-The Times of India The Supreme Court ripped apart the myth of CBI's autonomy on Tuesday by exposing that it was under the thumb of the government of the day. The apex court tore into the government for seeking to vet the CBI's status report to the SC on the Coalgate scam and subvert it. The court didn't mince words while saying that the government's attempt to change the investigation status report...
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“Why was court not told draft was shared with executive?”-J Venkatesan
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the CBI Director to file an affidavit explaining why in the agency's status report dated March 8 no disclosure was made that the draft was shared with the executive and officials. A Bench of Justices R.M. Lodha, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph also wanted the CBI to indicate on what basis an assertive statement was made at the March 12 hearing, through its...
More »Vetting of coal report: Top govt law officers indulge in blame game ahead of SC hearing -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India Less than 24 hours before the Supreme Court takes up the coal scam hearing on Tuesday, a blame game broke out within the government over who was responsible for incorrectly telling the court that the CBI had not shared the contents of its status report on " Coalgate" with the political executive. In a four-page letter to attorney general Goolam Vahanvati, additional solicitor general Harin Raval said he...
More »As attacks on women increase, Supreme Court threatens to ban chemical
-PTI The Supreme Court today said it will wait for the Centre and the state governments to explore ways to regulate sale of acids for domestic use before it imposes a ban on the chemical, being increasingly used to attack women. Expressing displeasure that the matter has been pending for seven years, a bench headed by Justice R M Lodha said the apex court will consider banning sale of acids for domestic...
More »Supreme Court directs Centre to hold meeting with States on sale of acid-J Venkatesan
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to convene a meeting of chief secretaries of all States and Union Territories in six weeks for evolving a consensus in regard to the regulation of sale of acid in the States/Union Territories to prevent acid attacks. A three-Judge bench of Justices R.M. Lodha, J. Chelameswar and Madan B. Lokur gave this direction to the Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran who submitted...
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