Top Law News Ayodhya verdict challenged in Supreme Court November 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court’s Sep 30 verdict on the Ayodhya dispute was Monday challenged by a petitioner in the Supreme Court. The appeal was filed by Mohammad Siddiq alias Hafiz Mohammad Siddiq on behalf of 90-year-old organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH). Siddiq is the general secretary of the JUH, which had taken part in the country’s […] Read more » Ayodhya challenged Supreme Court verdict
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Vodafone to deposit Rs.2,500 crore November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed telecom major Vodafone to deposit Rs.2,500 crore ($550 million) as part of a tax liability in the takeover of Hutch Essar group’s India operations. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia also said Vodafone has to provide a bank guarantee of Rs.8,500 crore to the government. The […] Read more » deposit Hutch Essar group’s Supreme Court Vodafone
Top Law News Orissa moves Supreme Court over POSCO mining October 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Orissa Friday moved the Supreme Court against an Orissa High Court order that disapproved its grant of permission to South Korean steel major POSCO to mine iron ore in Sundergarh district, a state minister said. ‘The state government has filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court today (Friday) against the high court order,’ […] Read more » mining Orissa POSCO Supreme Court
Top Law News How long will 2G spectrum probe take, asks Supreme Court October 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked the central government how long it would take to complete investigations into the 2G spectrum scam. The court also sought the central government’s response to a Comptroller and Auditor General’s ( CAG) report pointing out irregularities in allocation of spectrum 2G licences to telecom operators. The apex court bench […] Read more » probe spectrum Supreme Court
Top Law News Compensate Nandigram firing victims: Supreme Court October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the West Bengal government to pay compensation to all the victims of Nandigram police firing in 2007. The state government told the apex court that it had paid compensation only to those who were not involved in violence against the police. The apex court bench, headed by Justice RV […] Read more » Compensate firing Nandigram Supreme Court victims
Top Law News Supreme Court adjourns Vodafone plea on income tax order October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday adjourned the hearing on a petition by Vodafone challenging an income tax department order asking the telecom giant to pay Rs.11,218 crore ($2.5 billion) tax. The matter will come up for hearing Nov 15. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said they needed to read the income […] Read more » adjourns income tax order plea Supreme Court Vodafone
Top Law News Ayodhya verdict: Nirmohi Akhara to also move Supreme Court October 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The decision of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board to take the Ayodhya battle to the Supreme Court has prompted one of the key Hindu parties, Nirmohi Akhara, to follow suit, almost ruling out any chance of an out-of-court settlement. “We have no choice but to move the Supreme Court now, since related stories […] Read more » Ayodhya verdict Nirmohi Akhara Supreme Court
Top Law News State government has to suffer for its inaction: Supreme Court October 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that a state government will have to account for its inactions and cannot make people suffer for it, ruling in a Bihar land owner’s case that was re-opened in Patna High Court simply because an earlier verdict had not been published in government records. ‘If the state government did not […] Read more » Government inaction State suffer Supreme Court
Top Law News Ayodhya case: Hindu Mahasabha files caveat in Supreme Court October 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Akhil Bharatiya India Hindu Mahasabha has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to prevent opponents in the Babri Masjid dispute from obtaining exparte relief without its knowledge. he caveat will ensure that no interim order is passed by the court without hearing the Mahasabha, which was a party to the case before the […] Read more » Ayodhya case caveat files Hindu Mahasabha Supreme Court
Top Law News Hang bride burners: Supreme Court October 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Unless all those who burn their wives are hanged, the barbaric crime would not stop, the Supreme Court has said. “This (bride burning) is barbaric and wild animal like behaviour and only when the perpetrators of such a crime are sent to the gallows the people will realise that bride burning is a crime,” said […] Read more » bride burners Hang Supreme Court
Top Law News Implement juvenile justice act: Supreme Court September 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Implement juvenile justice act: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Friday pulled up the Central government for not implementing the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act that Parliament passed a decade ago. Despite direction to the Central government to coordinate with the states to ensure the implementation of the law, it has not moved in the matter, an apex court […] Read more » Implement justice juvenile Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court stays Ayodhya verdict for one week September 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit case saying the deferment is in public interest. The apex court stayed the verdict while hearing a special leave petition filed by Ram Chandra Tripathi and posted the matter for further hearing on September 28. “The matter has been kept […] Read more » Ayodhya one week stays Supreme Court verdict