Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has ordered a complete halt to stubble burning around Delhi, a major contributor to lethal smog that on Tuesday kept the metropolis of 20 million people choking in air rated “very poor”. The Supreme Court said the capital’s residents were “losing precious years” of their
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
Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court temporarily halted the cutting of trees in Mumbai’s Aarey Milk colony on Monday and asked the state government to maintain status quo in one of the city’s few green belts that has been at the centre of a controversy over alleged ecological damage to pave the way for Mumbai
Source – news18.com Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, who was on Tuesday appointed as the 47th Chief Justice of India, has heard several key cases and is currently part of a 5-judge Constitution bench which will soon deliver its judgement in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. Hailing from a family of lawyers
Source – thehindubusinessline.com A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking stay on issuing of joining letters to the selected candidates of ‘tainted’ SSC combined graduate level examination (CGLE) of 2017, till the apex court appointed committee submits its report. The top court had constituted a 7-member committee to suggest measures to
Source – earthjustice.org In late 2014, residents of the small town of Belton in Anderson County, South Carolina, noticed something amiss as they readied for the holidays. The plants along a rural stretch of road were unexpectedly dying. On Christmas Eve, someone walking along that same country road reported to local authorities the strong smell
Source – newindianexpress.com0 CUTTACK: The ongoing cease-work by the Orissa High Court Bar Association has taken a new turn with the Bar Council of India (BCI) directing it to immediately call off the agitation and member lawyers to resume court work.The association has been boycotting court work since October 14 “to show protest against” the recent
Source – newsclick.in Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi subtly preparing his party’s cadre and that of Sangh Parivar affiliates for a Supreme Court verdict which is not completely in favour of Hindu parties in the Ayodhya case? Or, did he convey a message to Muslim parties that they should accept the judgement even if they
Source – firstpost.com New Delhi: As the telecom sector stares at a massive payout following a Supreme Court order, the government has constituted a Committee of Secretaries to work out a financial bailout package that may include lowering of spectrum charges as well as ending the era of free mobile phone calls and dirt cheap data.
Source – vox.com Not that long ago, the Tenth Amendment was the new hotness in Republican circles. Shortly after President Obama took office, Republicans looked to the amendment — a states’ rights provision providing that the federal government’s powers are not limitless — as a way to prevent the federal government from doing much of
