Tag: Delhi

All India Muslim Board moves SC for impleadment in pleas challenging validity of polygamy, nikah halala.

Source:- freepressjournal.in The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking impleadment in petitions challenging constitutional validity of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ practised among Muslims. The apex court has already dealt with the issue of these practices in its verdict of 1997 in which it had declined to entertain

Anti-CAA stir: SP student leader arrested along with 8 others, sent to jail in Lucknow.

Source:-indiatoday.in Eight people including a student leader of the Samajwadi Party have been arrested and sent to jail in connection with the anti-CAA protests. Police told India Today TV that out of the eight arrested, a Delhi-based man who played a crucial role in Shaheen Bagh protest, have been held in Lucknow. “We got report

Shut down 4,774 industries in residential areas immediately, NGT directs Delhi govt.

Source – indiatoday.in The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to immediately shut down 4,774 industrial units running in residential areas. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel passed the order after perusing a report filed by an Oversight Committee, headed by former judge Justice Pratibha Rani, which said that

Judicial panel to probe lawyer-police clash at Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Delhi High Court on Sunday constituted a judicial committee to conduct an enquiry within six weeks into Saturday’s violence between policemen and lawyers at the Tis Hazari Court complex. Retired Justice SP Garg will the head the committee. He will be assisted by Director (Intelligence Bureau), Director (Central Bureau of Investigation)

‘This Is Not How We Can Survive’: Supreme Court Slams Authorities Over Delhi Air Pollution.

Source – The Supreme Court of India on Monday, speaking about the air pollution levels in Delhi and NCR, criticised the authorities and said people were losing their precious lives because of it.  “Can we survive in this atmosphere? This is not the way we can survive. No one is safe even inside homes; it is atrocious,” NDTV quoted Justice Arun Mishra