The National Green Tribunal’s Principal Bench, comprising Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Chairperson and Dr A Senthil Vel, Expert Member, has taken suo motu cognizance of a news item on the environmental pollution caused by the Vijayawada Thermal Power Station (VTPS) resulting in staging of protests by residents of Ibrahimpatnam and Kondapalli, two areas near Vijayawada in…
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986. The order was passed by the Bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan. Appearing for the petitioner, Senior Counsel R Basant today…
The Patna High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with costs of Rs 5,000 payable to the Bihar State Legal Services Authority. The petitioner, claiming to be a social worker, had filed the PIL seeking an inquiry into the activities of two federations. However, the bench of Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran and…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the special appeal of the Executive Officer of the Electricity Department against transfer and said government orders issued for state government employees will not be applicable to employees of the Vidyut Vitran Nigam Company. The Division Bench of Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra and Justice Jayant Banerji passed this order…
The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by one Musabhai Baplabhai Maru against unattended cattle in the town of Dhandhuka. The petitioner claimed to be a permanent resident of Dhandhuka and an agricultural operator, and alleged that the problem of uncontrolled cattle was common in the town, causing inconvenience to the…
The Allahabad High Court in an important judgment has held that Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is maintainable against the order of a Judicial Magistrate or a Sessions Court under the Domestic Violence Act. A Single Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal heard an application under Section 482 filed by Devendra…
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to suspended Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh, who was arrested last year by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the cash-for-jobs scam case. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that given the nature of the allegations and the nature of evidence to…
The Supreme Court will hear on Friday, a petition filed by the Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid Committee, challenging the survey of Shahi Jama Masjid at Chandausi. The matter will be heard by the Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar. The Committee challenged an ex-parte order passed last week by…
Supreme Court seeks reforms to address gender discrimination in village councils Gender discrimination in village councils: Supreme Court suggests administrative authorities to lead by example Expressing its strong displeasure over pervasive patterns of unfair treatment meted out to elected women representatives, especially female Sarpanches across the country, the Supreme Court recently suggested the administrative authorities…
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the National Capital Region (NCR) states over their ‘abject failure’ in strict implementation of Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), to tackle the rising pollution levels in Delhi. The Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih further ordered the extension…