The Supreme Court on Friday (July 7) set aside the Uttarakhand High Court judgment of March which termed the rivers Ganga and Yamuna as “living entities”, attributing them with several legal rights. I...
In a significant turnaround, the Supreme Court on July 6 observed that the Chief Justice of India should come under Right to Information Act (RTI). This is the first time that the top court has taken ...
In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court said on July 6 that people caught for using fake caste certificates to get quota facilities must be prosecuted with immediate effect and stripped of all res...
Above: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (July 6) appointed nine additional judges. They have all been district level Judges/officers.
The new judges appointed are: Akhil...
The Union government seems to have come out with the upper hand in its tussle with the judiciary over appointment of judges, and the embarrassment that the Justice CS Karnan case had caused to the ape...
Above: A farmer prays for rain in his parched paddy field on a hot summer noon in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Photo: UNI
On a petition filed by Citizen Resource Initiative Action about farmer suicides in G...
Above: Allahabad High Court
On a PIL filed by Vinay Kumar Pandey to prevent deaths in police custody, the Allahabad High Court had asked the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh to file a petition for...
Above: Photo by Anil Shakya
The National Green Tribunal principal bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, on Thursday (July 6) took suo motu cognizance of a media report and picture showing munic...
The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud is handling an interesting case of extra money collected by the Income Tax Department and what to do with it.
The case...
Following the vacation, the National Green Tribunal principal bench was back at its job, on Thursday (July 6) looking into the Ganga Action Plan 1 and 2 in Uttar Pradesh and adjoining areas.
On Thu...