Source: barandbench.com The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved judgment in a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) Coastal Road Project worth Rs 14,000 crore. The Coastal Road project will connect South Mumbai’s Marine Drive area to Kandivali in North Mumbai. The project was challenged by environmental activists, residents
Source: barandbench.com After a special court rejected their bail application last month, the three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of Dr. Payal Tadvi have moved the Bombay High Court seeking bail. Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Mehare and Ankita Khandelwal, who were the seniors of Payal Tadvi, have challenged the special court order rejecting
sorce: tribuneindia.com A man who suffered permanent disability in an accident while driving the car of the then leader and Punjab Cabinet minister Kanwaljit Singh in 2009 was on Monday awarded Rs 49.9 lakh compensation by the Supreme Court. Singh, who was Punjab Cooperation Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal’s general secretary, had died on March
Source: livemint.com Kolkata: Commuters in Kolkata faced a trying time on Monday as more than 25,000 cabs went off the roads due to a 48-hour strike called by associations of online cabs here. Passengers faced harassment in busy areas like Howrah station, Esplanade and other places as the yellow taxis demanded hefty amounts from them.
Source: deccanchronicle.com Chennai: Coming to the rescue of 27 employees of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, who had put in 9 to 10 years of service as Skilled NMR on daily wages initially and thereafter on consolidated appointment, but were issued with disengagement memo, the Madras high court has directed the University to consider their representations, to
Source: news18.com Chennai: In a candid declaration, a Madras High Court judge has sent to the Bar a self-appraisal of his two-year tenure, reflecting on disposal of cases, his judgments, behaviour, and vowing to evolve a mechanism to overcome his shortcomings. Justice GR Swaminathan, who assumed office on June 28, 2017, said in his report
Source: telegraphindia.com The high court on Monday issued an interim order restraining the school service commission from publishing the merit list for appointment of assistant teachers for government-aided upper primary schools in Bengal. Justice Mausumi Bhattacharya, who issued the order, allowed the commission to proceed with its decision to conduct the personality test for the
Source: business-standard.com Town Planning wing of Greater Vishakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has issued a notice to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for illegally carrying out construction works in the party’s local office here. Vidyulatha, Town Planning supervisor of Zone 3, GVMC, said: “TDP has constructed two floors for the party office in Ward No 19
Source: barandbench.com The Supreme Court today held that a private vehicle plying on public road will fall within the definition of “public place” under Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act 2016 (Act). The judgment was rendered by a Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph in an appeal against a decision of the Patna High Court.
Source: barandbench.com Can a University be considered an office of Central government or State government for fixing responsibility under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Supreme Court will decide this issue in a petition filed by Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU). A Bench of Justices NV Ramana and Ajay Rastogi said that it will hear the
