The Punjab and Haryana High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking a direction to set aside Rule 6 of The Punjab Regulation of Wood Based Industries Rules, 2019 and specifically Rule 6(a) notified by Respondent whereby the distance of any saw mill from the forest is reduced from 10 km to…
The Allahabad High Court has said stamp duty cannot be imposed on the sale deed of agricultural and residential land on the basis of the future potential of the land becoming commercial. A single-judge bench of Justice Piyush Agrawal heard the petition filed by Anupam Varshney. The petition has been filed assailing the order dated…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) over a dispute that a particular construction made some 35 years ago, was converted for commercial use in 2000 and was being used as such, causing nuisance to the neighbours. The grievance raised is that the area in which the said building…
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a rape case. The single-judge bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal on Thursday, while allowing continuation of probe in the rape case, directed that chargesheet shall not be filed without the Court’s permission….
A Delhi court has acquitted 10 accused, giving them benefit of doubt in a case related to the riots that rocked the North-east area of Delhi in February 2020. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma Courts recorded in its September 11 order that allegations against the accused were not proven beyond reasonable doubt….
A sessions court in Lucknow has convicted Muslim cleric Umar Gautam and 15 others for allegedly carrying out over 1,000 illegal religious conversions in Uttar Pradesh. NIA/ATS court judge Vivekanand Saran Tripathi on September 10 convicted key accused Umar Gautam, Arshan Mustafa alias Bhupriya Bando, Adam alias Prasad Rameshwaram Kovere, Mufti Qazi Jahangir Qasmi, Kaushar…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of a Suo Motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) relating to the matter of sewage water being mixed in drinking water supply at Economically Weaker Section (EWS) colonies in Dhanas, Maloya, Ram Darbar, Vikas Nagar, as well as Sectors 56 and 38, Chandigarh. The suo motu cognizance of the…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of a study conducted by the KSKV Kachchh University in Gujarat, assessing the suitability of different areas within the Banni grasslands in Kachchh district, Gujarat, for sustainable restoration. The petition is registered suo motu on the basis of a news item dated 20.08.2024. As per…
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to look into a matter where the post of Assistant District Government Counsel Criminal (ADGC) is being misused by the official in lodging FIRs under SC/ST Act, 1989. The Division Bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal passed this order…
The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of accused Sudhir Upadhyay and three other family members in a criminal case registered at Jaunpur Kotwali for dowry harassment and attempt to murder, till the next hearing or submission of police report. The Division Bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal…