The Himachal Pradesh High Court has recently dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the auctioning of resin blazes by the HP State Forest Development Corporation Limited. The petitioner had alleged that the corporation had fixed an annual yield of 55 quintals per section, which was higher than the prescribed yield of 35-40 quintals per…
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Mohammed Zubair, former journalist and co-founder of AltNews, for sharing a post on X (formerly Twitter), regarding an alleged hate speech delivered by Yati Narsinghanand, priest of Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh. Noting that it was not appropriate for Zubair to post about the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Union of India and the State of Rajasthan to set up a five-member Committee, to be headed by a retired Rajasthan High Court judge, for the protection and preservation of the sacred groves of Rajasthan. The Bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice SVN Bhatti and Justice Sandeep Mehta…
The Allahabad High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the Chief Medical Officer, Saharanpur for refusing to renew the license to run a medical establishment despite an injunction from the civil court. The Division Bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh passed this order while hearing a petition…
The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently disposed of the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Government Order of May, 2020. The order had fixed the fee for post-graduate medical courses for 2020-21 to 2022-23, sparking controversy among private unaided medical colleges. At the heart of the dispute was the Andhra Pradesh Higher Education Regulatory…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking declaration and quashing of the Rule-3 of The Permanent Lok Adalat (Other Terms And Conditions Of Appointment Of Chairman And Other Persons) Rules, 2003, citing it as discriminatory, arbitrary, unreasonable, unconstitutional, and ultra vires the Constitution of India. The petitioner also…
The Allahabad High Court has held that under Shariat, a marriage can be dissolved by mutual agreement between the husband and wife while disposing an appeal. This mutual dissolution may take the form of khula or mubara’at. Mubara’at, a form of mutual consent, is a valid and recognized method for dissolution of marriage. The Division…
Expressing serious concerns over the growing number of civil disputes turning into criminal cases, the Supreme Court called for strong measures to curb the ‘wrong practice,’ which was becoming rampant across various parts of the country, especially in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar made…
The Chhattisgarh High Court recently heard a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) regarding the welfare of special children in Anganwadi centres. The court had taken cognizance of the issue and observed that there was no mechanism in place to identify special children and provide them with requisite assistance. In compliance with the court’s order,…
The Allahabad High Court has said that the District Magistrate/ Collector, who is essentially a Revenue Officer, doesn’t have jurisdiction to inspect a school, established by the Board of Basic Education. A Single Bench of Justice J.J. Munir passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Santosh Kumari. The Court noted that, Prima facie,…