A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking school admission for children of all Myanmar Rohingya refugees near their residences. Advocate Ashok Aggarwal on behalf of NGO Social Jurist, the plea challenged the Delhi High Court order of October 29, 2024, which had disposed of the writ petition on the grounds that since…
The Supreme Court Collegium has proposed the appointment of four judicial officers as judges, along with the elevation of a lawyer as judge, in the High Courts of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Allahabad. The decision was taken by the Apex Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and comprising Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai,…
The Tripura High Court recently disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by an animal rights activist, regarding the illegal transportation of cattle in an inhumane manner in violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, and other relevant laws. The petitioner contended that despite a complaint being filed with the…
The Allahabad High Court has suspended the sentence of Ashish Kumar Mishra @ Dikky of Bhawaniganj police station, Siddharth Nagar, who had already served ten years’ imprisonment on the charges of kidnapping and murder, granted him conditional bail. The Division Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan and Justice Mohd Azhar Husain Idrisi passed this order…
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Upper Secretary, Board of High School and Intermediate Examination Regional Office, Prayagraj to issue the correct mark-sheet to the petitioner within a month by awarding 69 marks in the subject of Mathematics in place of 34 marks. A Single Bench of Justice Saral Srivastava passed this order while…
The Manipur High Court recently heard a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to make public buildings in Churachandpur District, Manipur, accessible to people with disabilities and the elderly. The PIL has been filed by the NGO Centre for Community Initiative, who prayed for the provision of ramps and toilets as prescribed under the Rights…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of 77 cases of illegal felling of conifer trees, involving the cutting down of more than 100 trees in Tanta forest area of Chirala near Bhaderwah in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. The original application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news…
Maharashtra Police has booked a 22-year-old murder accused for throwing a slipper at a District and Additional Sessions court judge during proceedings in Thane district of Maharashtra. Officials of the Mahatma Fule police station on Monday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against one Kiran Santosh Bharam under Sections 132 (assault or criminal force to…
The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad has upheld the trial court order granting custody of 14 buffaloes seized during cattle trafficking to their rightful owner. The order was recently passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice YG Khobragade, while dismissing a petition filed by the management committee of the Maltidevi Mewalalji Jaiswalji Gaushala, which had…
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a suit filed by natural healthcare company Dabur against rival Patanjali Ayurved over advertisements related to Chyawanprash products. The single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna sought response from Patanjali Ayurved and listed the matter for hearing in the last week of January for consideration on interim orders….