New Delhi: People hate red lights, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, hoping that some day they will be spared of the VIP escort cars, except that of constitutional functionaries, passing by them with their sirens blaring.
"Some time it will happen today or tomorrow," an apex court bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice Kurien Joseph said, pointing out that the problem of people being at the receiving end of VIP security was rooted in the carving out of "exceptions, exemptions and regularisation".
"We can tell you without fear of contradiction that people hate red lights," said Justice Singhvi, adding that vehicles of those who use beacon lights unauthorisedly should be confiscated instead of being challaned.
The court was hearing a public interest litigation petition related to illegal use of beacon lights. ...
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01:25 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Former counsel of the Italian marines in the Kerala fishermen killings case told Karan Thapar on 'Devil's Advocate' that international arbitration would have been a better way to resolve the matter. He insisted that the Supreme Court has not been lenient on the Italian marines and has all the right to send the Italian Ambassador to jail as he was the one on whose assurance the apex court had allowed...
10:01 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Former counsel for the Italian marines in the Kerala fishermen killings case, Harish Salve has said that there is no legal bar or immunity to the Italian ambassador, Daniel Mancini, from an arrest order by the Supreme Court. ...
06:49 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Former counsel for the Italian marines in the Kerala fishermen killings case, Harish Salve has said that there is no legal bar or immunity to the Italian ambassador, Daniel Mancini, from being arrested by the Supreme Court. ...
07:07 AM, Mar 17, 2013
The Italian ambassador to India, Daniele Mancini, has said that he will not leave India until he is made persona non grata, meaning an unwelcome person, over the Italian marines row. His statement came amidst reports that India was looking to expel the envoy from the country. ...
08:41 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Senior counsel Harish Salve, who on Wednesday quit as the Italian marines' lawyer in the fishermen killing case, said that the Italian envoy will be made to appear before the Supreme Court if the two accused in the case did not return. Speaking to Rajdeep Sardesai, Salve also said that was no possibility of a deal between Italy and India, as the opposition parties have been alleging. ...
06:54 PM, Mar 13, 2013
In another counter-blow to Italy from India, senior counsel Harish Salve has refused to appear for Italy any more in the Kerala fishermen killings case. This comes after Italy refused to send back its marines to India. In a statement, Harish salve said, "I have informed the Italian ambassador that it will no longer be possible for me to appear or be associated with this case." ...
10:06 AM, Mar 13, 2013
Making a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the issue, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde had on Friday said it was not a phone tapping case, but a case of unauthorised access to call records. ...
08:21 PM, Mar 01, 2013
The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi Police why security personnel deployed on VIP security could not be provided to ensure security of women in the city. The court's observation came on a plea filed by Amicus Curiae Harish Salve. ...
02:14 PM, Feb 07, 2013
The Supreme Court has ordered a local court in Gujarat not to pronounce its verdict on the alleged role of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots in the state. The Supreme Court ruled that until its decision of Zakia Jafri's petition is not announced, the Gujarat court should not give its verdict. ...
04:01 PM, Jan 18, 2013
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre over the rising pollution levels in the capital and asked why an environment compensation charge should not be imposed on petrol and diesel cars. ...
03:01 PM, Nov 26, 2012
The court hearings had gone on through all of August. On September 8, 2010, the Bombay High Court was packed to the rafters with newspaper reporters of all hues. There was a battery of lawyers representing the Government of India and telecom giant Vodafone. There were two judges who had been hearing the famous Vodafone tax case: DY Chandrachud and JP Devadhar. Though Devadhar was in Nagpur that day, he...
01:18 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: Defending the Telecom Minister's comments over screening web comments, Law Minister Salman Khurshid said that Kapil Sibal has nowhere suggested of a censorship. Talking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Khurshid said, "Sibal hasn't spoken of censorship, but he has only suggested negotiation with the service providers like Facebook, Google and others, about what would be appropriate given the context of our country." He said that there was no...
06:44 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Experts discuss whether the crisis in the UPA has deepened over the 2G scam note, even as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee denies any differences with Home Minister P Chidambaram. ...
11:56 PM, Sep 30, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi and former Telecom Minister A Raja appeared in the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in New Delhi on Saturday. She along with Kalaignar TV MD and CEO Sharad Kumar was taken into judicial custody and spent Friday night in Tihar jail after the court refused her bail in the 2G spectrum scam. Jail authorities said that no special treatment was provided to the...
08:33 AM, May 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a petition by senior lawyer Harish Salve seeking a judicial inquiry into the alleged rape of a Dalit girl by Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Purushottam Dwivedi. The court will hear the petition on January 21. The court will also look into the role of policemen who where involved in incarcerating the girl for four weeks in jail on charges of theft. The...
04:41 PM, Jan 17, 2011
New Delhi: Top lawyer Harish Salve slammed the CBI's closure report in Aarushi double murder case, saying that such investigative agencies have become incompetent. Talking to CNN-IBN, Salve said, "They have filed a chargesheet in the garb of a closure report. I don't understand this, willing to wound but afraid to strike attitude. This is today becoming the order of the day." Slamming the premier investigative agency, Salve said that...
07:42 AM, Jan 04, 2011
On India at 9, CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai speaks to a panel of experts on the issue. ...
11:52 PM, Sep 10, 2010
Supended IPL chairman Lalit Modi held consultations with eminent lawyers Harish Salve and Ram Jethmalani. ...
07:02 PM, Apr 28, 2010
Amicus Curiae to the SC Harish Salve has now withdrawn the note. ...
09:08 PM, Jan 22, 2010
