The Supreme Court issued contempt notice to the vice-chairman of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for the felling of more than 1,000 trees for the construction of an approach road between Chattarpur Road and SAARC University near Maidan Garhi. A bench comprising Justice B R Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta noted that the DDA proceeded to fell trees for constructing the road despite there being an order from the court for not doing so. While scheduling the matter for further hearing on May 8,  the bench said that prima facie, they find that the action of DDA of felling the trees for const ..read more

The Patna High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)  with caution to the petitioners not to burden the Constitutional Court with worthless petitions resulting in abuse of the process of the Court. The PIL opposed the shifting of the Bank  Branch, Kiratpur Rajaram, Vaishali to Bhagwanpur, Vaishali Branch, as the shifting of the Bank would cause great hardship to the local people. The petitioners averred that the Bank established its Branch in the campus of Vishun Roy, College, Kiratpur, Vaishali, way back in the year 2012, after getting approval from its Headquarter and ..read more

A Delhi Court today granted time to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to file response to the replies filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on his two petitions seeking revision against an order on allegedly evading the agency’s summonses in the excise policy case. The Chief Minister had approached the special court against an order passed by a magisterial court summoning him on a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for allegedly evading the agency’s summonses in the case. Special Judge Rakesh Syal granted two weeks to CM Arvind Kejriwal to file rejoinder on the ED’s reply on ..read more

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).  During the hearing, when Advocate Prashant Bhushan raised questions on whether or not the chips used in the EVMs are reprogrammable, the Supreme Court said it cannot usurp the role of another constitutional authority and control the elections. Apparently asking if the court can issue a mandamus on the basis of a suspicion, Justice Dipankar Dutta stated that the report that petiti ..read more

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) took Suo Motu cognizance of the matter relating to the fast depleting urban green cover in Mumbai. The Petition is registered suo-moto on the basis of the news item appearing in the daily newspaper dated  26.03.2024. As per the news item in last six years, the city has witnessed felling of at least 21,028 trees and that though the transplantation of trees has been done, but their survival rate was very low.  As per the report, trees were felled largely to make way for development project such as Metro, Bullet Train, coastal road, Sewage Treatment Pl ..read more

The Allahabad High Court has rejected bail to four persons accused of wrongfully availing input tax credit of about Rs 315 crores. A Single Bench of Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Mukesh Kumar Jha and others. These bail applications have been moved on behalf of the applicants Mukesh Kumar Jha, Amit Kumar Jha, Roshan Chaudhary and Vansh Pratap Singh with the prayer to release them on bail in Case under Sections 132(1)(b) and 132(1)(i) of C.G.S.T Act, 2017, Department D.G.G.I, Meerut Unit, Meerut. The prosecution story is ..read more

A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved its order on regular bail of Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leader K Kavitha, who was arrested in his alleged involvement in the Delhi liquor policy policy scam case. Special Judge (PC Act) Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court will now pronounce the order on May 6. On April 15, the court had remanded Kavitha to judicial custody till April 23, in connection with her alleged involvement in the Delhi Excise Policy scam case The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) produced Kavitha before the trial court this morning after her CBI custody expired today. The na ..read more

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up states, Union Territories for not filing affidavits furnishing data on jail infrastructures, despite court directions. The apex court was hearing a matter pertaining to overcrowding in Indian prisons. The bench comprising Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah gave 2 weeks time to the Chief Secretaries of the concerned States/UTs, stressing that the affidavits shall mention the manner in which recommendations given by the respective Committees are proposed to be implemented and the timelines for such implementation. During the outset of the ..read more

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai for accusing Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Senior Advocate Pinaki Misra of hatching a conspiracy against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The single-judge Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh orally remarked that conspiracy against a Prime Minister amounted to treason and was a very serious offence. It said that an allegation that someone conspiring against a Prime Minister could not be made irresponsibly and needed to be based on cogent and substantial reasons. The single-judge Bench made the observations while hear ..read more

The West Bengal government today approached the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court’s recent verdict cancelling about 24,000 appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff made in 2016 by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC). While holding the recruitment invalid, the High Court had ordered 24,000 candidates to return the salaries they received after being illegally recruited. The West Bengal government in its Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the top court, alleged that the High Court on the basis of verbal submissions and in absence of any affidavit on record had a ..read more