Top Law News Former Gujarat top cop Sreekumar seeks security for Sanjiv Bhatt April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Gujarat additional director general of police R.B. Sreekumar has urged the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team to provide security to senior police officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who has filed an affidavit implicating Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots. In a letter addressed to SIT chief R.K. Raghavan, with copies to the registrar general […] Read more » Former Gujarat top cop R.B. Sreekumar Sanjiv Bhatt security seeks SIT chief R.K. Raghavan Supreme Court
Top Law News High-level committee to trail money laundering April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Monday told the Supreme Court that it has set up a multi-disciplinary committee, comprising top officials of different departments, to oversee and coordinate investigations into cases of money laundering and stashing black money in tax havens. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar was told that […] Read more » committee Gopal Subramanium Hasan Ali Khan High-level Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar money laundering Solicitor General Supreme Court trail
Top Law News Appointment of special police officers questioned April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday pulled up the central and the Chhattisgarh governments for taking recourse to an antiquated police act of 1861 to appoint special police officers (SPOs) and arming them with weapons in the trouble-torn areas of Chhattisgarh. “What is the rationale of appointing people under the 1861 act after the advent of the […] Read more » Appointment Chief Minister Raman Singh Gopal Subramanium Harish Salve Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar police officers questioned Solicitor General special Supreme Court
Top Law News For seven years, presidential reference in Supreme Court April 25, 2011 / April 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on For seven years, presidential reference in Supreme Court A presidential reference to the Supreme Court over a water dispute between Punjab and Haryana is pending for nearly seven years, a Haryana minister has said in a letter to the central government. He believes resolving the issue will help bring more water to his state. “This perhaps is the only presi dential reference which […] Read more » presidential reference Supreme Court Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal
Top Law News Can’t reveal names in black money cases, court told April 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Can’t reveal names in black money cases, court told The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with other countries, it could not disclose the names of the people under investigation for alleged money laundering and parking funds in foreign banks based in tax havens. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. […] Read more » black money cases Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement DTAA Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court asks government’s view on black money probe team April 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday sought the central government’s response to its suggestion for setting up a special investigation team (SIT) with experts from various agencies to probe black money stashed away in tax havens abroad. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar also indicated it was inclined to appoint […] Read more » (RAW) black money CBI Central Bureau of Investigation IB Intelligence Bureau Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Ram Jethmalani Research and Analysis Wing Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court reserves verdict in Red Fort shootout case April 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq challenging his death sentence in the Dec 22, 2000 Red Fort attack case. The apex court bench of Justice V.S. Sirpurkar and Justice T.S. Thakur reserved the verdict on the conclusion of arguments by Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium […] Read more » Additional Session Judge Gopal Subramanium Justice T.S. Thakur Justice V.S. Sirpurkar Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arif O.P. Saini Red Fort reserves shootout case Solicitor General Supreme Court verdict
Top Law News How was BPL percentage calculated, asks Supreme Court April 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on How was BPL percentage calculated, asks Supreme Court The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed the Planning Commission, asking it to explain how the percentage of people below poverty line (BPL) was fixed at 36 percent and how their purchasing power has remained unchanged since 1991. Judges Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma asked Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to file within a week an affidavit […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General APL (Above Poverty Line) below poverty line BPL calculated Deepak Verma Judges Dalveer Bhandari Mohan Prasaran percentage Supreme Court
Top Law News Prohibit children’s employment in circuses: apex court April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today banned the employment of children in circuses and directed the government to rescue children employed in the sector and formulate a rehabilitation programme for them. A bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari said that in order to protect the fundamental rights of children, it is imperative that the government issues notification […] Read more » apex court children's employment circuses Justice Dalveer Bhandari Prohibit Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Court panel finds large-scale illegal mining in Karnataka April 16, 2011 / April 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court-appointed panel has found large-scale illegal mining in Karnataka, particularly in the state’s iron-ore rich Bellary district.The illegal activity was taking place in connivance with officials, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) said in its report submitted to the court in New Delhi Friday. The CEC also found that between 2003 and 2010, over […] Read more » CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Justice J.S. Khehar Court panel illegal mining Justice A.S. Bopanna Karnataka large-scale Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on tobacco sachets April 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to lift a ban on the sale of tobacco products in plastic sachets and asked the central government to file its reply to petitions challenging the curbs. The petitions were filed by manufacturers of chewing tobacco challenging the rules banning the product’s sale in plastic sachets. The ban came into […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan Supreme Court tobacco sachets
Media & Entertainment News Bhopal tragedy: Supreme Court questions CBI for delay in plea April 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the CBI for approaching it 16 years after it had diluted in September 1996 the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the accused in the Bhopal gas tragedy case. A five-judge special bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia raised the question on delay and […] Read more » Attorney General GE Vahanvati Bhopal tragedy CBI Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Supreme Court