Jaipur, July 8 (IANS) The Central Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Bhopal has issued notices to the Union of India and other respondents on an application alleging environmental violations in the construction and operation of Ananta Spa and Resort at Ajabgarh, near the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan’s Alwar district. The matter was registered as Original Application on Tuesday.According to the application, the resort has been developed within nearly one kilometre of the Sar…
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Shillong, July 7 (IANS) The Meghalaya High Court has directed the state government to place on record updated details of cases registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in and around Shillong including its main market place — the busy Police Bazar area, following concerns raised in a public interest litigation (PIL) over the alleged prevalence of drug peddling in the locality, officials said on Tuesday.The direction was issued by a division bench of Chief Justic…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Tuesday a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged fake encounter killing of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district and raising concerns over the growing trend of extra-judicial killings and “half encounters”.As per the causelist published on the apex court’s official website, a Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Sheel Nagu is scheduled to take up the matter on Tuesday.The writ p…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Tuesday a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged fake encounter killing of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district and raising concerns over the growing trend of extra-judicial killings and “half encounters”. As per the causelist published on the apex court’s official website, a Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Sheel Nagu is scheduled to take up the matter on June 30.The writ …
New Delhi/Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow Bench has directed the CBI, Enforcement Directorate (ED), Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) and other authorities to file responses within eight weeks on a petition alleging disproportionate assets against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. A Division Bench of Justices Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Zafeer Ahmad passed the order while hearing a criminal writ petition filed by Karnataka-based BJP worker S. Vi…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has ordered HDFC Bank to immediately defreeze the bank account of a Delhi resident, holding that the continued freezing of the account without any FIR, accusation, or judicial order was “wholly arbitrary and unsustainable in law”. A single-judge Bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, in an order passed on May 4, allowed the plea filed by Tushar Verma, whose savings account with HDFC Bank was frozen following a complaint received from the Cyb…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Indian Army has cleared Colonel Shrikant Purohit for promotion to the rank of Brigadier, marking a significant development in a long-running service dispute linked to his career progression and earlier legal proceedings in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.According to official inputs, the decision follows earlier directions from the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), which had stayed his retirement scheduled for March 31, 2026, after hearing his plea seeking consideration fo…
Hyderabad, April 9 (IANS) Police have advised all media houses, digital platforms, and individuals to refrain from publishing or circulating any content that may disclose or lead to the identification of a trainee pilot who alleged sexual assault by a former flight instructor at a pilot training institute in Hyderabad.C.H. Sridhar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Malkajgiri Zone, Malkajgiri Police Commissionerate, said on Thursday that it has come to their notice through the victim and their fami…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court has pulled up several states and authorities for failing to respond in a matter concerning human trafficking and missing persons, warning of contempt action, as it directed the formulation of a nationwide Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). In its order, a Bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan recorded that despite service of notice, no one had entered an appearance on behalf of the Union of India and several states, including Haryan…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday formally disposed of the four-decade-old environmental case M.C. Mehta vs Union of India and directed that issues relating to air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR) be dealt with under fresh suo motu proceedings.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant ordered that no further interlocutory applications (IAs) would be entertained in the 1985 matter and directed the apex court registry to register a new case titl…