Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: In a shocker for 25,000 plot owners in 50 sectors of booming Greater Noida town just on the outskirts of the national capital, GNIDA has slapped them with a demand notice to pay Rs 1,287 per square meter additional charge together with 11 per cent interest backdated to 2013. The demand
Source: thehindu.com The Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of T.O. Sooraj, former Public Works Secretary; Sumeet Goyal, managing director, RDS Project Ltd; and M.T. Thankachan, former Additional General Manager, Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala (RBDCK), arraigned as fourth, first and second accused respectively in a corruption case registered in connection the
Source: dawn.com According to the PBC Executive Committee, a lawyer after assuming public office is duty-bound to get his practising licence suspended from the PBC, but Barrister Nasim didn’t follow this practice. Subsequently, the PBC itself suspended Barrister Nasim’s licence. However, he challenged the suspension before the attorney general. Subsequently, the PBC itself suspended Barrister
Source: hindustantimes.com Flouting the Supreme Court’s orders, a former Punjabi University registrar’s son continues to work as an assistant professor even after his MTech degree stands invalid. An assistant professor in the distance education department, Dilraj Singh, son of former Punjabi University registrar Manjit Singh, has failed to fulfil the requirements set by the Supreme
Source: thehindu.com Moved by videos shared on the social media regarding alleged cruel treatment meted out to three female elephants during translocation from Villupuram to Tiruchi recently, Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court visited them in his private capacity at the Forest department camp. After taking stock of Sandhya, 43, Indu, 34, and
Source: deccanherald.com An erroneous order by the Karnataka Information Commissioner that limits the RTI provision to three queries per person per year has struck at the heart of the Act, as thousands of applications have been rejected across the state over the last year. The damage is so deep that even after the commission issued
Source: zdnet.com Nearly 30 years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) dictated that businesses must make their physical locations accessible to people with disabilities. On Tuesday, thanks to a decision from the Supreme Court, businesses may have to make their digital storefronts equally accessible. Specifically, the Supreme Court gave the green light for a
Source: scroll.in The Bombay High Court in Goa on Monday set aside a National Green Tribunal order and allowed the state government to issue temporary licences to set up shacks on beaches, reported The Indian Express. “The tourist season having commenced in the state of Goa, and keeping in view the large employment generated, we dispose of the
Source: in.reuters.com SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – One is a 19-year-old construction worker charged with aiding militants against Indian troops, the other is one of Kashmir’s most prominent lawyers, accused of being “an incorrigible secessionist”. Despite their different backgrounds, Uzair Maqbool Malik and Nazir Ahmad Ronga have something in common: they are among hundreds of people who
Source: thehindu.com Stressing the need to strictly punish offenders responsible for causing motor vehicle accidents, the Supreme Court has reiterated that a person can be prosecuted under both the Motor Vehicles (MV) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for driving dangerously. A Bench of Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna noted that there
