The Calcutta High Court recently disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed seeking various reliefs, including directions to the State Government to take legal action against an organization called “Bharat Jakat Majhi Pargana Mahal, Traditional Social Institution, Medinipur Zila (Undivided)”, which had proposed to block National Highways and railway lines in support of their…
The Congress party has approached the Supreme Court challenging the recent amendments to the Conduct of Eltopection Rules, 1961, curtailing the rights of citizens to access election-related records. Calling the Election Commission a Constitutional body charged with the conduct of free and fair elections, the political party submitted that ECcould not be allowed to unilaterally…
The Calcutta High Court has permitted doctors to hold a peaceful sit-in demonstration against the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The Division Bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya, while upholding the single-judge verdict, modified the same to the extent of…
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has rejected two petitions challenging the resolution plan submitted by Sapphire Media Limited for the Reliance Broadcast Network Limited, which owned and operated popular radio channel Big FM. The order was passed by the coram of NCLAT Chairperson Justice (retd) Ashok Bhushan and Technical Member Barun Mitra on…
The Central government has notified the elevation of two Additional Judges of the Delhi High Court and four Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court as permanent Judges of same High Courts. The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Law (independent charge) on Monday. He posted on X (formerly Twitter) that inexercise…
The Kerala High Court while dismissing a petition said that the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act and Rules do not provide for the display or publication of photographs and other details of defaulting borrowers as a mode of recovery. The Court held that the publication or display of photographs of defaulting borrowers will infringe upon their…
The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking various reliefs, including directions to take legal action against certain individuals and authorities involved in alleged corruption and embezzlement of public funds. The petitioners had sought directions to the respondents to take appropriate legal action against individuals involved in alleged corruption…
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has recently disposed of a suo motu public interest litigation regarding inadequate staff and facilities at Government Degree College, Subathu. The petition was filed after the court received letters from students highlighting difficulties they faced due to the lack of teachers and infrastructure. The court noted that the college had…
The Allahabad High Court has affirmed the continued availability of remedies under the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, for applicants seeking revision of decrees from suits predating the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006. The Division Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Vinod Diwakar said this while hearing a petition filed…
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice V Ramasubramanian, as Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The official notification said that in exercise of the power conferred on the President of India by sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, President…