Tata Motors on Tuesday made a special mention of its petition before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the law passed by the Mamata Banerjee government taking back the land in Singur allotted to it by West Bengal’s former Left Front government for the Nano car project after acquiring it from local farmers.

Refusing to give the Mayawati government relief on the Allahabad high court’s order quashing the acquisition of 230 hectares of fertile farmland for industrial and housing projects in Greater Noida, the Supreme Court on Monday delivered a stern warning to all state governments aga-inst “repeating” any “Nand-igram-type” incidents.

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed virtual disapproval of the practice of acquiring land from farmers and giving it to private entrepreneurs, saying “this practice has to be changed. You can’t take the land from X and give it to Y.” Referring to the “outdated” provisions of the 1894 Land Acquisition Act, the bench said: “this should change. If

As the contentious Lokpal issue goes to the all-party meeting convened by the government in a bid to resolve the logjam on the question of bringing the Prime Minister and MPs under the purview of the Lokpal, the recommendations of the parliamentary standing committee, headed by Pranab Mukherjee in 2001, could still prove to be a guiding factor to find an amicable solution.

Finding no fault with the trial judge and the Delhi high court’s orders refusing bail to DMK MP Kanimozhi and co-accused Sharad Kumar, the head of party-sponsored Kalaignar TV, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed their pleas for bail in the 2G scam case with a rider that the trial court could consider it, but only after charges had been framed.

Finding no fault with the trial judge and the Delhi high court’s orders refusing bail to DMK MP Kanimozhi and co-accused Sharad Kumar, the head of party-sponsored Kalaignar TV, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed their pleas for bail in the 2G scam case with a rider that the trial court could consider it, but only after charges had been framed.

After receiving the affidavit of Delhi Police justifying its mid-night swoop on Baba Ramdev’s supporters at Ramleela grounds earlier this month, Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to yoga guru’s Bharat Swabhiman Trust.
A vacation bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and A.K. Patnaik sought an affidavit from the Trust’s Delhi wing, giving details about its version on police action.

Amidst the sharpening attack on the “civil society” members in the Lokpal Bill drafting committee by the Congress and from certain other quarters for their alleged attempt to “usurp” legislative power

Reinforcing the supremacy of judiciary, the Supreme Court in a judgment on maintaining the decorum in the court during the proceedings of a case has ruled that no one was allowed to “intimidate” judges and they are not expected to function like “robots” while defining the law as they also are men with hearts and feelings.

The CBI on Tuesday filed its affidavit in the Supreme Court in response to its notice on DMK MP Kanimozhi’s bail petition in the 2G scam case opposing her and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar’s release from judicial custody at this stage when investigation was not yet over and reiterated the bribery charge against them.