Source: hindustantimes.com The Uttarakhand state pollution control board has furnished a claim of Rs 27 lakh as environment compensation for restoring the area in Auli, Chamoli district where the high profile wedding of the two sons of South Africa based Gupta brothers took place in June this year. Aditya Pratap Singh, counsel of the state
Source: opindia.com In open defiance of Tripura High Court’s order banning animal sacrifice at Temples, Pashubali continued as usual in Maa Tripureswari Temple at Udaipur, Tripura. The government, thus far, has issued no order regarding the same and made no attempt thus far at enforcing the High Court order. Therefore, Pashubali continued at the Temple as usual. As reported
Source: thehindu.com A legal fiction to create rights of the deity, responds counsel The Supreme Court asked the Ayodhya deity’s lawyer why the Hindus insist the disputed land is divine. The court questioned why the Hindu parties want the disputed land to be recognised not only as a separate juristic person but also as a divinity. “Why
Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court on Monday directed Speaker Rajendra Trivedi to expeditiously decide on the disqualification application moved by Congress against turncoats Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala, preferably within November 2. The direction came from the division bench of Justice SR Brahmbhatt and Justice VP Patel in connection with petitions filed by Congress
Source: hindustantimes.com Rajya Sabha lawmaker Vaiko’s petition that wanted the Jammu and Kashmir government to produce former chief minister Farooq Abdullah was disposed of by the Supreme Court on Monday. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi told Vaiko to approach the appropriate court for relief since the government had issued orders
Source: thehindu.com Former Union Minister discharged from Lucknow hospital on Monday A local court in Shahjahanpur on Monday rejected the bail plea of former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand as well as that of the law student who has accused him of rape. Both are currently in judicial custody. While Mr. Chinmayanand is accused of misusing
Source: ndtv.com MUMBAI: Amid a raging row over felling of trees for a metro car shed in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court on Monday quipped how the government would manage ecology when it cannot handle the national economy with best resources at its disposal. The remark was made by a division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep
source: downtoearth.org.in Report on Ganga pollution The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on September 27, 2019 directed the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh to ensure the supply of drinking water to the residents of Rania, Kanpur Dehat and Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, where there has been a chromium dump since 1976, and has not been shifted despite repeated orders.
Source: hindustantimes.com Police can’t register an FIR against house owners for not verifying details of tenants, paying guests and domestic helps, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled. This year alone, as many as 400 cases have been registered against house owners in Chandigarh and Mohali for violating the magistrate’s orders on mandatory police
Source: telegraphindia.com Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has allowed the CBI to take action “in accordance with the law” against Justice Vijaya K. Tahilramani because of an alleged adverse intelligence report about her regarding property transactions. Justice Tahilramani recently resigned as Madras High Court chief justice after she was told to head the much
