The Allahabad High Court has granted conditional interim bail to a Kanpur resident on his assurance that he will marry the victim without dowry after his release from jail. A Single Bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Raja Khan Chudiwala. Upon query made…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the petition filed seeking registration of FIR against Jagadguru Rambhadracharya under the SC/ST Act. A Single Bench of Justice Saurabh Srivastava passed this order while hearing an appeal filed by Prakash Chandra. The appeal has been preferred with following prayer:- “.. to set aside the order dated 15.02.2024 passed by…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken proactive measures to address environmental concerns in Mussoorie. The National Green Tribunal’s Principal Bench in New Delhi has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report highlighting the potential environmental risks faced by Mussoorie in the wake of the Joshimath disaster . The report, published on January 16,…
The National Green Tribunal’s Principal Bench in New Delhi has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report highlighting the Punjab Forest Department’s concerns over extensive construction on the periphery of Chandigarh. The construction activities, primarily consisting of farmhouses and plots, are taking place on lands recently delisted from forest status in villages such as…
An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to direct the Union Government to restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir within two months. The petition has been filed by college teacher Zahoor Ahmed Bhat and activist Khurshaid Ahmad Malik as a Miscellaneous Application in the disposed of matter “In Re : Article 370…
The Supreme Court has dismissed two petitions that sought a review of its February 15, 2024 verdict regarding the constitutional validity of the Electoral Bonds scheme. The Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice JB Paridwala and Justice Manoj Misra on Friday observed that no case could be made out…
By Vikram Kilpady Over the past few years, the winter months have seen Delhi enveloped, even choked by smog, an amalgam of smoke from seasonal stubble burning and routine urban pollutants from vehicles and construction projects. The smog usually picks up in mid-October and gets worse after Diwali with the addition of pollutants from the…
By Annunthra Rangan A year after October 7, 2023, the genocide and destruction in Gaza continues. It is clear that the world has failed to check the untold suffering. What hasn’t been done? What cries for justice have gone unheard? How much more can Palestine endure? Entire families, 902 of them, wiped off from the…
By Sujit Bhar What happens when a senior government officer steadfastly refuses to pay heed to orders from the government and allows the felling of trees, possibly for gain, in the land that has been historically held by certain people? The former deputy conservator of forest of Madikeri division, Karnataka, who, it has been alleged,…
The Bombay High Court’s decision came in response to a Public Interest Litigation petition challenging the validity of the memorandum. It set aside the memorandum issued in February 2021 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The Court held: “Jurisprudence in our country recognizes hierarchy of laws according to which on the topmost…