The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of ACP Mohsin Khan posted in Kanpur in the case of the sexual exploitation of a Ph.D. student. The Division Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan and Justice Mohd Azhar Husain Idrisi passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Mohammad Mohsin Khan. The petition has…
The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking implementation of the “one advocate one vote” concept in Bar Associations. The petitioner sought directions to the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh to effectively implement the Bar Council of India Resolution, which aimed to ensure that advocates can vote only…
The Allahabad High Court while allowing a petition said that no particular organisation can claim a vested right for being allotted a particular land in the Maha Kumbh Mela area only because the said land may have been allotted to it in the previous years. The Division Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice…
The Delhi High Court has extended by four weeks, the interim bail granted to former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case. The expelled BJP MLA was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh in 2017. He was also convicted for murdering…
Expressing serious concern over the rampant misuse of temporary employment contracts, the Supreme Court has directed government institutions and the public sector entities to uphold the principles of fairness and justice, and refrain from engaging in exploitative employment practices that eroded public trust. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PB Varale observed on…
The Allahabad High Court has stayed the orders of the District Magistrate Mainpuri to seize the financial and administrative powers of Gram Pradhan Sunita Devi. A Single Bench of Justice Vikram D Chauhan passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Smt Suneeta Devi W/O Ramvir Singh. It is submitted by the counsel for…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) took Suo Motu cognizance of a news article relates to a gas leak and blast at Myanmar Chemical Company located in Shalgaon MIDC, Kadegaon tehsil in Sangli, Maharashtra, resulting in three deaths, including two women and nine hospitalizations. The Original Application is registered suo-moto on the basis of the news…
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Commissioner of Lucknow Municipal Corporation and the District Magistrate Lucknow to appear virtually on the next hearing date and report on actions taken to address the issue of rising plastic waste in Lucknow and the hazard created on account of its improper management. The Principal Bench comprising Chairperson…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the petition of Arfi alias Kamran, an accused in the daylight murder case of Shahganj, Jaunpur journalist Ashutosh Srivastava. The Division Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Arfi Alias Kamran. The petition has been filed…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) heard an Original Application addressing the disappearance of water bodies in Delhi and the resulting urban flooding. The issue is also under consideration by the High Court of Delhi in W.P.(C) No. 7594/2018. The High Court of Delhi ordered the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) to complete…