The Allahabad High Court has quashed the entire proceedings of the case registered against a man and his family for dowry harassment and other matters. A Single Bench of Justice Anish Kumar Gupta passed this order while hearing an application filed by Pranjal Shukla and 2 Others. The application has been filed seeking quashing of the cognizance/…
The National Green Tribunal’s Principal Bench in New Delhi has taken suo motu cognizance of a news article relating to the ongoing deforestation at Koteshwar in Gujarat, where numerous trees have been felled. The news was published in the newspaper on September 20, 2024. The article highlights the alarming rate of deforestation in the 77-hectare…
The Allahabad High Court while dismissing an application said the fact that the victim woman and the accused husband were residing as husband and wife at the relevant time is sufficient to prosecute the case of dowry death. A single-judge bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh passed this order while hearing an application under section…
The National Green Tribunal’s Principal Bench in New Delhi has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report highlighting the sale of a portion of the Aravalli forest in Haryana’s Mahendergarh district for mining. The forest department had declared 506 acres of the Aravalli tract in Rajawas village as a ‘protected forest’ under the Forest…
A plea has been lodged before the Delhi High Court seeking permission to allow climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and his associates from Ladakh to hold peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar or any other suitable location from October 08 to October 23 for raising environmental awareness and demanding Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh. The petition has…
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) served a show cause notice to Ola Electric in relation to numerous consumer complaints regarding its services. Ola Electric disclosed the notice to both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in a regulatory filing dated October 7. The show cause notice was issued based…
Taking in view the alleged exploitation of Sabarimala pilgrims coming to worship Lord Ayyappa, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the Travancore Devaswom Board to ensure that no illegal activities took place inside the premises of Erumely Dharma Shastha Temple. In order to protect the pilgrims from exploitation, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday…
The Allahabad High Court has directed Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Jaunpur to decide within a month on the payment of more than Rs 33 lakh to M/S Kn Engineering Company. The Division bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh passed this order while hearing a petition filed by M/S Kn Engineering…
The National Green Tribunal has taken up the Shillong waste processing issue particularly at the Shillong Landfill Facility (SLF) as raised by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The Principal Bench of Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, Dr A. Senthil Vel and Dr Afroz Ahamd in New Delhi has registered an original…
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Health, Government of India, to revamp the infrastructure facilities available at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kalyani, West Bengal, to bring it at par with the facilities available at AIIMS in Delhi and Rishikesh. The single-judge Bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh…