Apex court to take up presidential reference on natural resources
New Delhi, May 10 — The Supreme Court Friday will take up for hearing a presidential reference whether the court could interfere with a policy decision of the government and could insist on auction as the only route for the allocation of natural resources.
The five judge constitution bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice D.K. Jain, Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice Deepak Mishra and Justice Ranjan Gogoi would take up for hearing the presidential reference, made in the wake of the judgment in 2G spectrum case.
The government moved the presidential reference, seeking the clarity on several issues arising out of the Feb 2 apex court verdict, cancelling the 122 licences granted by the then communications minister A. Raja and had held that the policy of first come first serve was “flawed” and an auction was the only route for allocating natural resources.
The reference was… Continue reading
2G spectrum case
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New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court Thursday allowed the government to withdraw its petition seeking a review of the apex court verdict cancelling 122 licences that were allocated in and after January 2008 by the then telecom minister A. Raja.
The apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi granted withdrawal of the review petition but not before objecting to a May 8 letter which asked Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia to place the plea before an appropriate bench.
The court wondered what was the need for the government to write the letter when the matter was to come up for hearing May 10. It also noted that in the past, similar withdrawal of petition was done by way of oral mentioning before the court.
The government had sought the review of the Feb 2 apex court order which, while cancelling the 122 telecom licences, said henceforth all… Continue reading
2G case: Government petition seeks court verdict review
2 March 2012 – 10:13pm By IANS,
New Delhi : The central government Friday moved the Supreme Court
seeking review of its Feb 2 judgment striking down the “first come
first served” policy for grant of 2G licences and cancelling 122
licenses. A policy does not become bad merely because the court holds
a different view, it contended.
Noting that the apex court held the policy flawed, the review petition
said: “This is entirely contrary to the jurisprudence of judicial
review, which does not permit a court to hold a policy decision to be
flawed only because the court has a different view from that of the
executive of what lies in public interest.”
The petition said the government “had applied its mind to the merits
of the policy consideration of increasing tele-density in semi-urban
and rural areas and the need to maintain level playing field”.
2G case: Government petition seeks court verdict review
2 March 2012 – 10:13pm By IANS,
New Delhi : The central government Friday moved the Supreme Court
seeking review of its Feb 2 judgment striking down the “first come
first served” policy for grant of 2G licences and cancelling 122
licenses. A policy does not become bad merely because the court holds
a different view, it contended.
Noting that the apex court held the policy flawed, the review petition
said: “This is entirely contrary to the jurisprudence of judicial
review, which does not permit a court to hold a policy decision to be
flawed only because the court has a different view from that of the
executive of what lies in public interest.”
The petition said the government “had applied its mind to the merits
of the policy consideration of increasing tele-density in semi-urban
and rural areas and the need to maintain level playing field”.
“The court would have… Continue reading
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