Jaipur, July 20 (IANS) The Rajasthan government, led by Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, has finally outlined the road map for the long-pending Panchayati Raj and Urban Local Body elections before the High Court, following the court’s insistence on a clear election timeline.According to the schedule submitted by the Rajasthan government, the process will begin in August, with Urban Local Body elections to be notified on August 17, followed by the Panchayat elections notification on September 23….
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Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (IANS) The Kerala High Court, in an interim order on Wednesday, restrained the state Waqf Board from taking any major decisions after finding that its present constitution appears to be contrary to the provisions of the Waqf Act.A division bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V.M.Syam Kumar observed that the Board was prima facie not constituted in accordance with Section 14 of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development (UMEED) Act,…
Jaipur, July 1 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday sought clarification from the state government on the criteria adopted for appointing the Chairman and members of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC). The Court also directed the government to produce the original records relating to the appointments of the Commission’s current members.The order was passed by a Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice S.P. Sharma and Justice Manish Sharma while hearing Public Interest L…
Ranchi, April 1 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to furnish details on the filling of long-pending vacancies in key constitutional bodies by April 13.The constitutional bodies with pending vacancies include the Lokayukta, the State Human Rights Commission, and the State Information Commission.A division bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar was hearing a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) and related contempt petit…
Indore, Jan 6 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday, expressed serious concern over Indore water contamination tragedy that killed several people in the past two weeks and said that if required, “civil and criminal liabilities” would be decided against those officials found guilty in the matter. Hearing the Public Interest Litigations (PIL) filed by different stakeholders in the matter, the division bench comprising of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi noted that the…
Indore, Jan 6 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh High Court, while hearing Indore’s water contamination case on Tuesday, questioned the state government’s status report, which claimed four deaths in the incident, and directed to submit a fresh report in the matter by January 15. During the hearing on three separate Public Interest Litigations (PIL) filed related to the case, the divisional bench comprising Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi noted that the court has taken a “very strict s…