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NGT Pulls Up Delhi Jal Board For Failing To Control Odour From A Sewage Treatment Plant, Imposes Rs. 5 Lakh Per Month Cost Till Compliance
The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Delhi Jal Board for its failure to prevent and control bad odour from a Sewage Treatment Plant in Delhi's Kondli area. It has hence directed the Board to pay Rs. 5 lakh per month as cost to Central Pollution Control Board, till compliance. The amount shall be used for restoration of environment.Observing that the Delhi Jal Board has been...
'Permit Her To Live Her Own Life': Gujarat HC Directs Parents Of 18 Y/O Girl To Not Harass Her For Wanting To Marry Boy Aged 19Yrs After Attaining Marriageable Age
The Gujarat High Court has directed parents of a 18 year old girl to not harass her for wanting to marry a boy after him attaining the age of marriage.Expecting that the parents will permit the girl to live her own life as per her choices, a division judge bench comprising of Justice RM Chhaya and Justice Nirzar S Desai ordered thus:"We appreciate the decision taken by corpus-...
Extension of Interim Orders Shall Not Continue Beyond July 15: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Monday clarified that its earlier orders extending the life of interim orders due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic shall not continue beyond July 15. The orders were passed pursuant to the initiation of suo moto proceedings by the Court in Re: Extension of Remand and Interim Orders. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice...
Disciplinary Proceedings To Be Initiated Against Those Who Engage In E-Filing Of Cases: KHCAA Warns Members
The Kerala High Court Advocate's Association on 9th July has issued a notice cautioning that its members who continue to use the e-filing method in violation of its decision shall be liable to be subjected to disciplinary proceedings.The KHCAA had decided in its General Body Meetings held on the 16th and 17th May 2021 that they will not resort to the e-filing system to file cases and that all...
Bhima Koregaon Case : Special NIA Court Rejects Prof Anand Teltumbde's Bail Application
A Special NIA Court, on Monday, rejected the bail application of former IIT professor and academic Anand Teltumbde, booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case.Special Judge DE Kothalikar had reserved the application for orders on July 6, 2021. Teltumbde, 70, was arrested by the NIA on April 14, last year, after he surrendered before the...
Sourav Ganguly Moves Bombay High Court To Enforce Arbitral Award Against Percept
President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and former Indian cricket team captain, Sourav Ganguly, has approached the Bombay High Court seeking over Rs. 36 crore payable to him pursuant to a 2018-19 Arbitral award against Percept Talent Management and Percept D Mark (India) Limited.Ganguly has alleged that Directors of Percept have systematically "siphoned" funds from...
Mere Erroneous Exercise Of Judicial Power Sans Extraneous Considerations Not Criminal Misconduct: Kerala HC Grants Relief To Ex-Asst. Tax Commissioner
The Kerala High Court on Monday held that a quasi-judicial order passed by a public servant or a statutory authority which was incorrect or not in favour of the government cannot be sufficient reason to initiate a corruption case or criminal proceedings against them.Justice R Narayana Pisharadi ruled so while quashing the corruption proceedings initiated against a former Assistant Commissioner...
'English Taught In All Schools': Lakshadweep Administration Opposes Plea Before Kerala High Court For Publishing Draft Regulations In Vernacular Language
The Lakshadweep Administration has filed a counter affidavit before the Kerala High Court in a plea primarily seeking that the UT's draft regulations be published in vernacular languages.The Senior Standing Counsel S. Manu on behalf of the Administration has submitted that the said writ petition is not maintainable and hence liable to be rejected, citing several reasons for the same. It has...
Bombay High Court Reserves Judgment On Ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's Plea To Quash CBI FIR
The Bombay High Court, on Monday, reserved for orders a petition by former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh for quashing the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) corruption FIR against him. Before reserving the plea for orders, the bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar asked the CBI to submit its investigation papers to the court in a sealed envelope by tomorrow....
CM Advocates' Welfare Scheme Has Laudable Objective But Its Applicability To Only Delhi Residents Is Discriminatory: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court today ruled that the benefits of the Chief Minister's Advocates' Welfare Scheme have to be extended to all advocates registered with the Bar Council of Delhi, and are residing in the National Capital Region (NCR).Ruling thus, the Bench of Justice Prathiba Singh observed that the CM's Advocates' Welfare Scheme has a laudable objective, however its condition that it would...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Midnight Hearing To Protect Persons Alleged To Be Illegally Detained By Armed Mob
The Punjab and Haryana High Court convened at midnight on Sunday to provide urgent relief to the petitioners including two minors who were allegedly held hostage by an armed mob said to be consisting of farmers. The petitioners were attending a meeting at the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, when a mob consisting of nearly 500 armed persons started gathering outside the...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Delhi Govt, Media Channels On Protection Plea By UP Woman Who Converted To Islam
The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Delhi Government, the Delhi Police, media houses including Zee Media, Navbharat Times and the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) on a fresh petition moved on behalf of a Hindu woman from Uttar Pradesh, who converted to Islam. She alleged that owing to her religious conversion, she and her family members are being targeted and...