The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed alleging public cause that to avoid transparency and open competition, the Municipal Council, Rampura Phul, District Bathinda, has adopted the process of open bidding where only two bids were received for execution of the work of completion of CT/PT toilet blocks, which…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of the matter relating to the rising pollution in the seven Great Lakes trek in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. The petition is registered suo motu on the basis of the news item dated 09.08.2024. As per the news item, the pollution crisis is due to…
The Allahabad High Court has quashed the order of the District Basic Education Officer dated August 9, 2024 which refused to grant 180 days maternity leave to Kushal Rana, assistant teacher of Primary School Mundika Mankara Rampur, terming it illegal. A Single Bench of Justice Prakash Padia passed this order while hearing a petition filed…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of rising ground level ozone pollution across India’s major cities. The petition is registered suo-motu on the basis of a news item dated 06.08.2024. News item relates to the rising ground level ozone pollution across India’s major cities. As per the news item, this invisible…
The Allahabad High Court has said that if the lawyer assessed that there was no chance of success of the entire appeal and he decided to restrict his prayer for waiver of the penalty, it cannot be said that he acted absolutely without any authority. A single-judge bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed this order…
The Supreme Court on Thursday reprimanded Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over his remarks against the Apex Court’s judgment of August 28, in which it granted bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in the Delhi liquor policy scam case. A report was today published by a media outlet, quoting Reddy as saying, “It is…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor seeking to quash a criminal defamation case filed against him over a statement comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a scorpion. Noting that no ground was made in the petition to quash the proceedings at this…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday came down heavily on Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over his petition seeking quashing of the sexual harassment case filed against him by women wrestlers. The single-judge Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna asked Singh why he chose…
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Thursday inaugurated a new creche for the staff and lawyers of the Supreme Court of India. Speaking on the occasion, CJI Chandrachud said the idea was to create a safe and appealing environment for the children of those who came to work in the Apex Court every day….
The Delhi High Court will hear on Thursday, a petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh seeking to quash the trial court proceedings in connection with the sexual harassment charges levelled by women wrestlers against him. The single-judge Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna will hear Singh’s petition tomorrow. Singh has…