The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of the chairman of Kasimabad Nagar Panchayat, Ghazipur in a case of extortion and threats. The Division Bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Subhash Chandra Sharma passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Reyaz Ahmad Ansari and Another. The petition has been preferred with the…
The Rajasthan High Court recently dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed challenging a mutation entry executed in favour of farmers in 1997. The petitioners sought to quash the mutation entry and declare the land in question as government land. The Jodhpur Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Munnuri Laxman held…
While noting that he had not mentioned the fact of previous criminal antecedents before the trial court, which granted him the relief, the Allahabad High Court has cancelled the anticipatory bail granted to an advocate in an extortion case. A Single Bench of Justice Krishan Pahal passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc bail…
The Meghalaya High Court recently heard a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Kaustav Paul, which involved two main issues related to the relocation of the zoo in Shillong and measures to deal with the dog menace. The Division Bench of Chief Justice I P Mukerji and Justice W Diengdoh first addressed the issue of…
A Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday recused from hearing a petition filed by Alt News journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking protection from arrest in a case filed by supporters of Yati Narsinghanand, the priest of Ghaziabad’s Dasna Devi Temple. The Bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar directed that the…
The Delhi High Court has advised the courts to maintain a balanced, sensible and thoughtful approach, without being overly reactive or excessively sensitive, while dealing with civil contempt cases. Noting that civil contempt cases had a partly criminal nature since being found guilty could result in penalties, including imprisonment, the single-judge Bench of Justice Hari…
The Allahabad High Court while allowing a petition observed that once the Division Bench of the High Court has directed the assessee to avail of alternative remedy as provided under Section 107 of the Act, the appeal cannot be dismissed as not maintainable. A Single Bench of Justice Piyush Agrawal passed this order while hearing…
The Ministry of Jal Shakti has filed a reply affidavit before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) enclosing a project report on snow and glacier changes and their impacts on melt runoff in Himalayan Basins prepared by the National Institute of Hydrology. The report highlights significant changes driven by climate change, including a decline in snow…
A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s decision to designate 70 lawyers as Senior Advocates. The plea was on Monday mentioned before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna for urgent listing. The CJI refused to list the matter, stating that oral mentioning would not be allowed in…
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India to file an affidavit within three weeks, explaining the reason behind its decision to increase the number of voters per polling station from 1200 to 1500. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, expressing concern over the convenience…