High court reserves order on Jamiat plea

The Gujarat High Court on Friday, reserved its order on a petition moved by Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) challenging the deposition of IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt at the Nanavati-Mehta Commission. Citing certain provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, JUH has argued that Bhatt is not a witness and he cannot be allowed to be cross-examined by  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court reserves verdict in Red Fort shootout case

The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq challenging his death sentence in the Dec 22, 2000 Red Fort attack case. The apex court bench of Justice V.S. Sirpurkar and Justice T.S. Thakur reserved the verdict on the conclusion of arguments by Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium  [ Read More ]

Court reserves order on plea of five former ad-hoc judges

The Gujarat High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the petitions of five former ad-hoc fast track court judges whose services were terminated. The petitioners approached the high court seeking direction to the state government to retain them as ad-hoc additional district judges. A bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice J.B. Pardiwala, after  [ Read More ]

Apex court reserves verdict on plea to cancel 2G licences

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition for cancellation of 2G licences illegally granted in 2008 after it was told considerations of ‘chaos’ and ‘loss’ of foreign investments if the licences were quashed could not outweigh the concerns over national security. The posituion was made clear to the apex court bench of  [ Read More ]

Apex court reserves verdict in Ghaziabad courts’ scam

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for transfer of the trial in the Ghaziabad district courts provident fund scam from Ghaziabad to Delhi. The apex court’s special bench headed by Justice D.K. Jain discharged District Judge V.C. Gupta from the charge that he was  [ Read More ]

Court reserves order on Tiwari’s appeal in paternity suit

The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its order on former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari’s plea contesting its single judge’s decision to impose on him Rs.75,000 in costs in a paternity suit slapped by a man claiming to be his biological son. A bench of Justice Vikramjeet Sen and Justice Mukta Gupta reserved the order  [ Read More ]

Court reserves order in judge’s termination case

The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its order on a petition filed by a trial court judge challenging his termination by the Delhi government on charges of corruption. Metropolitan Magistrate Gautam Kant Nimaan of the Rohini district court challanged the lieutenant governor’s order on the grounds that he was removed arbitrarily, which was against the  [ Read More ]