Attorney General G E Vahanvati on Friday recommended that impeachment motion to remove Justice Soumitra Sen as the judge of the Calcutta High Court must go on in the Lok Sabha despite his resignation.
The government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that once a bureaucrat is given a vigilance nod for appointment as secretary, no further clearance is required for empanelment for appointment as the central vigilance commissioner. "Once a person is appointed as secretary on clearance by the CVC, he can be considered for empanelment and no further inquiry is required," Attorney General G E Vahanvati submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia.
The finance ministry has initiated steps under which the Swiss Federal Court of Justice would be requested to ensure that information on specific accounts is provided by April 1, 2011.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation for approaching it 16 years after it had diluted in September 1996 the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the accused in the Bhopal gas tragedy case.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the plea of the central government to allow Lafarge, the French mining giant, to resume limestone mining in Meghalaya. It also ordered a fresh, and fast, environmental impact assessment.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked Attorney General G E Vahanvati to apprise it about the status of a complaint filed in May last year against former chief justice of India and chairman of the National Human Rights Commission K G Balakrishnan, seeking a probe by the CBI into his assets. "What is the status of the complaint forwarded to the ministry of home affairs," a bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia sought to know.
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India's off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin not only raced to the fastest 150 scalps in Indian Test history but also became the first man in over 100 years to bag 50 wickets after opening the bowling during the first cricket Test against South Africa, in progress, on Friday, in Mohali.
Mellowing down its earlier stand that no information with the Chief Justice of India could be revealed under RTI Act, the Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to disclose information on what action the CJI has taken on a complaint filed against a sitting Allahabad High Court Judge.
Drawing flak for its policy on Maoists, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that despite its sincere efforts to solve the problems confronting tribals, the rebels were not shunning violence and carrying on attacks as they did on Monday in West Bengal.
The only silver lining for the Supreme Court in the Delhi High Court verdict holding that the Chief Justice of India's office comes within the purview of RTI Act was that it said notes, jottings and draft judgements would not fall within the umbrella of the transparency law.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Indian high commissioner and consulate general in Australia to help prevent Indian students from falling prey to fake educational institutions there.
The Supreme Court on declined to stay the transfer of an estimated 1,600 employees of Airport Authority of India (AAI) to various places following privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
Market regulator Sebi is seeking the Supreme Court's permission to interrogate Satyam's disgraced founder Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju in connection with the Rs 7,800-crore fraud in the IT company.
The Delhi High Court verdict legalising gay sex has put the government in a fix as it remains undecided about its stand in the Supreme Court, 10 days after a response was sought from it on the vexed issue.
The Centre on Thursday approached the Supreme Court to seek vacation of the Calcutta High Court order -- staying the implementation of a government memorandum relating to 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes -- in postgraduate course in the Indian Institute of Management - Calcutta. The apex court said that the matter would be listed for mentioning on Friday.
While seeking relief for the traders who have given an undertaking to stop the misuse, the MCD sought permission for 'de-sealing' of those premises that are protected under the notifications.
The chief minister is facing allegations of amassing assets beyond her known sources of income. She is reported to have made over Rs 100 crores in the Taj corridor scandal.
"If the court feels that the creamy layer be excluded and says so, the Centre will obey," Solicitor General G E Vahanvati said before a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan.
It complained that such vested interests were using the print and electronic media to lure the public by carrying out publicity blitzkrieg of their claims of magical and mystical cures.
Two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast, may escape death penalty with the home ministry on Tuesday agreeing not to press for the capital punishment against them.
The PIL has been filed on behalf of the Rashtriya Mukti Morcha.
Article 31(B)of the Constitution empowers the government and the Legislature to put any law in Ninth Schedule of the Constitution to avoid judicial scrutiny.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed that there will be no sealing in premises on roads covered under the Master Plan of Delhi 2021 till further orders.
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The Centre said that Governor, in his April 27 report, had made it clear about unconstitutional means attempted by political parties to cobble up a majority for government formation in the state.
The Uttar Pradesh government had also taken the stand that Agra lacks the criteria. The court wanted to know whether it was not possible to cover part of the city to declare it as a heritage city.
The Supreme Court on Friday said that the plea of a former law intern seeking probe against its retired judge Swatanter Kumar for allegedly sexually harassing her be heard by a three-judge bench and posted the case for hearing on March 26.
The Centre has recommended compulsory retirement of former Union environment secretary K C Mishra for his alleged involvement in the Taj Heritage Corridor scam.
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"How long will you keep them?" asked the Supreme Court on Monday noticing that two Sri Lankans have been detained for over six years for their alleged involvement in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the United States, a controversy has broken out over the nuclear liability law with reports suggesting that an agreement will be signed which may not be in tune with the law.
Additional CBI Director P C Pande is under scrutiny in connection with his role as Ahmedabad police commissioner during the post-Godhra riots.
A Bench comprising Justice S B Sinha and Justice S H Kapadia told Solicitor General G E Vahanvati that the court was given the impression that the FTCs, set up to dispose of long-pending criminal cases, would continue for another five years.
Coal is a valuable natural resource and it cannot be allocated for charity, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday and sought explanation from the Centre on what basis it gave away the resources to private companies.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Jain community was on Monday accorded minority status by the central government which will enable them to avail of benefits in government schemes and programmes.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on gangster Abu Salem plea for quashing trials against him in various cases after the Portugal court terminated his extradition to India for "violation" of deportation rules by authorities.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi was on Thursday appointed as the new Attorney General and will have a tenure of three years. The law ministry issued a formal notification appointing him as the top law officer of the National Democratic Alliance government.
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