'National Interest': Maharashtra Court Sets Aside Status Quo Order Preventing Konkan LNG From Using Public Road To Build Breakwater Wall

A District Court in Ratnagiri recently set-aside a status quo order with respect to the usage of a 'public road' through which Konkan LNG Ltd had been transporting the accropodes (concrete blocks that resist waves) to a jetty for building a breakwater wall.Judge PS Chandgude, Khed, Ratnagiri allowed the continuation of the infrastructure project, which is spearheaded by the Prime...

Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To States/UTs On Compliance With Directions To End Caste Discrimination In Prisons

The Supreme Court on January 27 granted "one last opportunity" to the States and Union Territories to file compliance reports of the orders passed in the Sukanya Shantha judgment. Last year, while observing that discrimination inside prisons based on grounds of caste, gender, and disability is illegal, the Court initiated a suo moto proceedings tilted In Re: Discrimination Inside Prisons...

Supreme Court Directs Delhi Government Authorities To Strictly Enforce Duties Of Waste Generators, Initiate Penal Action For Violations

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi Government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to strictly enforce Rule 4 of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, which outlines the duties of waste generators.“If Rule 4 is strictly complied within the state, it may have effect of if not reducing but preventing generation of untreated solid waste of more than 3000 tons per day....

NBDSA Raps News 18 India, Rubika For Suggesting Arvind Kejriwal Is Guilty In Liquor 'Scam', Directs To Delete Broadcast Segment

The News Broadcasting Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has directed news channel News 18 India to remove a portion of its broadcast after finding that a portion of the footage of a news debate showed its anchor Rubika Liyaquat attributing guilt to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise case which it said is "sub judice" and violated the code of conduct. The...

How Much Security Arrangements & Expenses Needed If Tahir Hussain Is Given Custody Parole For Delhi Elections? Supreme Court Asks Delhi Police

After the earlier split verdict, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court today asked the Delhi police to inform as to how much security must be arranged if Delhi riots case accused Tahir Hussain is given custody parole to campaign for the Delhi legislative assembly elections, and the cost the same would entail. The Court said that Hussain might be asked to make a deposit towards the...

Supreme Court Expresses Concern Over Deadline Extension Given To NCR Power Plants For Compliance With Statutory Emission Norms

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over extension of three years granted by the government to power plants to comply with statutory emission norms for Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) and non-SO2 pollutants. “If these timelines are extended, there will be a problem for Delhi. So CAQM should suggest some interim guidelines and based on those suggestions we can pass an...

No PUC Certificate, Registration Of Transfer & Other Services For Vehicles Without High-Security Registration Plates In NCR : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday directed all National Capital Region (NCR) states to enforce compliance with the High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) Order, 2018 and color-coded stickers on vehicles for identifying fuel types. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan directed that NCR states must not undertake certain vehicle-related activities unless the vehicles conform...

Union Govt Turns Down Supreme Court's Suggestion For Separate Law On Bail; Says BNSS Provisions Are Adequate

The Union Government has told the Supreme Court that there is no proposal to bring a separate law on bail as the provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (BNSS) are adequate.The Supreme Court, in the 2022 judgment in Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation had recommended to the Union Government to bring a separate Bail Act to streamline the grant of bail....

Delhi Court Orders FIR Against Journalist Rana Ayyub For Allegedly Insulting Hindu Deities, Spreading Anti-India Sentiment On Social Media

A Delhi Court has ordered registration of FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub after a lawyer filed a complaint accusing her of insulting Hindu deities and spreading anti-India sentiment through her posts on 'X' (formerly Twitter) platform.Chief Judicial Magistrate Himanshu Raman Singh of Saket Courts observed that "prima-facie" cognizable offences were made out against Ayyub punishable...

No Absolute Right To Choose Place Of Burial; State Has Duty To Provide All Religious Communities Places For Last Rites: Justice SC Sharma

Today, the Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on the plea of a Christian man from Chhattisgarh to bury the dead body of his father, a pastor, either in the burial ground of their native village Chindwara or in their private agricultural land. While Justice B.V. Nagarathna allowed the appellant to bury his father in his private agricultural property, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma held...

Uttarakhand Rolls Out Uniform Civil Code, Becomes First State To Do So

Today, the Uttarakhand State Government rolled out the Uniform Civil Code in the state, almost a year after the Uttarakhand Assembly passed the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2024. It has become the first state in the country to implement UCC. An announcement was made in this regard by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who also launched the rules manual for the UCC and...

PIL For Women Safety | 'Why Should Women Have To Go To Police Station To Lodge Complaint?' : Supreme Court Suggests Online Complaint System

During the hearing of a public interest litigation seeking pan-India guidelines for safety of women, the Supreme Court today asked the Union of India as to why there is no mechanism in place to enable women to lodge complaints online. Having such a system can resolve issues related to police station jurisdiction as well as eliminate need for women to physically go to police stations, the...