Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the office of Chief Justice comes under the transparency law, the Right to Information (RTI) Act, adding that judicial independence cannot be attained by holding back information. ‘Judicial independence and accountability go hand in hand…Transparency strengthens independence,” said Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who heads the five-judge bench.
Source – indiatoday.in Two days after the alleged encounter killing of the four men accused of the gruesome rape and murder of a 26-year-old in Hyderabad, the issue of the legality of the encounter came up before the Telangana High court as well as the Supreme Court. The Telangana High Court had taken suo motu
Source – thehindu.com The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a write petition filed by VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan to declare as unconstitutional an ordinance promulgated by the State government on November 20 for changing the mode of election to the posts of mayors and municipal chairpersons from direct to indirect. Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap
Source – indiatoday.in In an official circular, the government of Rajasthan has asked all the departments not to obstruct or hamper the works and requests of those persons who write to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) about the illegal practices adopted by the officers or employees of the concerned department. Ashok Gehlot recently said that he
Source – thewire.in Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court on December 2 dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) into cases where ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company allegedly tricked people into buying its policies. The order is yet to be uploaded on the high court’s website. The plea was filed by a former employee of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Source – hindustantimes.com NOIDA: After the Allahabad high court directed that the students of Jharkhand State Open School (JSOS) not be rusticated, authorities of the Noida campus of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam University (AKTU) have allowed 37 of 371 students to appear for their examinations that commenced Tuesday. The issue dates back to 2015, when
Source – newindianexpress.com DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court on Tuesday Uttarakhand government’s office order which defined deemed forests as as ‘a land patch of 10 hectares or above with 60% canopy density and 75% native plant species’. Rajeev Singh Bisht, counsel for the petitioner said, “The honourable court has stayed this office order of the state
Source – hindustantimes.com A Delhi court is likely to pronounce its verdict on December 16 on the alleged kidnapping and rape of a woman by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao in 2017. District judge Dharmesh Sharma adjourned the matter for further proceedings after the completion of the final arguments and
Source – telegraphindia.com The high court on Monday asked Bengal director-general of police Virendra to appear on December 13 and clarify why his department had failed to use the e-court facility to speed up the trials of undertrials. Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued the order during the hearing of a petition moved by senior advocate Sekhar
Source – newindianexpress.com JAGATSINGHPUR: As many as five dalit families of Karatutha village in Kujang block, affected by the super cyclone of 1999, are yet to get land for constructing their houses. The Orissa High Court, around 10 months back, had directed the district administration to ensure the families are given their dues. It is alleged
