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…
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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…