Category: Madhya Pradesh High Court

High Court Serves Notice to MP Govt After PIL Challenges Constitution of State Wildlife Board

Source: news18.com Bhopal: Responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) from a Bhopal based wildlife enthusiast, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to MP government over alleged breach of norms in the constitution of State Wildlife Board. Order regarding the constitution of 30-member MP State Wildlife Board (MPSWB) was issued on Aug

Send report to wildlife board on quarries in Kanniyakumari district: Madras High Court

Source: newindianexpress.com MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Chief Wildlife Warden of Tamil Nadu to send a report to the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) within six weeks on 29 quarries situated in the eco-sensitive zones in Kanniyakumari district. A bench comprising Justices M Sathyanarayanan and B Pugalendhi issued further

Pragya Thakur Gets Court Notice Over Plea Challenging Her Election on Grounds of ‘Corrupt Practices’

Source: news18.com Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday issued a notice to BJP Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur on a petition challenging her election to the Lok Sabha, the petitioner’s lawyer said. The petition seeks to set aside her election on the grounds that she allegedly adopted “corrupt practices” and whipped up communal passions

Latest amendments endanger democracy

Source: news.yahoo.com The latest amendment to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), with the simultaneous dilution of the Right to Information Act, 2005 by allowing the Modi government to fix the tenure and salaries of the information commissioners while downgrading the Constitutional status of the chief information commissioner— spells danger to democracy. And with the

Madhya Pradesh Assembly passes bill giving OBCs 27 per cent quota

Source: newindianexpress.com BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed an amendment bill raising reservation in government jobs and education for Other Backward Classes (OBC) to 27 per cent from the present 14 per cent. The MP House passed the MP Public Service (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Amendment Bill