Plea In Delhi High Court Against 'Ex Post Facto' Environmental Clearance; Notice Issued To MoEF

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a PIL challenging an office memorandum issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change providing for ex-post facto Environmental Clearance (EC), i.e., the opportunity to obtain an EC for the projects which have already begun.The plea has been filed by Nishtha Shukla, claiming to be a student of architecture who is...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence Result Of Premeditated Plan; Act Done With An Intention To Kill: Police SIT Tells UP Court

The Special Investigation Team of the Uttar Pradesh police that is probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident has said before the Lakhimpur local Court that there was a planned conspiracy to kill the people present during the incident.Further, the SIT has prayed before the Court to modify the charges against the accused, including the son of Union Minister of State Ajay Misra 'Teni',...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Excise Department Over Grant Of License For Opening Liquor Shop In Residential Area

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a petition challenging opening of a liquor shop in a shopping complex situated near the residential block of city's Shalimar Bagh area.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh took note of the petitioner's submission that opening of a liquor shop in a residential area affects the movement of women and children, and...

Advocate Suppresses Criminal Case Against Him During Enrolment: Supreme Court Upholds Cancellation of Enrolment

Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Madras High Court's order confirming the Bar Council of India's decision to cancel the enrolment of an Advocate who suppressed the fact of pending criminal case against him at the time of enrolment.A Bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice BV Nagarathna issued the direction in a special leave petition challenging Madras High Court's order upholding...

[S. 66A IT Act] Police Can't Lodge FIR, Courts Can't Take Cognizance Of Chargesheet: Allahabad HC Directs DGP, UP Courts

The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued a direction to all the District Courts in Uttar Pradesh and to the Director-General of Police, U.P that no FIR be lodged under Section 66A of the IT Act, 2000 and no court to take cognizance on the charge sheet filed under the said section.The order came from the Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan as it noted that Section 66A of the IT Act, 2008...

Extend Reservation Benefit To Kodava Community: Karnataka High Court Directs Government To Accept Recommendation Of Backward Classes Commission

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to accept the recommendation given by the Karnataka State Backward Commission in 2010, which recommended certain benefits of reservation be extended to the Kodava community of Coorg. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit said that,"The above advice of the Commission being as clear as Gangetic waters....

Madras High Court Dismisses As Non-Maintainable Plea Challenging AIADMK Intra-Party Polls

The Madras High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the legality of the intra-party elections to the post of Coordinator and Joint Coordinator of AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), held on December 6.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice PD Audikesavalu observed that the plea is not maintainable and that the petitioner has...

Alienation Of Joint Hindu Family Property By 'Karta' For Legal Necessity Or Benefit Of Estate Binding On Other Members: Supreme Court

Where a Karta has alienated a joint Hindu family property for value either for legal necessity or benefit of the estate it would bind the interest of all undivided members of the family even when they are minors or widows, the Supreme Court observed in a judgment.In this case, K. Veluswamy as a Karta of the joint Hindu family executed the agreement to sell of the suit property for Rs.29 lakhs...

Mumbai Congress President Bhai Jagtap Withdraws Petition Before Bombay High Court Seeking Permission To Use Shivaji Park Ground For INC Foundation Day Celebration

Mumbai Congress President Bhai Jagtap unconditionally withdrew his petition before the Bombay High Court seeking permission to use Shivaji Park Ground for Indian National Congress's foundation day celebrations between December 22-28, 2021.The petition was withdrawn once it came up for hearing before a division bench of Justices Amjad Sayed and Abhay Ahuja.Jagtap had said he was constrained...

Wages For MNREGA Workers Pending Due To Negative Balance In State Funds : NGO's Plea In Supreme Court

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking urgent directions to redress the situation of workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MNREGA) in the country arguing that their pending wages are piling up along with negative balances in funds of most of the states.An application has been filed by Swaraj Abhiyan seeking directions to Centre to put...

Applications To Condone Delay In Filing Version In Consumer Cases Pending On 04.03.2020 Not Impacted By CB Judgment : SC Clarifies

Settling a conflict between two division bench judgments, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that the applications to condone the delay of more than 45 days in filing the version of the opposite party in consumer cases, which were pending as of March 4, 2020, will not be impacted by the ruling of the Constitution Bench judgment in the case New India Assurance...

No Guidelines For Booster Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine; Present Priority Is Full Vaccination: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

The Central Government has informed the Delhi High Court that the current priority of the National Covid-19 Vaccination Program is to cover the entire eligible population with full vaccination including two doses, and that presently there are no guidelines regarding administration of booster doses. It said that the two expert bodies namely National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization...