The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Union of India and the State of Rajasthan to set up a five-member Committee, to be headed by a retired Rajasthan High Court judge, for the protection and preservation of the sacred groves of Rajasthan. The Bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice SVN Bhatti and Justice Sandeep Mehta…
The Allahabad High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the Chief Medical Officer, Saharanpur for refusing to renew the license to run a medical establishment despite an injunction from the civil court. The Division Bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh passed this order while hearing a petition…
The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently disposed of the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Government Order of May, 2020. The order had fixed the fee for post-graduate medical courses for 2020-21 to 2022-23, sparking controversy among private unaided medical colleges. At the heart of the dispute was the Andhra Pradesh Higher Education Regulatory…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking declaration and quashing of the Rule-3 of The Permanent Lok Adalat (Other Terms And Conditions Of Appointment Of Chairman And Other Persons) Rules, 2003, citing it as discriminatory, arbitrary, unreasonable, unconstitutional, and ultra vires the Constitution of India. The petitioner also…
The Allahabad High Court has held that under Shariat, a marriage can be dissolved by mutual agreement between the husband and wife while disposing an appeal. This mutual dissolution may take the form of khula or mubara’at. Mubara’at, a form of mutual consent, is a valid and recognized method for dissolution of marriage. The Division…
Expressing serious concerns over the growing number of civil disputes turning into criminal cases, the Supreme Court called for strong measures to curb the ‘wrong practice,’ which was becoming rampant across various parts of the country, especially in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar made…
The Chhattisgarh High Court recently heard a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) regarding the welfare of special children in Anganwadi centres. The court had taken cognizance of the issue and observed that there was no mechanism in place to identify special children and provide them with requisite assistance. In compliance with the court’s order,…
The Allahabad High Court has said that the District Magistrate/ Collector, who is essentially a Revenue Officer, doesn’t have jurisdiction to inspect a school, established by the Board of Basic Education. A Single Bench of Justice J.J. Munir passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Santosh Kumari. The Court noted that, Prima facie,…
The Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Sushil Singhania, the uncle of Nikita Singhania, accused in the suicide of Artificial Intelligence engineer Atul Subhash. A Single Bench of Justice Ashutosh Srivastava passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Anticipatory Bail Application filed by Nikita Singhania And 3 Others. The (Transit) Anticipatory Bail…
The Meghalaya High Court has recently disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging misuse of power and authority by an Assistant Inspector General of Police, who was accused of irregularly procuring 29 vehicles for the police department and misutilizing them. The bench of Chief Justice I.P. Mukerji and Justice W. Diengdoh had been monitoring…