Top Law News Widows will be protected, given justice: Supreme Court January 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The widows will be protected and given justice, said the Supreme Court Monday while setting aside an Allahabad High Court order transferring the trial in a murder case against a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator from Kanpur to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The court said this while hearing a petition filed by the widow of […] Read more » Supreme Court widows
Top Law News Probe wing of police not answerable to political bosses: Court told January 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The investigative wing of the police force is a part of the criminal justice delivery system and it was not answerable to a minister or the political bosses, the Supreme Court was told Monday. The apex court was hearing submissions on the report of the monitoring committee headed by Justice (Retd.) T.K. Thomas on the […] Read more » Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court panel vetoes mining by Reddy brothers January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) Friday recommended the cancellation of the mining leases of Reddy brothers in the Bellary reserved forest area, saying they were engaged in illegal mining. The CEC recommended to the forest bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan to cancel their mining […] Read more » Bellary reserved forest area Reddy brothers Supreme Court
Top Law News Raja was impolite to PM: Supreme Court December 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court verdict directing court monitoring of the CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam has revealed the impolite language that sacked communictions minister A. Raja had used in a communication to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Raja, in his November 2, 2007 communication, had rejected Manmohan Singh’s suggestion to auction 2G spectrum to new […] Read more » PM Supreme Court
Top Law News Deshmukh invites Supreme Court censure December 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Deshmukh invites Supreme Court censure The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for interfering in the enforcement of a law to regulate private money lending in the state.Deshmukh is currently union minister for heavy industries. “The chief minister has no business to interfere in the functioning of the 1946 Act to regulate money lending in […] Read more » censure Deshmukh Supreme Court
Top Law News Nira Radia’s phone intercepts deposited in Supreme Court December 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Thursday handed over the telephone intercepts of corporate lobbyist Nira Radia’s conversations with media and politicians in the 2G spectrum allotment case to the Supreme Court. The court was handed over the server, hard drive and call records. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly in a […] Read more » Nira Radia Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court issues notice to Yeddyurappa December 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and assembly Speaker KG Bopaiah on a petition by seven rebel legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party who were disqualified from the house for expressing their lack of confidence in the chief minister. An apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and […] Read more » notice Supreme Court Yeddyurappa
Top Law News CVC should step down: Retired Supreme Court judge December 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It would be in the best interests of the country and of the high office he holds if Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas steps down, retired Supreme Court judge K.T. Thomas opined Wednesday. Noting that that the office of the CVC should not be seen as a government office, K.T. Thomas told IANS: ‘The […] Read more » judge Supreme Court
Top Law News Can Thomas be an effective CVC, asks Supreme Court November 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government if Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas could function effectively in view of various charges hurled against him. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia wondered if a person who is an accused and facing a chargesheet could head a watchdog body. The court asked […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commissioner CVC P.J. Thomas Supreme Court
Top Law News No transfer of Ghaziabad provident fund case: Supreme Court November 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea for transferring the trial in Ghaziabad district court’s multi-crore provident fund (PF) scam case outside Uttar Pradesh. Pronouncing the order, Justice D.K. Jain said it could not accept the CBI plea that the trial court judge would not be able to act impartially […] Read more » Ghaziabad provident fund Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court adjourns hearing on 2G spectrum case November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday adjourned hearing on the 2G spectrum scam case saying it wanted to “carefully” go through the final report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and compare it with the report of the Director General of Audit (Post and Telegraph). Read more » 2G spectrum case adjourns Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court frowns on PM’s silence over Raja November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday took exception to the 15-month “silence” of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on former MP Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking sanction to initiate proceedings against then telecom minister A. Raja over the 2G spectrum row. The prime minister could have said that the material on record was insufficient and declined the sanction, said […] Read more » frowns PM Raja Supreme Court