The National Green Tribunal (NGT) took Suo Motu cognizance of a news article relates to a gas leak and blast at Myanmar Chemical Company located in Shalgaon MIDC, Kadegaon tehsil in Sangli, Maharashtra, resulting in three deaths, including two women and nine hospitalizations. The Original Application is registered suo-moto on the basis of the news…
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Commissioner of Lucknow Municipal Corporation and the District Magistrate Lucknow to appear virtually on the next hearing date and report on actions taken to address the issue of rising plastic waste in Lucknow and the hazard created on account of its improper management. The Principal Bench comprising Chairperson…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the petition of Arfi alias Kamran, an accused in the daylight murder case of Shahganj, Jaunpur journalist Ashutosh Srivastava. The Division Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Arfi Alias Kamran. The petition has been filed…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) heard an Original Application addressing the disappearance of water bodies in Delhi and the resulting urban flooding. The issue is also under consideration by the High Court of Delhi in W.P.(C) No. 7594/2018. The High Court of Delhi ordered the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) to complete…
The Supreme Court has asked the Union government to consider amending a part of the Hindu Succession Act (HSA), 1956, enabling a scheduled tribe (ST) woman to get her share in the paternal property, at par with her male siblings. The order was passed by the Bench of Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice Sanjay Karol…
The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the Maharashtra government’s decision to cancel its 2019 bid for the redevelopment of Dharavi slums in Mumbai and issue a new tender in 2022, which was awarded to Adani Properties. The Bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar passed the order on…
The Allahabad High Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to Alt News co-founder and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair till January 6, in connection with an FIR lodged against him over his post on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) regarding an alleged inflammatory speech delivered by controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand. The Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and…
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to two more convicts in a case related to the killing of 42 people belonging to a minority community in Hashimpura region of Uttar Pradesh in 1987. The Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih noted that the convicts, including an 82-year-old, were entitled…
The Allahabad High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings going on in the court of CJM Mirzapur against SP candidate former minister Kailash Chaurasia and others in the 2017 Sadar Mirzapur assembly elections, terming the process illegal. A Single Bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh passed this order while hearing an application filed by Kailash Chaurasiya and…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently heard an original application filed suo motu, regarding encroachment and pollution of Baghel Talab, a large water body stretching over 42 km in Uttar Pradesh. The Principal Bench comprising Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Judicial Member Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Expert Member Dr A Senthil Vel considered a joint committee…