The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of the matter relating to the July 16 landslide in coastal Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district. The petition is registered suo motu on the basis of the news item dated 02.08.2024. As per the article, a preliminary report by the Geological Survey of India has listed…
The Allahabad High Court while dismissing the petition said that the benefit of concession / Input Tax Credit (I.T.C) under the tax statute can be availed only on fulfilment of certain conditions or restrictions as stipulated under the Act. By means of the petition, the petitioner has assailed the order dated 31.01.2023 passed by the…
The Gauhati High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the petitioner with the prayer to issue a direction to the respondent Nos.3 and 4 Tezpur Municipal Board and Its Chairman) to stop the project of transforming the Paltan Pukhuri road in the northern boundary of the ‘Litchu Pukhuri’, into a Food…
The Gauhati High Court admitted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the petitioner, essentially being aggrieved with the action of the respondents of not completing the construction of the 15.550 km of L048–Borlangphar Railway Station Approach Road, under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). It is alleged in the petition that only 13…
The Allahabad High Court while allowing an appeal said that money may always be short to fulfill all human needs, the Courts may not look at the pay package of the parties alone to determine the amount of alimony that would be awarded. The Division Bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh…
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the political parties and the government not to politicise the brutal rape and murder of a resident doctor, which took plae at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. The Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra…
The Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail application of a Maulana, who has been accused of forcibly converting a victim to Islam and performing her Nikaah with a Muslim man. A single-judge bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Mohd Shane Alam. By…
The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recommended the names of three Advocates for appointment as judges in the Delhi High Court. The Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice BR Gavai, passed a resolution in this regard today. It said after having consultation with Acting Chief Justice of the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed two petitions, which sought to include Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu as an accused in the cash-for-votes scam case, and to transfer the investigation in the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Dismissing the petitions filed by Alla Ramakrishna Reddy, the Bench of Justice M…
The Supreme Court has observed that the selection of a candidate belonging to a vertical reservation category, when selected in the open or general category on his own merit, would not be counted against the quota reserved for vertical reservation categories. Allowing the petition filed by Ramnaresh alias Rinku Kushwah and others against a verdict…