Uttarakhand High Court
Uttarakhand Communal Tensions | People Can't Be Forced To Buy Or Not Buy From Particular Shops, Says High Court Chief Justice
No one can be forced to buy or not to buy from a particular shop, said Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi on Thursday while hearing a petition highlighting the issue of communal tensions in Uttarkashi district in the State. This oral observation was made on Thursday by the judge in the context of the social and economic boycott allegedly faced by Muslim traders in...
Uttarakhand Communal Tensions | High Court Directs State To Maintain Law & Order, Asks Parties To Refrain From Social Media Debates
Amidst a spike in communal tension in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district, the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday directed the State Government to ensure that law and order is maintained in all parts of the State and no loss of life or property of any person occurs. A bench comprising Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Rakesh Thapliyal issued the direction while issuing notice in a PIL filed by...
'Prima Facie Qualified': Uttarakhand High Court Allows Visually Challenged Candidate To Provisionally Appear In Interview For Asst. Professor Post
The Uttarakhand High Court on Friday ordered the State of Uttarakhand and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University to provisionally allow a visually challenged person to appear in the interview for the post of Assistant Professor (Botany), after his candidature was rejected by the authorities.The petitioner, who is 40% visually challenged, holds a Ph.D. degree in the subject of Botany...
Uttarakhand HC Directs Environment Ministry's Secretary To Appear As Forest Dept Fails To Comply Directions Issued To Tackle ‘Man-Animal Conflict’
The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to appear before it in the next date as the department failed to report compliance of directions issued through a standing order by the government itself. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rakesh Thapliyal observed,“It appears to us that the...
PIL Against Permissibility Of Marriage Of Minor Girls Under Muslim Law: Uttarakhand HC Issues Notice To 'Muslim Personal Law Board'
In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed challenging the permissibility of marriage of Girls below 18 Years of age under Muslim Law, the Uttarakhand High Court last week directed to implead and issue notice to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB). The bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Alok Kumar Verma issued the notice asking the board to respond within 4...
Ensure No Environmental Degradation Takes Place While Executing Badrinath Redevelopment Plan: Uttarakhand HC To State Govt
The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the State Government to ensure that no environmental degradation takes place while undertaking redevelopment works in and around the Badrinath Township.The bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rakesh Thapliyal directed so while dismissing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed by one Subhash Sharma alleging that the state government...
Uttarakhand High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing AIIMS Delhi's Writ Plea Involving IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi
Justice Rakesh Thapliyal of Uttarakhand High Court last week recused from hearing a writ petition filed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi against an order of Nainital Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) concerning whistleblower Indian Forest Service (IFS) Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi.When the matter came up for hearing before the bench comprising Chief...
Uttarakhand High Court Directs Facilitation Council Under MSMED Act To Educate Its Officers About Arbitration Law, To Avoid Flagrant Violation Of Arbitration Act
The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Facilitation Council to organize workshops and seminars to educate its officers, who undertake arbitration proceedings, to equip themselves with the law of Arbitration. The court passed the said direction while hearing an appeal against the decision of the Commercial Court who had set aside the arbitral...
Centre Notifies Elevation Of Two Lawyers, One Judicial Officer As Judges Of Uttarakhand High Court
The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocates Rakesh Thapliyal and Pankaj Purohit and Judicial Officer Vivek Bharti Sharma as the Judges of Uttarakhand High Court. The Union Law Minister Mr Kiren Rijiju tweeted the development. In April the Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud had recommended their names for...
S.295A IPC | Offences Affecting ‘Secular Fabric’ Of Country Can’t Be Compounded: Uttarakhand High Court
The Uttarakhand High Court has recently held that offences which outrage religious sentiments of communities and have tendency to affect ‘secular fabric’ of the country, cannot be compounded.While rejecting to compound an offence under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code, the Single Judge Bench of Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma observed,“The wider reason, why these words...
Uttarakhand High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Proper Implementation Of Environmental Laws In Mussoorie
The Uttarakhand High Court has issued notice to the state government, the union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the state pollution control board and Mussoorie-Dehradun Development Authority on a PIL raising concerns about the deteriorating environmental conditions in Mussoorie.The division bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Alok Kumar Verma said the...
Uttarakhand High Court Acquits Man Over 17 Years After Conviction In NDPS Case, Says Non-Compliance Of Section 50 Sufficient For Acquittal
While acquitting a person who was convicted in 2005 under the NDPS Act, the Uttarakhand High Court said non-compliance of Section 50 of the Act makes sufficient case for acquittal.Justice Alok Kumar Verma said that, “Appellant was not informed of his legal right (to be searched in the presence of the Gazetted Officer or Magistrate), therefore, non-compliance of Section 50 of the Act,...