The Gauhati High Court has opined that a fact-finding inquiry at the ground level is necessary for a just decision in the case of illegally blocked channels that creates an artificial flood in Southern Kamrup district. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Mridul Kumar Kalita heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) field…
The Allahabad High Court has granted interim bail to Manju Devi, an accused in the Hathras satsang stampede case. A single-judge bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Manju Devi. The bail application under Section 483 of B.N.S has been filed by the applicant…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of five additional judges of the Madras High Court as permanent judges of the same High Court. These include Justice Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri, Justice Pillaipakkam Bahukutumbi Balaji, Justice Kandhasami Kulandaivelu Ramakrishnan, Justice Ramachandran Kalaimathi, and Justice K Govindarajan Thilakavadi. On April 29, 2024, the Madras High…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) over the provisional suspension of Bajrang Punia after the wrestler allegedly refused to give his sample for dope-testing. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the National Anti-Doping Agency on a petition filed by wrestler Bajrang Punia…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramachandran Pillai, who was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement in March last year in a money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise Policy scam case. The order was passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna. Earlier in June…
The Supreme Court has ordered its Registry not to entertain any black and white photographs as part of pleadings without its prior permission. The order to discontinue the longstanding practice was passed by the Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Monday while hearing a land compensation and rehabilitation case from Daman…
Supreme Court orders States/UTs to provide copy of verdicts on remission to convicts soon after passing of judgment The Supreme Court has ordered all State governments and Union Territories to ensure that as soon as the court decided on whether to grant remission (premature release from prison) to a convict, a copy of the decision…
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim bail till October 2 to Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, a Member of Parliament from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla constituency, to campaign for Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. The order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Chander Jit Singh…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of the encroachment of forests in Uttarakhand. The petition is registered suo motu on the basis of the news item dated 22.08.2024. As per the article, a total of 104.54 square kilometres of forest in 39 forest divisions of the State is occupied by encroachers. The…
The Allahabad High Court has set aside summons issued in a case pending in the court of ACJM Moradabad on the charges of cheating and extortion. A single-judge bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery passed this order while hearing an application under section 482 filed by Surendra Kumar Katyal. Sushil Kumar Tiwari, counsel for applicant, submitted that…