Supreme Court
Supertech CMD RK Arora, Responding to an Allahabad High Court order to raze two of its under-construction towers in Noida, declared that the projects fully complied with the rules. He added that to protect the interest of homebuyers the company will move to the Supreme Court in a week. Demolition of the twin 40-storied towers [...] Continue Reading »
In Faridabad, for establishing a 450-bed super-specialty hospital, Land use has come under the scanner of the Supreme Court, which requires an explanation on a petition alleging that the five-acre of land on prime Delhi-Mathura highway was being used in contravention of the terms of the lease by Harayana government. For seeking response within four [...] Continue Reading »
Subrata Roy has been in Delhi’s Tihar Jail since March 4, has withdrawn proposal for modifying his bail conditions. Sahara had earlier last week, expressed its inability to pay Rs. 5,000 upfront for bail but proposed to pay Rs. 2,500 upfront and Rs. 2,500 three weeks after Subrata’s release. On March 26, the Supreme Court [...] Continue Reading »
The GMR group which grabbed the bid for the Mactan Cebu international airport project in the Philippines is facing problems as a petition has been filed against them in the country’s Supreme Court to scrap the deal. Mr. Serge R Osmeña III, a Philippine politician, says that GMR group broke the bid rules that barred [...] Continue Reading »
Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Rural Development Minister, says that the Supreme Court judgment upholding the retrospective clause of the new Land Acquisition Act has defines rules for the implementation of a significant clause in the law. He further says that the recent judgment was since last 5 years. He also added that the award was passed [...] Continue Reading »
The government turns toward SC to buy 6 months time to establish an independent environment regulator which will check the projects requiring the green clearance and apply conditions for approval and impose fine on defaulters. The government also concluded that it requires minimum 6 months to complete the process. The ministry of environment and forests [...] Continue Reading »
Starting July 1, 2014 getting environmental and forest clearances for large infrastructure projects could just be a click away with the government announcing launch of a portal, for such clearances. In recent years delay in green clearances has been one of the major concerns for industry. “On the website one will have to upload all [...] Continue Reading »
A notice has been issued to the Centre seeking its answer on a PIL seeking CBI probe into alleged encroachment and exploitation of defence land across the country, by the Supreme Court on Monday. A committee headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam decided to hear the petition as per which mismanagement of defence lands leading [...] Continue Reading »
The Sahara group made fresh proposal before the SC for refunding Rs20, 000 crore to investors to make sure the release of its chief Subrata Roy who has been in jail with company’s 2 directors since 4 March. In the proposal, the Sahara group gives the surety to deposit Rs2,500 crore within three working days [...] Continue Reading »
On Monday Dushyant Dave Senior Supreme Court advocate caused a stir in the Supreme Court when he referred to what he described as the phenomena of bench hunting in the top court. Dave to voice his concerns used the occasion of mentioning time — usually reserved for urgent out-of-turn cases. He was appearing before a [...] Continue Reading »
