The Delhi High Court has registered a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) to monitor the implementation of the Supreme Court’s directions on stray dog management, particularly concerning the removal of stray dogs from educational institutions, hospitals and other public places. The Bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta sought responses from…
The Supreme Court on Thursday modified its October 14, 2024 order imposing a moratorium on new industrial activity in the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ), permitting the TTZ Authority to process around 400 pending applications relating to the establishment, expansion and relocation of non-polluting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), while holding that delays in environmental…
The Bombay High Court has continued hearing final arguments in a public interest litigation seeking a complete ban on the immersion of Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols in natural water bodies, with the petitioners submitting that pollution levels in the country had reached alarming proportions and that environmental degradation had become so severe that “Mother…
The Karnataka government has informed the Karnataka High Court that the management of Pilikula Biological Park in Mangaluru will be transferred to the State Forest Department. The submission was made before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Joshi during the hearing of a public interest litigation alleging mismanagement and administrative…
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the alleged murder of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, holding that she was not entitled to relief despite alleged procedural lapses in her arrest. A Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice PB Varale…
The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by former Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthil Balaji and his brother R.V. Ashok Kumar alleging harassment by the police in connection with ongoing and proposed criminal investigations. Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan held that the petitioners could not seek a blanket restraint against the police from conducting investigations…
The Supreme Court has prima facie observed that a matrimonial dispute cannot be transferred to a special court designated to deal with cases involving Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies merely because one of the parties to the dispute is an elected legislator. A Bench of the Supreme Court made the observation while considering a…
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday declined to grant urgent interim relief to Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in her petition seeking enhanced police protection following alleged incidents of mob attack and egg-pelting during her public engagements, observing that a First Information Report (FIR) had already been registered and protection had been granted in the…
The Advocates’ Association Bengaluru (AAB) on Thursday staged a symbolic dharna outside the Golden Jubilee Gate of the Karnataka High Court, alleging a complete administrative breakdown in the functioning of courts across Bengaluru due to the alleged administrative indifference of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and the High Court administration. The Association claimed that repeated representations…
Amid nationwide protests over the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and alleged irregularities in public examinations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced that the Centre will establish fast-track courts to ensure the expeditious trial and stringent punishment of those accused in examination paper leak cases. The announcement came amid continued demonstrations by students across…