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Jharkhand HC's Intervention Saves An Old Man From Starvation
Jharkhand High Court has brought the much-need relief to octogenarian Munilal Yadav, a resident of Baghmara area in Dhanbad district, who was facing starvation for the past several days. A division bench comprising Justices HC Mishra and Deepak Roshan on Wednesday took cognizance of the plight of old man and ordered the deputy commissioner of Dhanbad to submit a report on the...
Karanataka HC To Give Directions To Govt. To Protect And Preserve Around 210 Lakes In The Bengaluru City
The Karnataka High Court will on June 17, pass an order giving directions to the State government and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to protect/maintain and preserve, around 210 lakes in the city. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H T Narendra Prasad while hearing a bunch of petitions filed by Citizen Action Group and others noted "The state government...
Surat Coaching Centre Fire: Guj HC Notice To Govt. On PIL For Sealing Of All Buildings Violating Bye-Laws
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday issued notice to the State government and others on a PIL calling for sealing of all buildings which violate the building bye-laws and cancellation of licences of the violators to prevent a repeat of the fire tragedy that struck the coaching institute in Sarthana, Surat killing 22 students. The court also issued notice on prayer made in the PIL that...
'Prima Facie There Is Nothing Against Gautam Navlakha': Bombay HC; Extends Interim Protection From Arrest [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday prima facie observed that based on the documents submitted, there was nothing against 65-year-old activist Gautam Navlakha who has been accused by the state of having Maoist links. The Division Bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing a writ petition filed by Navlakha seeking to quash the FIR filed against him by the Pune police...
Gauhati HC Rejects Citizenship Claim Of Man Who Claimed To Have Entered India In 1965 [Read Judgment]
The Gauhati High Court has affirmed the findings of a Foreigner's Tribunal in Assam against a man who claimed to have entered India in 1965.Last September, the Tribunal in Barpeta had declared one Anil Barman to be a foreigner on the ground that he could not prove his presence in Assam before 1971.In the petition filed in the High Court challenging the Tribunal's findings, Barman referred to...
Cheekati Manavendranath Roy & Matam Venkata Ramana Appointed As Judges Of Andhra Pradesh HC [Read Notification]
Centre has notified appointment of Cheekati Manavendranath Roy and Matam Venkata Ramana as judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court. Notification from the Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India reads that President (in exercise of powers conferred by Article 217(1) of the Constitution of India) is pleased to confirm their appointment as judges of the A.P High Court in order...
498A- Vague And General Allegations Not Sufficient To Implicate The Distant Relatives Of Husband: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court has observed that in cases where overt acts are attributed to persons other than the husband, such accusations need to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.The division bench of Justice TV Nalawade and Justice KK Sonawane at Aurangabad was hearing an application under Section 482 of the CrPC for quashing of FIR registered under Sections 498-A, 354, 323, 504 and 506 read...
"Be A Model Of Compliance With The Environmental Norms": NGT Asks Railways To take Remedial Measures Against Pollution [Read Order]
Considering the question for the remedial action against pollution at and around Railway Godown, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh in the course of loading and unloading of cement, fertilizers and grains by trucks, polluting the air quality and causing respiratory problems, National Green Tribunal has directed the Railway Board in Shivansh Pandey v. State Of Uttar Pradesh to look into the matter,...
Bhushan Power Insolvency - NCLAT Wonders How P&H HC Passed Directions; Asks NCLT To Follow Orders Of Only SC & NCLAT
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has expressed surprise at the intervention made by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the corporate insolvency resolution process of Bhushan Power and Steel, which is going on in National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi bench.The NCLAT has directed the NCLT to consider the matter "uninfluenced by any order except the decision of this...
Collegium Extends Tenure Of Three Additional Judges Of Chhattisgarh High Court [Read Resolution]
Supreme Collegium has extended the tenure of three additional judges of Chattisgarh High Court.The tenure of Justices Sharad Kumar Gupta, Ram Prasanna Sharma, and Arvind Singh Chandel will expire on June 26.The recommendation made by the Collegium of the Chhattisgarh High Court vide Minutes dated 4 th January, 2019 and approved by the Supreme Court Collegium vide Minutes dated 8th April, 2019...