Mumbai: The Supreme Court gave Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt a month's reprieve in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, but the producers of his films feel four weeks are not enough for him to wrap up all the projects in hand. Sentenced to five years in jail for possessing weapons illegally during the 1993 Mumbai riots, Sanjay, 53, wanted six more months to surrender to complete his projects worth Rs 278...
07:14 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Mumbai: Twenty five convicts in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case surrendered on Thursday before a designated TADA court in keeping with the Supreme Court order upholding their conviction and dismissing their appeals. Eleven others had surrendered before the same court on Wednesday. Eight more convicts, including actor Sanjay Dutt, have been given time by the Supreme Court to return to jail to serve the remaining period of sentence. The...
06:42 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: In a curious development, Justice AR Dave of Supreme Court on Thursday became the second judge in four days to recuse himself from the bench hearing the petitions of Bharti Cellular Ltd CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia in a graft case related to allocation of additional 2G spectrum in 2002. Without assigning any reason, Justice Dave, who was part of the bench headed...
06:33 PM, Apr 18, 2013
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted Zaibunissa Kazi and six other convicts four more weeks to surrender in the 1993 Bombay blasts case. ...
03:54 PM, Apr 18, 2013
The lawyer of Dongriya Kondh Tribals, Ritwik Dutta, welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on Vedanta's mining project in Odisha saying the judgment gives importance to the Gram Sabha. ...
03:50 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde says the illegal mining carried out in Karnataka not only looted the state but also damaged the environment heavily. ...
03:40 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: After giving partial relief to actor Sanjay Dutt and 3 other convicts, the Supreme Court on Thursday gave four more weeks to surrender to four more convicts including Zaibunissa Kazi in the 1993 Bombay blasts case. The other three convicts who have got a partial relief are KC Adjania, Abdul Gafoor Parkera and Ishad Md Hajwane. Reacting to the court order, Zaibunissa's daughter said, "Allah has listened to...
02:24 PM, Apr 18, 2013
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the plea of the fourth convict in the 1993 Bombay blasts case who had sought relief, Yusuf Khan, on grounds that he could get treatment inside the jail. ...
01:15 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: In a huge relief for mining companies in Karnataka, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed 118 legal mines to reopen in three districts after a gap of two years. It, however, also cancelled leases of all mine projects planned outside the sanctioned area of Karnataka's Bellary district. The illegal iron ore mining on Andhra-Karnataka border would remain suspended till demarcation of boundary between the two states is completed,...
11:16 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: A day after giving partial relief to actor Sanjay Dutt, the Supreme Court on Thursday gave four more weeks to surrender to three convicts Altaf Ali Sayeed, Essa Memon and Yusuf Nulwalla in 1993 Bombay blasts case. The plea of the fourth convict who had sought relief, Yusuf Khan, has been rejected on grounds that he could get treatment inside the jail. There has been no decision yet...
11:10 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Bharti Cellular Ltd CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia will appear in the Supreme Court on Thursday to challenge a special 2G court summons issued to them. It has been alleged that Airtel was allotted extra spectrum during the NDA regime by the then telecom minister Pramod Mahajan. Mittal and the CBI's lawyers will argue on Thursday on whether the summons should stand. A...
10:27 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: In what could result in another stand-off between the government and the judiciary, the UPA cabinet is likely to take up proposals for a revamp in the way judges are appointed. The Law Ministry wants judges to be appointed by a Judicial Appointments Commission, which includes members of the executive. The Law Ministry says judges cannot be allowed to decided their own appointments. Currently, a collegium of judges...
09:34 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: The Supreme Court will on Thursday decide on the fate of mines barred from mining iron ore in Karnataka's Bellary district. A three-member bench will deliver the judgement on a PIL filed three years ago seeking a ban on illegal mining and also a high level inquiry into the role of politicians. A Central Empowered Committee had also recommended a ban on mining. The PIL's petitioner had named top...
09:11 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: A day after actor Sanjay Dutt was granted four more weeks to surrender, the Supreme Court will hear another 1993 Bombay blasts convict Zaibunissa Kazi's plea on Thursday. Zaibunissa Kazi along with four other convicts Altaf Ali Sayeed, Essa Memon, Yusuf Khan, and Yusuf Nulwalla on Wednesday sought more time to surrender on humanitarian grounds. The Supreme Court had on Tuesday dismissed Zaibunissa's plea to extend the time...
07:55 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Thursday pronounce its verdict on whether Vedanta should be allowed to mine aluminium in the Niyamgiri Hills in Kalahandi district of Odisha or not. In 2008, the Supreme Court gave phase 2 clearance to Vedanta to mine at Niyamgiri but after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's rally in Kalahandi, the Ministry of Environment and Forests cancelled the clearance in August 2010. The project...
07:45 AM, Apr 18, 2013
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave actor Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to surrender in the 1993 Bombay blasts case. ...
11:20 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: As pressure builds on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ahead of the Supreme Court's deadline to file an affidavit in the coal scam, CNN-IBN has learnt that the agency will be submitting its original status report in the apex court. Sources, however, said that while the CBI will admit to the fact that there was a meeting with the Law Minister, there were no PMO officials at...
11:16 PM, Apr 17, 2013
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave actor Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to surrender in the 1993 Bombay blasts case. ...
10:41 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Sanjay Dutt, who had earlier been asked by the court to surrender by April 18 wanted six months' extension to complete his film projects before surrendering to undergo his prison term. ...
10:16 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Sanjay Dutt, who had earlier been asked by the court to surrender by April 18 wanted six months' extension to complete his film projects before surrendering to undergo his prison term. ...
09:44 PM, Apr 17, 2013
