The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the State of Uttarakhand two months time to come up with a rehabilitation scheme for nearly 50,000 people, who have allegedly encroached upon properties belonging to the Indian Railways in Haldwani. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order on an…
The Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail application of Kuldeep, who is accused of raping a 13-year-old minor girl in Kakwan police station area of Kanpur city. A single-judge bench of Justice Krishna Pahal passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Kuldeep. The Applicant seeks bail in Case under…
The Gujarat High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against unlawful and inhuman practices going on in the State of Gujarat, which had resulted in victimisation of persons falling prey to unlawful practices such as aghori, witchcraft, tantrik, etc. In compliance of the order dated 12.07.2024 passed by the High Court, the…
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…