A single bench of Justice Anish Kumar Gupta of the Allahabad High Court recently quashed criminal proceedings against a licensed share broker in response to an FIR filed concerning a dispute over an equity shares transaction. The application had been filed seeking quashing of the chargesheet, dated September 6, 2018, and cognizance order, dated April…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Southern Zone in Chennai has directed the Tamil Nadu government to complete the process of issuing notification under Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, for Perur Lake in Coimbatore district. This decision was made in response to a suo motu case registered by the tribunal based on a news report…
The Allahabad High Court has directed the payment of outstanding salary and other benefits to Kanti Mishra, a teacher of Vidyawati Darbari Balika Inter College, Lukerganj, Prayagraj, from her appointment till 2006. The division bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar passed this order while hearing an appeal filed by Kanti Mishra….
While acknowledging the potential damage caused by defamatory posts on social media, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has granted interim relief in favour of Awanish Kumar Awasthi, a retired IAS officer and an advisor to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. A Single Bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed this order while hearing…
The National Green Tribunal’s Western Zone Bench in Pune heard a Suo Motu matter relating to the issue of the thick layer of garbage on Mahim Railway Station’s tracks. The cognizance has been taken of this matter suo motu on the basis of a news item published in a newspaper on April 10, 2024, sparked…
The Allahabad High Court has granted conditional bail to the accused in a rape and POCSO Act case. A single-justice bench of Justice Krishna Pahal passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Ankit@ Subhash. The applicant sought bail in Case under Sections 363, 376 IPC and 3/4 POCSO Act, 2012,…
The Supreme Court took cognizance of delay in granting ration cards to eligible migrant workers. A bench comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah gave a final opportunity to the Central government and the governments of States and Union Territories (UTs) to take necessary steps by November 19. The Court further warned that it…
The Supreme Court today expressed reservations over Delhi’s Lieutenant General (LG) VK Saxena’s interference in an election process for the appointment of the sixth member of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) standing committee. A BJP candidate had eventually been elected to the post after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress boycotted the September…
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking a review of its August 1 order that empowered the States to sub-classify the Scheduled Caste (SC) categories for granting more reservations to backward classes within the categories. The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petitions challenging its August 1 order that allowed the…
The National Green Tribunal directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to frame the guidelines for environmental management in food processing industries for better management of the environment taking into consideration mission life targets. The Central Bench of Justice Sheo Kumar Singh and Dr Afroz Ahmad disposed of…