The Calcutta High Court has disposed of a petition filed by Nurses’ Unity, an organization representing nurses employed by the state government, seeking equal pay and allowances as their counterparts in other departments. The petitioners claimed that despite having similar qualifications they were being discriminated against in terms of pay and allowances. The court observed…
Supreme Court tells UP government not to invoke Gangsters Act in any criminal matter The Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh authorities to invoke harsh laws such as the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, in criminal matters involving serious allegations, not any run-of-the-mill case. The Bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia…
The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed an arbitral tribunal order of 2018, which rejected the Central government’s claims against Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), in connection with the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin migrated gas dispute. The Division Bench of Justice Rekha Palli and Justice Saurabh Banerjee further set aside the judgment delivered by…
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to February 28, an application filed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) against the construction carried out by the Isha Foundation on its Coimbatore campus without environmental clearances. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice NK Singh adjourned the matter after Senior Advocate V Giri, appearing…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to respondent authorities to recover the amount of compensation of the land which has been received by unauthorized persons, who had purchased the land after notification issued under Section 3A of the National Highways Authority Act, 1956. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently dismissed an appeal filed by a bank against an order passed by a single judge directing the bank to release gratuity to a retired employee. The appeal was heard by a division bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Prakash Sharma and Justice Meenakshi I Mehta. The dispute arose when…
The Calcutta High Court has ordered the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation to provide a list of hoardings that have been illegally removed, despite having permission to erect them. The Division Bench of Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya told the Corporation to convene a meeting at the earliest to regulate illegal hoardings with…
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has recently imposed a cost of US $10,000 on an accused, who fled to America so as to evade trial in a fraud case for the last 20 years. A Single Bench of Justice Sandeep Moudgil passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Avtar Singh Pannu. The…
The Kerala High Court said that sympathy is not necessary towards minor rape victims from society, but it should hold such minor victims close to their hearts and protect their interests and also see that they live in society with pride like every other citizen. A Single Bench of Justice P V Kunhikrishnan granted bail…
The Gauhati High Court has recently granted two weeks’ time to the petitioner’s counsel to file a reply to the counter-affidavit filed by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council in a public interest litigation (PIL) against misutilization of funds. Podmo Taron, a resident of Karbi Anglong, Assam, had filed the PIL against the Ministry of Development…