A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam allowed the plea of Jaitly who had approached the apex court after the Delhi High Court had denied her the permission to visit the ailing 82-year-old leader.
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt on Tuesday told Supreme Court that he had attended a dinner hosted by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai before the 1993 blasts in Mumbai but denied any relationship with him.
Observing that the order of Portugal court terminating the extradition of Abu Salem to India has to be respected, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act proceedings in two cases against the alleged gangster.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Gujarat Government's plea to review its order for a CBI probe into the alleged extra-judicial killing of Tulsiram Prajapati, an eyewitness in the 'fake encounter' case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, allegedly involving state's former Home Minister Amit Shah.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings in a 1995 corruption case against former railway minister C K Jaffer Sharief.
In relief to shooters, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Delhi high court judgment which held that licenses would be necessary for procuring air rifles and air pistols, which was coming in the way of their training and competition.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Abdul Naseer Madani, arrested for his alleged role in the 2008 serial terror blasts in Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Jaipur.
The Supreme Court ton Friday refused to order a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the death of two boys in religious leader Asaram Bapu's ashram in Ahmedabad in 2008. A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam dismissed the plea filed by family members of the victims.
The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and the states on a plea seeking fast track court proceedings in criminal cases pending against members of Parliament, saying it is "very disturbing" that 162 lawmakers are facing various criminal charges.
After a marathon 10-month-long hearing, the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a bunch of appeals and cross-appeals in the 1993 Mumbai serial terror bombing case in which 257 people were killed and 713 others were injured
In a relief to former Union minister Sukh Ram, sentenced to three years in jail in a 1993 telecom scam, the Supreme Court on Monday extended his interim bail till August 7.
The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim bail to former Union minister Sukh Ram, who surrendered before a trial court on Saturday to serve his three year sentence in the 1993 telecom scam case. Former bureaucrat Runu Ghosh and Hyderabad-based businessman P Rama Rao too were granted interim bail by the apex court till January 16, when their pleas for regular bail in the case were slated for hearing. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and J Chelameswar granted bail to them.
The bench accepted the plea of Tata's counsel to file the petition later in the day.
The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the bails granted to Price Waterhouse partner Subramani Gopalakrishnan and Satyam's internal auditor V S Prabhakar Gupta, directing them to surrender by April 30.
In an embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the alleged fake encounter killing of Tulsiram Prajapati, stated to be an eyewitness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case allegedly involving former state minister Amit Shah.
Eighty-year-old ailing Pakistani microbiologist Dr Mohammed Khaleel Chishty, serving life term in an Ajmer jail in Rajasthan in a murder case of 1992, was on Monday granted bail by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court dismissed former Kerala Power Minister R Balakrishnan Pillai and another official P K Sanjeev' petitions seeking bail and review of its judgement awarding one year rigorous imprisonment in the Idamalayar dam corruption case.
The Supreme Court on Thursday awarded one year rigorous imprisonment to former Kerala power minister and Congress leader R Balakrishnan Pillai and two others in the Idamalayar dam corruption case. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan convicted the former minister while reversing the acquittal order passed by the Kerala high court. The apex court upheld the prosecution's plea that the former minister has entered into a criminal conspiracy.
A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan, however, declined to issue notice to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal for the incident.
Amid countrywide protests over the arrest of Anna Hazare, the Supreme Court has held that preventive detention law can be invoked only if there is "imminent danger to peace" and a person sought to be arrested is likely to commit a cognisable offence.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Central Bureau of Investigation's plea for death penalty to Dara Singh, convicted for burning to death Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Bollywood film producer Shakeel Noorani's plea seeking cancellation of actor Sanjay Dutt's bail in the 1993 Mumbai serial blast case.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government not to return land to farmers in Singur, that was earlier leased to the Tatas, for now.
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to former Haryana director general of police SPS Rathore who was sentenced to an 18-month jail term in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.Ruchika, 14, a budding tennis player, had committed suicide three years after being molested by Rathore on August 12, 1990. A sessions court had on May 25 enhanced Rathore's jail term from six months to one-and-a-half years while allowing the plea of Central Bureau of Investigation.
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Central Bureau of Investigation on the appeal filed by former Haryana director general of police SPS Rathore, challenging his conviction and 18-month sentence in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. A bench of Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan issued the notice after senior counsel U U Lalit submitted that Rathore was innocent and the entire investigation conducted against him was vitiated.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail application of Vijay Singh alias Raju, a key accused in the sensational murder of dacoit-turned-MP Phoolan Devi on July 25, 2001.
"The interest of justice requires that the offences allegedly committed by accused persons are expeditiously tried to preserve the rule of law in the society," the high court had said while directing the trial court to hold the proceedings against him expeditiously in the riots cases.
The Supreme Court has decided to hear the appeal proceedings against the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convicts from January 11, 2011.
Expunging the second last sentence of paragraph 43 of the 76-page ruling, a bench of Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan replaced it by saying, "After 12 years, the life imprisonment given by the high court need not be interfered with."
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blast case, to go abroad till January 10 next year.
A United States firm has moved the Indian Supreme Court for permission to use the confessional statement of its scam-tainted joint venture partner Satyam's founder Ramalinga Raju in its shareholding dispute.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Bharat Swabhiman Trust run by Baba Ramdev, saying it wants to hear its version over the eviction of the yoga guru and his supporters from Ramlila Maidan. A vacation bench comprising justices P Sathasivam and A K Patnaik issued a notice to Acharya Virendra Vikram, the president of the Delhi unit of Bharat Swabhiman Trust. The apex court said it wants to hear the other side as a chance should be given to them.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash the charges of murder and other offences against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and said the trial will continue against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench comprising Justices P Sathasivam and A R Dave vacated the August 13 interim order staying the trial proceedings against him before a Delhi court. "The trial judge is free to analyse and evaluate the charges and the submissions to arrive at an appropriate conclusion
The Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a petition filed by senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar challenging initiation of criminal proceedings against him in 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases.
Appearing for the CBI, Solicitor General, Gopal Subramanium said the high court order was unheard of and in blatant contravention of the Criminal Procedure Code since the agency had already filed the chargesheet in the matter.
A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam asked the petitioner to approach the appropriate high court for remedy.
BSNL on Monday moved the Supreme Court against an order of telecom tribunal TDSAT, directing it to provide interconnection to Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications through copper-based link.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of Manu Sharma, son of senior Congress leader Venod Sharma, seeking review of the judgement sentencing him to life imprisonment for killing model Jessica Lall 11 years ago.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to go ahead with its investigation into the Hari Masjid firing in Mumbai in which six persons were killed in 1992.A bench comprising justices P Sathasivam and A R Dave upheld the Bombay high court order entrusting CBI with the probe of the incident.The bench dismissed the appeal filed by the Maharashtra government against the 2008 direction of the high court.
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