The Gauhati High Court has recently directed the state government to take action against the erring contractor who allegedly indulged in illegal mining out of the scope of the contract granted to him. The PIL was initially filed against the contractor, but its scope was later extended to direct the state government to frame comprehensive…
The Supreme Court has granted bail to a former Border Security Force (BSF) officer, who was arrested in March 2021 in connection with the Handwara narco-terror case. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Kumar in March 2021 on allegations that he had links to terror outfits carrying out cross-border drug smuggling activities after Rs 91…
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Telugu actor Mohan Babu in a case related to an alleged assault of a journalist. The Bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah passed the order on a Special Leave Petition filed by the veteran actor against the Telangana High Court order denying him…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Amanatullah Khan on a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging his release by a trial court in a money laundering case. The single-judge Bench of Justice Vikas Mahajan directed the trial court to defer the proceedings in the case…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to limit the use of public address systems/ loudspeakers and other noise polluting devices and amplifiers at the Maha Kumbh. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra passed this order while hearing a PIL filed by Brahmachari Dayanand Indian…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of a news item published on January 25, 2025, regarding a massive explosion at the ordnance factory Bhandara (OFBA) near Nagpur, Maharashtra, resulting in the death of eight workers and injuries to five others. The NGT’s Principal Bench in New Delhi registered an original application…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of a news item published on June 2, 2024, highlighting the exposure of pillars of the Ravi-Tawi Canal Bridge and railway bridge due to mining in the Basantar river of Samba. The NGT’s Principal Bench in New Delhi has registered an original application to address…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition of an association styled as Anjuman Himayat Chaparsian Sangh, UP (Nyay Bhibhag), seeking a direction to judicial officers of the civil courts to not extract work from Class IV employees of civil court as domestic servants for their personal work except during official hours. The petition has…
The appointment of Advocate Taj Ali Moulasab Nadaf as a judge of the Karnataka High Court has been cleared by the Central Government on February12. The notification in this regard read stated that while exercising of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri…
The Union government has notified the appointment of two Additional Judges of the Madras High Court as permanent judges of the same High Court. On February 5, 2025, the Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and comprising Justice BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Abhay S…