The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of 77 cases of illegal felling of conifer trees, involving the cutting down of more than 100 trees in Tanta forest area of Chirala near Bhaderwah in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. The original application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news…
Maharashtra Police has booked a 22-year-old murder accused for throwing a slipper at a District and Additional Sessions court judge during proceedings in Thane district of Maharashtra. Officials of the Mahatma Fule police station on Monday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against one Kiran Santosh Bharam under Sections 132 (assault or criminal force to…
The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad has upheld the trial court order granting custody of 14 buffaloes seized during cattle trafficking to their rightful owner. The order was recently passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice YG Khobragade, while dismissing a petition filed by the management committee of the Maltidevi Mewalalji Jaiswalji Gaushala, which had…
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a suit filed by natural healthcare company Dabur against rival Patanjali Ayurved over advertisements related to Chyawanprash products. The single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna sought response from Patanjali Ayurved and listed the matter for hearing in the last week of January for consideration on interim orders….
The Calcutta High Court recently disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed seeking various reliefs, including directions to the State Government to take legal action against an organization called “Bharat Jakat Majhi Pargana Mahal, Traditional Social Institution, Medinipur Zila (Undivided)”, which had proposed to block National Highways and railway lines in support of their…
The Congress party has approached the Supreme Court challenging the recent amendments to the Conduct of Eltopection Rules, 1961, curtailing the rights of citizens to access election-related records. Calling the Election Commission a Constitutional body charged with the conduct of free and fair elections, the political party submitted that ECcould not be allowed to unilaterally…
The Calcutta High Court has permitted doctors to hold a peaceful sit-in demonstration against the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The Division Bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya, while upholding the single-judge verdict, modified the same to the extent of…
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has rejected two petitions challenging the resolution plan submitted by Sapphire Media Limited for the Reliance Broadcast Network Limited, which owned and operated popular radio channel Big FM. The order was passed by the coram of NCLAT Chairperson Justice (retd) Ashok Bhushan and Technical Member Barun Mitra on…
The Central government has notified the elevation of two Additional Judges of the Delhi High Court and four Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court as permanent Judges of same High Courts. The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Law (independent charge) on Monday. He posted on X (formerly Twitter) that inexercise…
The Kerala High Court while dismissing a petition said that the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act and Rules do not provide for the display or publication of photographs and other details of defaulting borrowers as a mode of recovery. The Court held that the publication or display of photographs of defaulting borrowers will infringe upon their…