A petition in this regard was mentioned before a vacation bench comprising Justice Arijit pasayat and Justice C K Thakker.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant bail to Manu Sharma, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Jessica Lall murder case. A Bench headed by Justice C K Thakker said that no case for suspension of sentence and grant of bail was made out. The court said the appeal against the conviction is already admitted and likely to be heard within a reasonable time.
A Bench headed by Justice C K Thakker also sought a response from the agency on a plea seeking the presence of Quattrocchi before the trial court in Delhi.
Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani opened the argument before the Bench headed by Justice C K Thakker contending that Sharma was eligible for grant of bail as there was considerable delay in hearing his appeal filed against his conviction. The senior advocate said that the court only has to consider whether on grant of bail the accused will abscond, which, he said, was not likely as during the trial of the case there was no instance when Manu violated the bail condition.
Jaju had filed a case of criminal intimidation in January before a magistrate in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh against Priyanka, Ashok Chopra and Chhota Shakeel after the actress and her father allegedly used the services of the don to intimidate him.
The bench refused to dispose off the contempt petition filed by advocate Ajay Aggarwal against CBI director Vijay Shanker and another officer on the matter.
Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam, who appeared on behalf of the CBI, assured the court that the agency would file its response on the claim made by Agarwal.
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BB Mohanty, who holds the rank of director general of police with the Orissa police, has been evading arrest since May 28, 2007 after the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jaipur, issued an NBW against him on June 8.
The Supreme Court has said that the ship will have to be inspected on entry.
Claiming that over 14,000 victims of the infamous 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy were "not traceable," the Centre on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to grant it permission for closing down their compensation claims estimated at Rs 50 crore.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked aerated drink makers PepsiCo and Coca Cola to file their replies within six weeks on the N K Ganguly Committee report that concluded cola drinks contained pesticide residues.
The court dismissed a petition which alleged SRK had used his 'influence.'
The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear a public interest litigation seeking exemption of the operation of the 'creamy layer' rule within the Other Backward Classes for persons engaged in hereditary occupations.
The DSP is alleged to be involved in the sex scandal.
One labourer was killed and 45 others injured when an under-construction building inside the Indian Air Force base in Jamnagar district of Gujarat collapsed on Thursday, district officials said.
A bench headed by Justice C K Thakker issued notices to the Centre and the Central Bureau and sought their replies within a week.
Rejecting the husband's claim that the sole intention of his wife was to somehow get him arrested, the Supreme Court has dismissed the plea of an non resident Indian for cancellation of a NBW issued against him in a matrimonial dispute.
Terming the episode as 'unfortunate,' the Court said petitioner Vijay Kumar Tiwari could file a criminal complaint against Qureshi.
An NGO has filed a PIL against the movement, alleging that it is getting foreign funds to destabilise the nation.
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This is concerning a PIL seeking a CBI inquiry into the assets acquired by them beyond known sources of income.
The PIL was filed by National Council for Civil Liberties, which accused NBA of indulging in several illegal activities.
During the hearing, the NGO said the beneficiaries of the rule were former chief ministers of all parties.
A five-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan did not find merit in the petition filed by six such MPs seeking review of the January 10 verdict.
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"The power exercised by the state was statutory in nature and irrespective of decree in favour of the owners, such notification could be issued."
The court imposed restraining orders on the transfers sought asking the the holders to file their reply within two weeks.
The bench posted the matter for further hearing in the first week of April
Alarmed by a petition pointing out a parallel Islamic judiciary for handling "Imrana" type cases, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the central government, All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Islamic seminary Darul Uloom.
A division bench asked the respondents to file their replies to the petition filed by the Centre by Febraury 13. \n\n
Seven months after it challenged the bail granted to Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi in the Radhakrishnan assault case, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday withdrew its appeal in the Supreme Court.
The high court had in 2005 disqualified the legislator on a petition filed by one S S Bagali under the Representation of People's Act.
The Kutch region, which was in the forefront of the movement for raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam, was not receiving its due share of water in terms of the award of the tribubal.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal and Justice C K Thakker directed that the matter shall be heard in August.
The court will decide on framing charges against Telgi and his two associates Ramratan Soni and Sanjay Gaikwad for their alleged complicity in the fake currency racket registered by M R A Marg police station in 1995.
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