The Karnataka high court, which faces a piquant situation arising out of an order passed by its division bench that virtually amounts to inquiring into the functioning of the Chief Justice on the administrative side, moved the Supreme Court on Monday for a stay on the order.

The Karnataka high court, which faces a piquant situation arising out of an order passed by its division bench that virtually amounts to inquiring into the functioning of the Chief Justice on the administrative side, moved the Supreme Court on Monday for a stay on the order.

As the blame game on the Bhopal gas tragedy case has sharpened, five judicial events on criminal and vicarious liabilities in the case have become very crucial to find the answers on the accountability of the concerned persons involved in handling the case at various stages.

Though all compensation related litigation in the Bhopal gas tragedy were shifted to India after the US Supreme Court had declined to entertain appeal against lower federal court on India’s claim of $3 billions from the Union Carbide, a damage suit is still pending before a New York appellate court.

The silence of the trial court in its verdict on the criminal liability of Union Carbide’s chief Warren Anderson in the Bhopal gas tragedy indicated that he had succeeded in “exploiting” in his favou

Should the dismissal of an appeal by the Supreme Court against a judgement of the high court in “limine” be construed as confirmation or approval of the verdict, is an important question of law answered by the apex court in “negative”.

In an important judgment on the preservation of the autonomy of statutory bodies set up under the law, the Supreme Court has said no functionary of the government, not even the chief minister, can supersede decisions taken by such bodies in the course of implementing the policies of the state.

Deciding an important constitutional question arising out of the taking over of a piece of land of an erstwhile “zamindar” by the Andhra Pradesh under the Zamindari Abolition Act that came into force after the independence, the Supreme Court has ordered fresh look into the case as the State was “wrongly” represented by the district collector concerned.

June 3: In an important ruling that might prove handy for the Centre as well as states for quick resolution of disputes on acquisition of land for public purposes, the Supreme Court has held that an individual landowner loses the right to challenge the acquisition once a big chunk is notified for takeover under due process of law.

Describing the atrocities against dalits as “mental block” of the upper castes, the Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the B.S. Hooda government in Haryana against any further attack on the marginalised communities, saying it might result in a stern action.