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NGT’s fresh warrants against non-waste disposal

Above Photo: UNI The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) principal bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar on Monday (July 17) issued fresh bailable warrants against those responsible for waste manage...

Kejriwal’s ‘thulla’ comment at police taken up in Delhi High Court

A constable in Delhi Police, Ajay Kumar Taneja, had filed a criminal defamation suit against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for calling policemen, ‘Thulla’. A trial court had passed an order in ...

Demolish Kasauli’s Chelsea Hotel in 24 hrs, orders NGT

The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) principal bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, on Monday (July 17) gave 24 hours to the Himachal Pradesh government to demolish Chelsea Hotel in Kasauli, in th...

SC to allow 4 weeks for objections after govt decides on GM mustard

The case against genetically-modified (GM) mustard seeds came up for hearing on Monday (July 17) before the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud. The court is d...

Bengaluru lake encroachment: NGT unhappy with committee report

Above: Lake encroachment is rampant in Bengaluru. Photo: www.Indiawaterportal.org The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) principal bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, had, in its last hearing, c...

Calcutta HC tells Centre: Appoint judges or we will take “appropriate action”

In an almost unprecedented act, Calcutta High Court judges have come out against what they say was “stepmotherly treatment” of the court by the Centre. And there was good reason for this outburst, ...

Calcutta HC directs Centre to send more CRPF troops to Darjeeling

The Calcutta High Court, in its assessment on Friday (July 14), found good reason to direct the Centre to deploy four more companies of CRPF in the violence-hit areas of the Darjeeling hills within 48...

Bombay HC awards lifer compensation for 3 yrs 9 months more spent in jail

The fact that even a life-term prisoner has rights in a democracy was amply demonstrated by the Bombay High Court on Friday (July 15) when it granted a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the detention of a...

SC gives Centre a week to decide on amending rules to allow postal ballots for NRIs

Above: Voters standing in a queue to cast their votes, at a polling booth, during the fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly Election (file picture). Photo: PIB Despite the Representation of the Peopl...

NHRC must be endowed with more powers, says SC

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had complained to the Supreme Court that its “communications and guidelines (for protection and enforcement of human rights) have remained only on paper and...

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