The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the rehabilitation of riot victims was a national responsibility and could not just be construed within legal and moral parameters. Rehabilitating the riot victims was a “national liability and you have to be responsible not just legally or morally but in all dimensions of the word”, said an apex [ Read More ]
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Patents law provisions conflicting, Novartis tells SCSwiss pharma company Novartis Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there cannot be conflicting provisions in a patents statute where one provision recognises innovation in drug development and another knocks it down. Novartis told an apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai that once the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) [ Read More ] Jagan facing charges in three cases, CBI tells SCThe CBI, opposing bail plea of jailed YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, told the Supreme Court Friday that the charge sheets filed against him were related to three different cases which are still being investigated. The Central Bureau of Investigation told this to the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice [ Read More ] SC slams Karnataka on iron ore mining, orders CBI probeIn blistering criticism of the Karnataka government for overlooking the illegal mining, transport and export of iron ore, the Supreme Court Friday ordered a CBI probe into the illegal extraction and export of 50.7 lakh tonnes of iron ore from the state’s forest areas from January 2009 to May 2010. “Can there be any doubt [ Read More ] SC reserves verdict on Amit Shah’s bail in Sohrabuddin caseThe Supreme Court Thursday reserved its order on a CBI plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to former Gujarat minister Amit Shah by the state high court and the transfer of trial in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged-shootout case outside Gujarat to Mumbai. However, the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana [ Read More ] Karnataka: SC may allow some iron ore mining to resumeThe Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it may permit resumption of iron ore mining in category A mines in Karnataka’s Bellary, Chitradurga and Timkur districts, provided they complied with all statutory forest and environmental clearances. “The statutory compliance must be there. There can be no compromise on the statutory clearance and the undertaking by [ Read More ] CBI to File Charge Sheet in Prajapati Case Few DaysThe CBI told the Supreme Court Tuesday it will file a charge sheet in the Tulsiram Prajapati staged shootout case in a couple of days. Senior CBI counsel Vivek Tankha told this to the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai in the course of the hearing of the agency’s [ Read More ] No mining in Karnataka till R&R measures are implemented: SCThe Supreme Court on Friday said it would not allow resumption of mining activities of iron and ore in Karnataka unless there is a statutory compliance and full implementation of reclamation and rehabilitation measures. “You don’t press for resumption of mining activities unless we are sure that there is a statutory compliance. No mining activities [ Read More ] Kasab’s plea : Supreme Court reserves verdictThe Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on the hearing of a petition filed by 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab challenging the Bombay High Court verdict upholding his death sentence. The high court had upheld Kasab’s death sentence Feb 21, 2011. Kasab was awarded the death sentence by a Mumbai [ Read More ] Bidari’s appointment as DGP : Supreme Court stays Karnataka HC orderThe Supreme Court Tuesday set aside a Karnataka High Court order indicting the state’s then police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari, terming him worse than Saddam Hussain and Muammar Gaddafi, and directing his removal from the post. A bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C.K. Prasad said the state, however, was free to appoint anyone [ Read More ] |
