Supreme Court allows auction of the 900 and 1800 mhz of spectrum band in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai: 8 telecom operators in the bid

Under the earlier regime of Unified Access Service, allocation of spectrum according to the Indian legal parlance was done based on a pre-set initial allocation of 4.1 MHz which could be extended. Under the present regime of Unified License, the spectrum cannot be extended but has to be auctioned. The spectrum was sought to be extended via Unified Access Service contract...

Very few AOR have spoiled the working of the institution of AOR, who simply lend their signatures for petty amount: SC

Supreme Court yesterday observed that the working system of Advocates on Record Institution have been spoiled by a very few members in it. In a special leave petition filed by Sanjay Kumar Bench consisting of J. Dr. B.S. Chauhan, J. Chelameswar and J. M.Y. Eqbal observed that in fact, a very few AOR have spoiled the working system of the institution of AOR who simply lend their signatures...

Supreme Court seeks government to make its view clear in Enrica Lexie case

Supreme court has asked the government to resolve all disputes arising out of the issue of invoking Suppression of Unlawful Acts against safety of Maritime Navigation And Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act against two Italian marines in Enrica Lexie case within a week.A bench headed by Justice B S Chauhan directed the Centre to end the deadlock in the issue in which ministries of...

Delhi High Court takes Suo Motu cognisance in murder of Arunachal student

Delhi High Court has taken suo motu cognisance in the incident of killing of an Arunachal Pradesh student, who was allegedly beaten and killed by some shopkeepers in a South Delhi market.A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notices to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi Government and Delhi Police to file a report on the incident by Wednesday...

Recusing from hearing a case amounts to breach of duty vested in Judges, Says Justice Krishna Iyer

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice V R Krishna Iyer has said that the refusal of three Kerala High Court judges to hear the revision petition in the SNC-Lavalin graft case amounts to breach of duty vested in them. Further, he added that it should invite impeachment or termination proceedings.While expressing shock at the decision of three judges to negate themselves from hearing Lavalin case,...

Supreme Court to review ‘Hindutva’ judgment after eighteen years

Supreme Court proposes to reconsider its 1995 judgment, popularly known as Hindutva judgment, in which the court ruled that seeking vote in the name of Hinduism is not a corrupt practice. The court has decided to constitute a larger bench to re-evaluate its judgment “The Hindutva judgment” was delivered by Justice J.S. Verma on behalf of himself and Justices N.P. Singh and K. Venkatasami...

Two Complaints received by Supreme Court Sexual Harrasment Panel

With the nation celebrating the Law Day last year, Supreme Court witnessed the setting up of Supreme Court Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee, formed by the Chief Justice, P Sathasivam. It was a ten member panel headed by sitting Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, with a majority of women.This committee (GSICC) was constituted vide order dated 26/11/2013, under the...

Detailed Police Report within Two Weeks; Supreme Court's order in West Bengal Gang Rape Case [Read order]

Supreme Court, yesterday in regard to the Indian woman gang-raped on orders of village court, directed the District judge of Birbhum in West Bengal to furnish a detailed police report regarding the incident.Bench consisting of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justices Ranjan Gogoi and MY Eqbal said that the report filed by the district judge pursuant to the direction of Supreme Court dated...

Two new judges recommended for Supreme Court

A recommendation has been made by the Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam that the Chief Justices of the Madras and the Delhi High Courts, Rajesh Kumar Agrawal and Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, be appointed as judges of the apex court.There are chances that in the year 2021, Justice Ramana can become the Chief Justice of India and if that happens, he will be...

Late Justice J S Verma’s family declines Padma Bhushan award

In a letter addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee, late Justice J S Verma's wife Pushpa Verma expressed that she and her family declines to accept the Padma Bhushan award bestowed on him by the government posthumously as he was never a man to yearn or lobby for any acclaim, reward or favor.The letter dated January 29 read that for late Justice Verma it was always his country, which was...

Execution of Bhullar stayed by Supreme Court; issues notices to Centre and Delhi Government [Read the Order]

A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justices R M Lodha, H L Dattu and S J Mukhopadhaya stayed the execution of Khalistan Liberation Force militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who is on a death row after being convicted in the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case and agreed to review its judgment by which it had rejected Bullar's plea to commute his death sentence to...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to face prosecution, Supreme Court directs trial in income tax case [Read Judgment]

In a major setback to the Tamil Nadu Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa, a Supreme Court bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikrihas orderedher prosecution to be started by the Income Tax department before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Court, Economic Offences-1, Egmore, Chennai, for failing to file income tax returns during the years 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94. If convicted, she...