The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of the critically endangered status of the feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in Assam, India, which have survived in the wild for nearly 80 years and the national park is the only place in India where these horses can be found. The Original…
By Shivani Mishra For an employer-employee relation, the expectations have revamped. In lieu of wages, what employees expect in today’s era is expanding employee rights which have inspired the legislators to introduce fresh legislations and policies in turn enhancing the active involvement of employees in the endeavor to achieve the peak the companies aim at….
By Amit Samal The coming of computerized innovations has changed the exceptionally features of collecting, protecting and showing evidence in courts. In India, expanding employments of e-emails, social media message communication, and electronic records among others require solid legitimate designs to guarantee acceptability and realness. Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (IEA), presented…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) citing unexplained delay and laches. The petitioner, claiming to be a whistleblower, sought relief in the form of a mandamus directing the respondents to inquire into alleged land grabbing, fraud, and embezzlement. The petitioner alleged that the land in question was…
The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of ACP Mohsin Khan posted in Kanpur in the case of the sexual exploitation of a Ph.D. student. The Division Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan and Justice Mohd Azhar Husain Idrisi passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Mohammad Mohsin Khan. The petition has…
The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking implementation of the “one advocate one vote” concept in Bar Associations. The petitioner sought directions to the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh to effectively implement the Bar Council of India Resolution, which aimed to ensure that advocates can vote only…
The Allahabad High Court while allowing a petition said that no particular organisation can claim a vested right for being allotted a particular land in the Maha Kumbh Mela area only because the said land may have been allotted to it in the previous years. The Division Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice…
The Delhi High Court has extended by four weeks, the interim bail granted to former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case. The expelled BJP MLA was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh in 2017. He was also convicted for murdering…
Expressing serious concern over the rampant misuse of temporary employment contracts, the Supreme Court has directed government institutions and the public sector entities to uphold the principles of fairness and justice, and refrain from engaging in exploitative employment practices that eroded public trust. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PB Varale observed on…
The Allahabad High Court has stayed the orders of the District Magistrate Mainpuri to seize the financial and administrative powers of Gram Pradhan Sunita Devi. A Single Bench of Justice Vikram D Chauhan passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Smt Suneeta Devi W/O Ramvir Singh. It is submitted by the counsel for…