The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to justify the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) under Section 61A of the Representation of People Act, 1951. Terming the petition a luxury litigation, which intended to take the election process back to the stone age, the…
The High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur has taken note of the measures taken by the State Forest Department to protect tigers in the state. In a suo motu Public Interest Litigation, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal had directed the State to take steps to curb the deaths…
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to January 22, a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by AIMIM candidate and accused in the 2020 Delhi riots Tahir Hussain, seeking interim bail to campaign for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. The Bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah expressed reservations about granting interim bail to…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petitions filed by the Enforcement Directorate challenging a Bombay High Court order, which granted bail to NCP MLA Chhagan Bhujbal and his nephew Sameer in the Maharashtra Sadan scam case. The Bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that no case for interference could be…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Jharkhand High Court order to quash an FIR against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari and others in connection with the 2022 Deoghar Airport incident. The Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Manmohan passed thee order while dismissing a petition filed by the State of Jharkhand…
The Allahabad High Court while dismissing an appeal observed that the refusal/ failure on part of the husband to lead any evidence would not be sufficient to extend a further opportunity to the husband to adduce evidence when no procedural infirmity is shown in the proceedings of the trial court. The Division Bench of Justice…
The Patna High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed to highlight the inadequate infrastructure in civil courts across Bihar. The PIL, filed by Anshuman Singh, specifically mentioned the lack of facilities in civil courts at Danapur, Patna City, Patna Sadar, Barh, Masaurhi, and Paliganj Subdivision. In response to the PIL, counter-affidavits were…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the vires of certain sections of the National Highways Act, 1956, and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The PIL, filed by Jaskaran Singh and Rajwinder Singh, sought to declare unconstitutional Section 3D(4) of the National Highways Act and Section 5…
The Supreme Court on Monday granted the custody of deceased Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash’s son to his estranged wife, Nikita Singhania, after dismissing a petition filed by Atul’s mother seeking custody of her grandson. The Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order after interacting with the child. The petitioner…
The Gujarat High Court has sought clarification from the counsel of the respondent regarding the appointment of the Vice Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. The court’s query came in response to a petition filed by Satish Pradyumna Pathak, challenging the appointment of the Vice Chancellor. During the hearing, the court was informed that…