By Annunthra Rangan A year after October 7, 2023, the genocide and destruction in Gaza continues. It is clear that the world has failed to check the untold suffering. What hasn’t been done? What cries for justice have gone unheard? How much more can Palestine endure? Entire families, 902 of them, wiped off from the…
By Sujit Bhar What happens when a senior government officer steadfastly refuses to pay heed to orders from the government and allows the felling of trees, possibly for gain, in the land that has been historically held by certain people? The former deputy conservator of forest of Madikeri division, Karnataka, who, it has been alleged,…
The Bombay High Court’s decision came in response to a Public Interest Litigation petition challenging the validity of the memorandum. It set aside the memorandum issued in February 2021 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The Court held: “Jurisprudence in our country recognizes hierarchy of laws according to which on the topmost…
A single bench of Justice Anish Kumar Gupta of the Allahabad High Court recently quashed criminal proceedings against a licensed share broker in response to an FIR filed concerning a dispute over an equity shares transaction. The application had been filed seeking quashing of the chargesheet, dated September 6, 2018, and cognizance order, dated April…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Southern Zone in Chennai has directed the Tamil Nadu government to complete the process of issuing notification under Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, for Perur Lake in Coimbatore district. This decision was made in response to a suo motu case registered by the tribunal based on a news report…
The Allahabad High Court has directed the payment of outstanding salary and other benefits to Kanti Mishra, a teacher of Vidyawati Darbari Balika Inter College, Lukerganj, Prayagraj, from her appointment till 2006. The division bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar passed this order while hearing an appeal filed by Kanti Mishra….
While acknowledging the potential damage caused by defamatory posts on social media, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has granted interim relief in favour of Awanish Kumar Awasthi, a retired IAS officer and an advisor to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. A Single Bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed this order while hearing…
The National Green Tribunal’s Western Zone Bench in Pune heard a Suo Motu matter relating to the issue of the thick layer of garbage on Mahim Railway Station’s tracks. The cognizance has been taken of this matter suo motu on the basis of a news item published in a newspaper on April 10, 2024, sparked…
The Allahabad High Court has granted conditional bail to the accused in a rape and POCSO Act case. A single-justice bench of Justice Krishna Pahal passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Ankit@ Subhash. The applicant sought bail in Case under Sections 363, 376 IPC and 3/4 POCSO Act, 2012,…
The Supreme Court took cognizance of delay in granting ration cards to eligible migrant workers. A bench comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah gave a final opportunity to the Central government and the governments of States and Union Territories (UTs) to take necessary steps by November 19. The Court further warned that it…