The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 each on Lucknow Nagar Nigam, Lucknow Development Authority and District Magistrate, Lucknow for not representing before the Tribunal. The Principal Bench of Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Dr A. Senthil Vel was considering the issue of groundwater depletion in Lucknow,…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has disposed of a suo motu petition registered on the basis of a news item on the deaths and injuries caused by the explosion of a boiler in a Sonipat factory. By order dated 20.05.2024, the respondents were impleaded and notices were issued to them. A reply has been…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Deputy Commissioner, Shopian to disclose details of individuals/children who have tested positive for jaundice in the last three months. The Principal Bench of Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Dr A. Senthil Vel examining the issue of outbreak of Jaundice in Pahnoo Village of South…
The Calcutta High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on the petitioner and dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a teacher alleging certain malpractices in the mid-day meal scheme in a particular school. The fact remains that the petitioner is also a teacher in the school. The allegation was though student…
The Gauhati High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed for setting aside the Letter of Intent (LoI) issued by the respondent No.3 (The Director IT and Communication Department Government of Arunachal Pradesh Civil Secretariat Itanagar) whereby the contract for setting up of the State Data Centre in Itanagar, was given to…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that no demolition should take place across the country without its permission. The Bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan passed the interim order on a petition challenging the alleged actions of various state governments demolishing the buildings of persons accused of crimes as a punitive measure….
By Kenneth Tiven Two events involving former US President Donald Trump demonstrate the intensity of political behaviour with America’s presidential election just seven weeks away. On Sunday, a man with a rifle was spotted hiding in woods adjacent to where Trump was playing golf in Florida. The man fled as a Secret Service officer fired…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition that sought dismissal of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the light of the brutal rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. The Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stop livestreaming of a case related to the brutal rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. The Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra rejected the…
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has batted for equal participation of women in governance, policy and leadership roles, linking it to better development outcomes. Delivering a keynote address on ‘Equality, Justice, Empowerment’ during ‘She Shakti,’ an event organised by a leading news channel, the CJI said failing to address barriers in the path of…