Tag: Central-government

Punjab and Haryana High Court fast tracks Sukhna Lake case.

Source – indianexpress.com THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court Wednesday began a day-to-day hearing in a 2009 case regarding Sukhna Lake and the issue of illegal constructions in its catchment area, observing that the matter has been unnecessarily dragged and prolonged. The division bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Harinder Singh Sidhu heard the

Delhi HC seeks MeitY, Twitter response on plea to frame guidelines for censorship on social media.

Source – entrackr.com The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and micro-blogging site Twitter seeking response on a plea by a senior advocate Sanjay Hegde challenging the suspension of his Twitter account. Hegde, in his plea, urged to frame guidelines for censorship on social media in

Calcutta High Court Stays Deportation of Rohingya Couple ‘in Spirit of Humanity’.

Source – news18.com Kolkata: In a crucial judgment, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stayed the deportation of a Rohingya couple. During the hearing, the couple’s lawyer Indrajeet Dey had argued that their expatriation to Myanmar “would be tantamount to a death sentence”. Abdur Sukur and Anowara Begum had illegally entered India from Bangladesh in 2017.

Kerala High Court dismisses State’s plea on capital airport.

Source – thehindu.com A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition filed by the State Government on Wednesday challenging the move by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to grant right of operation, management, and development of the Thiruvananthapuram international airport to Adani Enterprises Limited. The Bench of Justice S. Manikumar

JNU seeks Delhi High Court action against students and police for ‘violating’ court order.

Source – theprint.in New Delhi: The JNU has moved the Delhi High Court seeking contempt action against its students and the police for allegedly violating a court order barring protests within 100 metres of the university’s administrative block. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in its plea, has claimed that the students “grossly violated” the August 9,

Punjab: HC pulls up Centre for denying regular jobs to 13 employees.

Source – indianexpress.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court has pulled up the Centre for denying the benefit of regularisation to some 13 employees of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS Chandigarh) from their initial date of appointment and for making an overwriting in the communication regarding the regularisation. The high court has observed that central

Rajasthan HC orders inflated tube monitoring through drone at Sambhar Lake after thousands of birds die.

Source – indiatoday.in The Rajasthan High Court on Friday issued orders directing that arrangements are to be made for inflated tube monitoring through high-density drone in the Sambhar Lake case where thousands of migratory birds have died due to botulism. The issue of deaths of thousands of migratory birds at the Sambhar Lake came up