Top Law News Supreme Court adjourns plea challenging Anna’s arrest August 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday adjourned hearing on a plea seeking to declare the arrest of activist Anna Hazare on Aug 16 a violation of his fundamental rights. An apex court bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B.S. Chauhan adjourned the hearing observing that the petitioner, National Panthers Party chairman Bhim Singh, should obtain Hazare’s […] Read more » Anna Hazare Home Minister P. Chidambaram Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice P. Sathasivam plea challenging Anna's arrest Supreme Court violation offundamental rights
Top Law News Draw up workable scheme for free treatment to poor patients: Supreme court August 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Delhi government to draw up a “workable scheme” for the 27 city private hospitals to provide free treatment to poor patients which they are obliged to in exchange for getting land at concessional rates. The Supreme court also asked the city government to file an affidavit stating the kind […] Read more » Dharamshila Cancer hospital free treatment to poor patients Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Supreme Court workable scheme for free treatment
Top Law News Tobacco sold in plastic packs? August 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday asked the government to report how its order banning the use of plastic pouches to pack chewing tobacco was being implemented. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice H.L. Dattu decided to pass further orders if its earlier order of Dec 7, 2010 was not been complied with in its […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court Tobacco sold in plastic packs
Top Law News Recall black money order, Supreme Court urged August 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that its judgment and order on black money needed to be recalled as its implementation would have far reaching consequences on its functioning. The Supreme court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S.S. Nijjar was told that converting the high-level committee headed by the revenue secretary into […] Read more » black money Justice Altamas Kabir Justice S.S.Nijjar SIT Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court wants scheme to rehabilitate sex workers August 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government to formulate an effective scheme for the rehabilitation of the sex workers who want to voluntarily quit the trade and lead a life of dignity. Read more » rehabilitate sex workers Supreme Court
Top Law News Horoscope weak proof of birthdate, rules Supreme court August 23, 2011 / August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Horoscope weak proof of birthdate, rules Supreme court The Supreme Court has held a horoscope to be a very weak piece of material to prove age of a person and the “heavy onus lies” on the person to prove the authenticity of the horoscope he is relying upon to prove a new date of birth. “There must be strong, cogent and reliable evidence […] Read more » Horoscope weak proof of birthdate Justice Anil R. Dave Justice Mukundakam Sharma Madras High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court asked to keep Kerala temple’s vault B shut August 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was moved on Friday seeking direction to the apex court appointed committee not to open kallara (vault) B of Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala as such a step would hurt the sentiments of a large number of devotees. Rama Varma, a member of the erstwhile Travancore royal family, said in his application […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Kerala temple's vault B shut Padamanabh Swamy Temple Supreme Court
Top Law News OBC’s 10 percent relief is on eligibility marks: Supreme court August 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Other Backward Classes (OBC) students will qualify for admissions if they have 10 percent less marks than the eligibility level fixed for the general category students, the Supreme Court has ruled. The apex court on Thursday clarified that 10 percent relaxation being given to OBC students did not mean it will be 10 percent less […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran OBC eligibility marks Supreme Court
Top Law News Don’t pass burden on fellow judges: Supreme court August 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has expressed its ‘strong disapproval’ of the tendency of some judges to pass their burden to fellow judges or to subordinate courts when confronted with complicated issues. The court said that such an approach weakens our judicial system.‘Of late, we have come across several orders which would indicate that some of the […] Read more » Don't pass burden on fellow judges Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
Intellectual Property News Don’t allow RTI misuse: Supreme court August 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Don’t allow RTI misuse: Supreme court The Supreme Court has said that while the right to information (RTI) is a formidable tool to fight corruption in governance, it “should not be allowed to be misused or abused” to obstruct national development. “The (Right to Information) Act should not be allowed to be misused or abused, to become a tool to obstruct […] Read more » Don't allow RTI misuse Don't allow RTI misuse: Supreme court Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court should take cognisance of Gujarat action August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Gujarat government’s action against another senior police officer for passing information to a panel probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, the Congress Thursday said the Supreme Court should take serious cognisance of it. “The government is doing everything so that facts about the Gujarat massacre remain buried forever,” said Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari.”We had […] Read more » 2002 Gujarat riots cognisance of Gujarat action Godhra train carnage Nanavati judicial inquiry commission Supreme Court Supreme court should take cognisance of Gujarat action
Top Law News Supreme court approves common curriculum for Tamil Nadu schools August 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a jolt to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed the state government to implement the uniform system of school education providing for common curriculum for all schools from classes 1 to 10. Justices J.M. Panchal, Deepak Verma and B.S. Chauhan issued the direction while upholding the Madras High Court […] Read more » common curriculum for Tamil Nadu schools Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Deepak Verma Justices J.M. Panchal Madras High Court Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa