The Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail plea of police officer Krishna Kumar Sharma, accused in the Bikru murder case of Kanpur. A single-judge bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by KK Sharma Alias Krishna Kumar Sharma. The applicant before the Court is…
The Uttarakhand High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a retired government teacher-activist aggrieved by Resolution No. 20 passed on 15.05.2022 and Resolution No. 21 proposed on 27.11.2021 in the Bar Council of Uttarakhand , whereby they have increased the fixed fee, for initiating disciplinary cases against advocates from Rs…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order of September 10, which refused to expand the definition of NRI quota for admission to undergraduate medical and dental colleges of Punjab. Upholding the High Court verdict, the Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB…
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against the sanction granted by Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot to prosecute him in the alleged multicrore scam related to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA). The single-judge Bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed thatSection 17A of the Prevention of Corruption (PC)…
The Allahabad High Court has directed the District Magistrate of Prayagraj to investigate the role of revenue officials in the case of illegal encroachment on the land of Madhopur Chandhan @ Ghatampur village of Soraon tehsil of Prayagraj. A single-judge bench of Justice Ashutosh Srivastava passed this order while hearing a PIL filed by Sunil…
The National Green Tribunal has taken suo motu cognizance of the reduction of glacier sizes, leading to an increase in moraine-dammed lakes in Himachal Pradesh and Trans Himalayan Region of Tibet, posing a potential threat to human life and infrastructure further downstream. The petition is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item dated…
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has observed a trend nowadays that after grant of anticipatory bail/bail, the informants’ lodge fresh FIRs/Complaints to create a ground for cancellation of anticipatory bail/bail. A single-judge bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi heard a Criminal Misc Bail Cancellation Application filed by Rabiya. This is an application for…
In the wake of the allegations regarding the use of substandard ingredients and animal fat in the preparation of ghee and laddus distributed as ‘prasadam’ at the revered Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), two petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored investigation into the charges. Filed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian…
The Patna High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on the petitioner and dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging the respondents have misused government funds by constructing a Samudayik Bhawan on a road and also on private land. A counter-affidavit has been filed by the respondents, wherein it has been clearly stated…
The Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a man who has been in jail for four years for raping a minor by barging into her house. A single-judge bench of Justice Krishan Pahal passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Anil Kumar. This is the second bail application moved…