Top Law News Supreme Court rejects Sajjan Kumar’s plea September 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday rejected Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s appeal seeking the quashing of the framing of charges against him in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The apex court bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and Anil R. Dave, however, said the trial court would remain uninfluenced by the adverse observation made by […] Read more » plea rejects Sajjan Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court issues notice to Raja on 2G allocation September 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to Communications and IT Minister A. Raja in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. The apex court also slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for filing a case against unnamed officials, and said that the investigating agency should have named them. The petitioner wants the apex […] Read more » 2G allocation issues notice Raja Supreme Court
Top Law News Salwa Judum on its way out, Supreme Court told August 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The anti-Maoist vigilante group Salwa Judum is on it way out in Chhattisgarh and the state government has been told not to support its activists, the central government told the Supreme Court Tuesday. “We have instructed the state government not to extend any support to Salwa Judum activists,” Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium told an apex […] Read more » Salwa Judum Supreme Court
Top Law News Bhopal tragedy convicts get Supreme Court notice August 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notices to all the seven convicts in the Bhopal gas tragedy on a petition of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that seeks review of the court’s 1996 judgment which diluted offences against them. The judgment diluted the charge against the accused, including former chief of Union Carbide India’s operations […] Read more » Bhopal tragedy convicts notice Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court gives nod for selecting CWG hockey teams August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Indian Olympic Association and Hockey India to select and field the men’s and women’s hockey teams for the Commonwealth Games to be held in October. An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice HL Gokhle said the coaches engaged in training the two teams would also […] Read more » CWG hockey teams nod selecting Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to take up Maudany’s plea August 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to entertain People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Abdul Nazir Maudany’s plea for anticipatory bail as it became irrelevant after his arrest for the 2008 Bangalore bombings earlier in the day. Maudany, an accused in the July 25, 2008 Bangalore bombings in which one person was killed and 15 injured, was […] Read more » Maudany's plea refuses Supreme Court
Top Law News Distribute free food to poor: Supreme Court August 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an order of far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the central government to distribute free foodgrains to families below the poverty line. It also asked the state governments to tell whether they were distributing 35 kg of foodgrains to each of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families that was allocated to them […] Read more » Distribute free food poor Supreme Court
Top Law News Accused can’t be prosecuted on basis of vague allegations: SC October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Oct 25 In a judgement with wide ramifications for criminal cases, the Supreme Court has held that the accused cannot be prosecuted on the basis of vague allegations. While dropping the proceedings against a woman’s aged in-laws — Neelu Chopra (76) and Krishan Swaroop Chopra (80), a bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar […] Read more » Accused can't be prosecuted on basis of vague allegations Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court awards compensation of Rs. 1 crore for medical negligence May 15, 2009 / October 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The honourable apex court has awarded exemplary damages of Rs. 1 crore to the victim – a software engineer who suffered permanent disability (partial paralysis and other disabilities) due to medical negligence at a government hospital in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The High Court of Andhra Pradesh had awarded compensation of Rs. 15 Lakhs. […] Read more » awards compensation for medical negligence Rs. 1 crore Rs. 1 crore for medical negligence Supreme Court Supreme Court awards compensation