Top Law News Supreme Court warns police against custodial violence March 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday warned the police that acts of custodial violence will not be tolerated as they cannot behave like the “oppressors of the people”. An apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, while warning the police, said: “Policemen must learn how to behave as public servants in a […] Read more » custodial violence Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju Mahboob Batcha police Supreme Court warns
Top Law News Ketan Desai’s election to Gujarat University senate challenged March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a petition by an NGO challenging the election of Ketan Desai, a former president of the Medical Council of India (MCI), to the Gujarat University senate. The petition was filed by People For Better Treatment (PBT) president Kunal Saha. Desai was removed from the MCI last year over […] Read more » challenged election Gujarat University Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Ketan Desai PBT People For Better Treatment senate Supreme Court
Top Law News CBI can’t probe Goa drug nexus, high court told March 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The police-politician-drug mafia nexus case cannot be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as it ‘lacks manpower’ and has ‘constraints of local language’, its officials Tuesday told the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court. The federal investigation agency said this in a letter issued to the union ministry of personnel which was […] Read more » CBI drug nexus Goa High Court National Students Union of India Sunil Kavthankar Supreme Court
Top Law News Child witness’s testimony carries weight: Supreme Court March 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The courts can rely on evidence tendered by a child if it inspires its confidence and there was no embellishment or improvement in it, the Supreme Court has said. “The law on the issue (child’s evidence) can be summarised to the effect that the deposition of a child witness may require corroboration, but in case […] Read more » carries Child witness First Information Report Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice P. Sathasivam Supreme Court testimony weight
Criminal Law News Supreme Court stays Talwars’ trial in Aarushi murder March 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Saturday stayed criminal trial of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ghaziabad, near here, for the murders of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar in a special hearing […] Read more » Aarushi murder Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Nupur Talwar senior counsel Pinaki Mishra Supreme Court Talwars trial
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Apex court reserves verdict on plea to cancel 2G licences March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition for cancellation of 2G licences illegally granted in 2008 after it was told considerations of ‘chaos’ and ‘loss’ of foreign investments if the licences were quashed could not outweigh the concerns over national security. The posituion was made clear to the apex court bench of […] Read more » 2G licences apex court Attorney General G. Vahanvati Janata Party president Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi reserves Senior counsel Prashant Bhushan Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI verdict
Top Law News Apex court to hear plea seeking CBI probe into Batcha’s death March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will Thursday hear an application seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of Sadiq Batcha , who had been questioned by the investigating agency in the 2G spectrum scam. An apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly said it would hear the matter after […] Read more » A. Raja apex court Asok Kumar Ganguly Batcha's death CBI probe Central Bureau of Investigation Justices G.S Singhvi plea Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
Top Law News Hockey India to send team for Azlan Shah cup: Apex court March 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday cleared the decks for Hockey India to send the Indian hockey team for the Sultan Azlan Shah cup tournament in Malaysia, starting May 5. The apex court bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice H.L. Gokhale cleared Hockey India to send its team to Malaysia after being told that the International […] Read more » apex court Azlan Shah cup Hockey India Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice J.M. Panchal Supreme Court team
High Profile Cases Supreme Court voices concern over security in 2G licencing March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said if security concerns were not taken care of in the allocation of telecom licences then it could have serious consequences for the country. ‘We are not experts, but if these things are not taken care then the sensitive information even about army operations could fall in wrong hands,’ Justice G.S. […] Read more » 2G licencing concern Janata Party president Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi security Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court voices
High Profile Cases Apex courts pulls up government on black money probe March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday pulled up the central government for not carrying out the custodial interrogation of the country’s biggest tax evader Hasan Ali and others engaged in money laundering. “We are asking you a simple question warranting a simpler answer – why these are not being interrogated in custody,” asked an apex court bench […] Read more » apex courts black money probe Government Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar lawyer Ram Jethamalani pulls Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian Supreme Court tax evader Hasan Ali
Media & Entertainment News Only we can decide Aruna’s future, hospital tells apex court March 2, 2011 / March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even as the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition seeking mercy killing for Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug, a nurse of the King Edwards Memorial Hospital in Mumbai who is in coma for the past 38 years after she was raped by a staff sweeper, the hospital asked the court to reject the […] Read more » apex court Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug Aruna's future decide hospital Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markendey Katju King Edwards Memorial Hospital Supreme Court
Top Law News Privacy disappearing due to technology: Supreme Court February 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said that with the march of technology, privacy is “virtually disappearing”.”Given the technological advancement, privacy is virtually disappearing,” said a bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly. The court’s observation came in the wake of senior counsel Harish Salve’s submission that if the government had the right to snoop on […] Read more » disappearing Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Niira Radia privacy Ratan Tata senior counsel Harish Salve Supreme Court technology