river embankment. A bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice H.L. Gokhale, while dismissing Punjab’s application, said: “It is rightly pointed out […] Read more » Hansi-Butana canal Haryana's canal case Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice J.M. Panchal Punjab plea against Haryana Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court dismisses Sadhvi Pragya’s bail plea September 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the bail plea of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast, in which six people were killed and over 100 injured. Dismissing her plea, the bench of Justice J.M.Panchal and Justice H.L.Gokhale said: ‘Having regard to the totality of the facts and circumstances of the […] Read more » Sadhvi Pragya Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Sadhvi Pragya's bail Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court bench divided on black money probe September 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court’s two judges have disagreed today on whether a special committee should be established to supervise the government’s efforts to bring black money back to India. The Supreme Court announced a divided decision today. This was regarding the maintainability of application of government which aimed to recall the Supreme Court’s order on establishment […] Read more » black money black money case Supreme Court Supreme Court bench
High Profile Cases SC orders CBI probe in Karnataka illegal mining September 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The Supreme Court today directed the CBI to conduct a probe against illegal mining of iron ore by companies owned by the Reddy brothers in Karnataka. A special bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices Aftab Alam and Swatanter Kumar ordered the CBI probe on the basis of the report of […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia illegal mining case Justices Aftab Alam Karnataka illegal mining Supreme Court Swatanter Kumar
Top Law News 2G: Centre, CBI defend Chidambaram, tells SC to keep hands off September 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The Union Government and the Central Bureau of Investigation today strongly defended Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in 2G Spectrum case, virtually telling the Supreme Court to keep its hands off the matter. Senior Counsel K K Venugopal appearing for CBI told a bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly, […] Read more » 2G case 2G spectrum case CBI defend Chidambaram Dr Swamy Supreme Court Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
Top Law News Kerala temple’s vault B not to be opened now: Supreme Court September 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Opening vault B of Kerala’s Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple will be considered only after the around Rs.1 lakh crore worth of treasure unearthed from the other five chambers is properly documented, the Supreme Court said Thursday. The “documentation, categorisation, security, preservation and conservation” of the treasure found from five chambers must be substantially […] Read more » Kerala temple’s vault B Supreme Court