The Gauhati High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the Assam forest department for failing to file an affidavit in connection with a public interest litigation on the grant of permission to Oil India Limited (OIL) to drill for hydrocarbons in the Dibru Saikhowa National Park.
The Kerala High Court has rejected the CBI’s plea to vacate the interim stay on the probe into the alleged Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) violations in the state government’s LIFE Mission project.
New Delhi (ILNS): The Delhi High Court today ruled that inmates who have been out of jail for the last several months on interim bail or parole in the Corona epidemic will have to go back to jail soon.
A Metropolitan Magistrate court in Andheri has acquitted 20 foreigners including 10 Indonesians and 10 from Kyrgyzstan who were booked under Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act for not disclosing that they had attended a religious gathering of Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin in New Delhi.
New Delhi (ILNS): The Delhi High Court came down heavily on Zee News for its irresponsible conduct of making public the disclosure statement of an accused in the Delhi riots case, when it did not even have the signatures of the accused.
Mumbai (ILNS): The Maharashtra government has informed the Bombay High Court that it was in favour of allowing all lawyers to use the local train services for their commute to courts, offices, and back home.
New Delhi (ILNS): Reacting to a petition by three ex-servicemen, the Allahabad High Court has asked the Central and the UP state government to clarify whether ex-servicemen can apply for civil posts while in service.
Seriousness of the crime itself can not be taken as a factor to uphold the conviction unless the conscience of the court is satisfied, said the Kerala High Court while setting aside the life imprisonment sentence given to five BJP party workers involved in murder of two persons out of a political feud.
New Delhi (ILNS): The Bombay High Court today asked the Mumbai Police to issue summons to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami if the police intend to add his name to the FIR as an accused.