Court News Updates

The Supreme Court has on Monday issued notice in a civil appeal filed against the order of the National Green Tribunal, seeking directions to the Centre to form a permanent body for preservation of the Western & Eastern Ghats and to implement recommendations of Madhav Gadgil and Kasturirangan committees.

The Madras High Court has disposed of a PIL, seeking direction of rectification of the process of cleaning the bed of the pond situated at Kumaresapuram Village, Tiruverumbur Taluk, Trichy District, by following the proper method prescribed in the guidelines mentioned in GO (D) No 173, Public Works (W2) Department, dated 02.07.2019.

If a State wants to hire better qualified teachers, it can always do as it's a State policy, observed the Supreme Court while dismissing a plea by a man challenging the Punjab government's recruitment policy for arts and craft teachers in government schools.

Today, the Supreme Court has sought a response from the Center on the petition of RJD leader Sharad Yadav. Sharad has reached the Supreme Court against the order to vacate the government bungalow in Delhi. On March 15, the Delhi High Court ordered him to vacate the bungalow in 15 days.

The Supreme Court seeks reply from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone on plea by Reliance Jio challenging the demand notices by Department of Telecom.

A Single-judge bench while hearing a contempt application filed by Kratikesh Kumar And 17 Others summoned Secretary Examination Regulatory Authority, Anil Bhushan Chaturvedi for not giving the marks of a question to the candidates who appeared in the 68500 Assistant Teacher Recruitment Examination.

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned hearing for four weeks on a petition seeking minority status for Hindus in Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Punjab.

A Single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition filed by Smt Kavita Sonkar held that the desirability of a particular qualification that may be prescribed for a particular service cannot be determined or assessed by the Court.

The Uttarakhand High Court on March 23 disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to  the respondent State to notify the Rules under Anand Marriage Act, 1909 and also to issue guidelines to register the marriage of people of Sikh Community under the Anand Marriage Act, 1909.

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Karnataka High Court order on wearing of hijab to educational institutes in the state.