The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the inclusion of a particular community into the Scheduled Tribe list in the State of West Bengal. The court observed that the petitioners’ prayer sought to include a community as a Scheduled Tribe, which is not within the court’s jurisdiction to grant. The…
The Orissa High Court has denied bail to one Mohammad Iqbal Hussain who was found to be having links with a Pakistani intelligence officer linked to Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). A Single Bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra passed this order while hearing an application under Section 439 CrPC filed by Hussain. The petitioner is in custody since…
A sessions court in Kolkata on Saturday convicted Sanjay Roy, prime accused in the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The order was passed by Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das after concluding an in-camera trial for 57 days. Soon after the court pronounced it’s…
The Calcutta High Court has taken up a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an inquiry into the death of an elephant during its forced removal from Jhargram town on August 15-16, 2024. The court’s decision comes after the state government submitted that a similar issue had been dealt with in an earlier petition and certain…
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the appointments to several posts in the Sri Venkateshwara Veterinary University, Tirupati. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Ravi Cheemalapati held that the petitioner had a direct and personal interest in the litigation, as…
The Allahabad High Court has cancelled bail obtained on the basis of filing a false affidavit and directed the accused, one Purushottam Lal Vishwakarma, to surrender in court within two weeks. A Single Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Pradeep Kushwaha. The application seeks cancellation of…
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the Election Symbol (Reservation & Allotment) Order, 1968, regarding reservation of election symbol only for recognised registered political parties. The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela on Friday rejected the petition filed by Janata Party on the grounds that…
The Delhi High Court, while refusing to extend the interim bail granted to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case, directed the former MLA to surrender before police. The Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Dharmesh Sharma told Sengar that it would not hear his medical bail extension…
The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned to March 21, a petition challenging the bail granted to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise Policy scam case. The single-judge Bench of Justice Vikas Mahajan passed the order on request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The Counsel…
The Delhi State Wetland Authority has filed a report in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) informing it that there are 1,367 water bodies in 11 districts of Delhi, including 1,045 listed water bodies and 322 wetlands identified through satellite imagery. The report, however, also revealed that a substantial number of water bodies are not identifiable…