The debate over actor Sanjay Dutt's pardon continues to polarise top jurists even as the actor himself has refused to seek clemency. While Dutt said he is ready to surrender and go to jail, others are still pushing for his pardon. ...
10:14 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Former Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee on Saturday asked the civil society to mount pressure to stop a person framed for criminality from contesting elections until he was absolved of charges as the Election Commission lacks power to disallow such a candidate. ...
10:31 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Coming down heavily on Italian Ambassador Daniel Mancini while hearing the case of Italian marines, the Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir restrained him from leaving the country till further orders. ...
09:27 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Speaking to CNN-IBN, former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee said that hanging of Afzal Guru was the logical conclusion after the mercy plea was rejected and that the country cannot be held to ransom by protests. ...
11:12 PM, Feb 09, 2013
Indian jurist Soli Sorabjee said that the time had come to change the laws and the mindsets of the people to protect the dignity of women. ...
01:32 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Senior jurist Soli Sorabjee says he is grief sticken with the news of the death of Delhi braveheart and hopes that the trial in the case is concluded at the earliest. ...
12:03 PM, Dec 29, 2012
New Delhi: Former IPS officer YP Singh came all guns blazing on India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal and accused him of hiding facts about Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar. However, IAC denied hiding any facts and issued a statement saying, "This is wrong to say that we did not raise alleged corruption of Sharad Pawar, we did raise this in our July agitation and we have uploaded...
08:03 AM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Noting that freedom of press is not absolute, eminent jurist Soli Sorabjee on Thursday said there could not be a media trial in every case. Freedom of press is not absolute and it can be restricted, Sorabjee said adding there is a need to regulate the media in the country. Speaking at a panel discussion on Self-Regulation of the Media organised by Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC), he...
11:31 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Former attorney general Soli Sorabjee on Saturday supported the 2G trial court order rejecting Janata party President Subramanian Swamy's plea against Home Minister P Chidambaram. He said that special CBI Judge OP Saini was an efficient judge and his order mean that there may not have been a strong case against Chidambaram. "Judge Saini has a good reputation, he's supposed to be a good and an honest judge....
02:55 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Jaipur: First it was the suspense over whether he will attend the Jaipur Literature Festival, now it's whether Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie will be addressing the festival via videoconferencing. The video chat is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon but sources say the Rajasthan government is unlikely to allow it. Jaipur Police Commissioner BL Soni said, "We don't have have any information about any video conferencing with Salman Rushdie. We will...
07:14 AM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Author Ruchir Joshi on Monday said that he does not regret reading out extracts from Salman Rushdie's banned book 'The Satanic Verses' at the Jaipur Literature Festival. Talking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai on Talking Point, Joshi said that he was even ready to do it again if required. "There's nothing in the law that prohibits people reading from a banned book," Joshi said. "Rushdie's constitutional rights are...
11:40 PM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: In an interview to CNN-IBN, fomer attorney general Soli Sorabjee said that Team Anna should give Parliament a chance and that the quota issue is just a red herring. Here is the transcript of the full interview: Parikshit Luthra:Sir, you have seen the government's draft of the Lokpal bill, it doesn't include the CBI. Your take on that. Soli Sorabjee: I take it as include but I think...
07:50 PM, Dec 22, 2011
An Active Judiciary Is A Peoples Right The hallmark of a great nation is its institutions. The stronger the ability of these institutions to uphold and preserve fundamental values, the greater the nation would be. When Indias founding fathers wrote the Constitution, they created three arms " Parliament, Executive and the Judiciary " of the state that together were to be the keepers of the ideals of the nation as...
11:06 AM, Sep 02, 2011
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) investigating the 2G spectrum scam has summoned former attorney general Soli Sorabjee. Sorabbjee during his tenure as the attorney general had favoured the National Telecom Policy 1999. Sorabjee has been summoned after the JPC took congnizance of a Comptroller and Auditor General Report which said that the National Telecom Policy 1999 caused huge loss to exchequer. JPC Chairman PC Chacko said that Sorabjee...
07:34 PM, May 18, 2011
New Delhi: Constitutional expert Soli J Sorabjee on Sunday attacked Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj for recommending imposition of President's rule in the BJP-ruled state and said the Chief Minister should be allowed to prove his majority on the floor of the House. "First of all, I do not think there is any justification for imposition of President's rule. There is no breakdown of constitutional machinery," Sorabji said. He said...
10:52 PM, May 15, 2011
Soli Sorabjee has called Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj's report to the Centre, in regard to the Karnataka Government, as a disgrace to the Governors office. ...
10:02 PM, May 15, 2011
Former Attorney General and Counsel, Sunni Wakf Board Senior Lawyer Soli Sorabjee reacts over the issue on CNN-IBN. ...
07:53 PM, Sep 28, 2010
New Delhi: In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee on Thursday said deferment of the Ayodhya verdict by the Supreme Court has set a bad precedent for the future. "Is it really expected that in a week a settlement will be found when persons of different shades of public opinion different political personalities have tried and failed…is blind irrational optimism," Sorabjee said when asked to comment...
07:00 PM, Sep 23, 2010
The former AG says it is too late to seek Anderson's extradition and successive governments slept over it. ...
12:17 PM, Jun 11, 2010
In 2006, the Supreme Court came out with some police reform directives. ...
01:54 AM, Dec 18, 2008
