The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken Suo Motu cognizance of a recent study that has found that pollution and human conflict has significantly increased stress hormone levels among mugger crocodiles (crocodylus palustris). The petition is registered suo-motu on the basis of a news item dated 14.08.2024. As per the article, mugger crocodiles, also known…
The Bombay High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking a direction to the respondents to consider providing one compartment with separate entrance for senior citizens in local trains in Mumbai. Responding to this PIL petition, an affidavit in reply has been filed on behalf of the respondents, wherein it has…
The Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail application of a man accused of murdering a minor child. A single-judge bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Manu Kumar Rajbhar. By means of the bail application, the applicant has prayed to be enlarged on bail…
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…