The Supreme Court on Friday directed the State of Punjab to immediately provide adequate medical care to farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who was on a fast-unto-death for more than 20 days at the Khanauri border seeking minimum support price for crops, among other demands. The Vacation Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Sudhanshu…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of the death of three people and hospitalization of 20 others in Tambaram near Chennai, Tamil Nadu due to suspected contaminated drinking water. The original application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item dated December 7, 2024. As per the article, a…
The Manipur High Court has recently disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) relating to the distribution of ration rice under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) in Longpi Kajui A and B villages. The respondents submitted that the Fair Price Shop agents for the villages…
The Allahabad High Court has set aside the life sentence of the accused in a murder case for failing to prove the crime beyond doubt and acquitted him of the charges. The Division Bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava passed this order while hearing a Criminal Appeal filed by Sattar. The criminal…
The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Tharali, District Chamoli, to conclude the inquiry and submit the inquiry report in Water Supply Schemes Case. The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari and Justice Pankaj Purohit, recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by one Gopal Chandra Vanwassi seeking directions…
The Allahabad High Court has set aside the order blacklisting a company and awarding the contract for supply of 250 KVA and 400 KVA transformers to Kanpur Electricity Supply Company Limited (KESCO). The Division Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Vipin Chandra Dixit passed this order while hearing a petition filed by M/S…
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking school admission for children of all Myanmar Rohingya refugees near their residences. Advocate Ashok Aggarwal on behalf of NGO Social Jurist, the plea challenged the Delhi High Court order of October 29, 2024, which had disposed of the writ petition on the grounds that since…
The Supreme Court Collegium has proposed the appointment of four judicial officers as judges, along with the elevation of a lawyer as judge, in the High Courts of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Allahabad. The decision was taken by the Apex Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and comprising Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai,…
The Tripura High Court recently disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by an animal rights activist, regarding the illegal transportation of cattle in an inhumane manner in violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, and other relevant laws. The petitioner contended that despite a complaint being filed with the…
The Allahabad High Court has suspended the sentence of Ashish Kumar Mishra @ Dikky of Bhawaniganj police station, Siddharth Nagar, who had already served ten years’ imprisonment on the charges of kidnapping and murder, granted him conditional bail. The Division Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan and Justice Mohd Azhar Husain Idrisi passed this order…