Source: downtoearth.org.in Jharkhand’s asbestos mines The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on July 22, 2019, heard the case of restitution of areas that were earlier under asbestos mining in Jharkhand. The tribunal had, in October, 2015, directed Rajasthan, Karnataka, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh to list all abandoned asbestos mines and, in consultation with Indian Bureau of Mines,
Source: indiatoday.in he viscera report of the mob lynching victim Tabrez Ansari came as a surprise to the administration. The report revealed that Tabrez Ansari did not consume poison but died of a cardiac arrest. Tabrez Ansari was injured in a physical assault by the crowd that caused a mental trauma which led to his
Source: telegraphindia.com he new Jharkhand High Court building complex in Dhurwa, which was supposed to be ready by December 21, 2017, is now expected to be complete by March 2020, secretary-cum-managing director of building construction department Sunil Kumar has said. The deadline for the new high court complex assumed urgency on Friday when a bench
Source: taxscan.in The Bombay High Court has allowed the Service Tax Department to conduct Service Tax Audit on post Implementation of Goods and Services Tax ( GST ). The petition sought a declaration that Respondents do not have power under Rule 5A of the Service Tax Rules, 1994 read with Section 174(2)(e) of the Central
Source: news18.com New Delhi: As thousands sit on top of an active volcano, an underground coal fire burning for more than 100 years in Jharia in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district has finally drawn the attention of the Supreme Court. Prioritising the case pending before it since 1997, the apex court has taken it upon itself to monitor
Source: indiatoday.in The Jharkhand High Court has sought a report from the state government on the Tabrez Ansari lynching case and the subsequent mob violence. Tabrez Ansari was brutally thrashed to death on June 17 in Dhatkidih village in Saraikela-Kharsawan district when he was returning home. The lynch mob had allegedly accused Ansari of theft.
Source: hindustantimes.com A team of forensic experts from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday reached the site of encounter between the security forces and the CPI (Maoists) at Bakoria in Palamu to re-enact the crime scene as part of its on-going investigation of this alleged fake encounter. The CBI had taken up this
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: hindustantimes.com Roughly 60% Jharkhand’s bio-medical wastes generated from hospitals, nursing homes and clinics across the state go untreated in absence of proper disposal facilities, according to pollution officials and environmentalists. The state has around 5,500 hospitals, nursing homes and clinics but only two common bio-medical waste incineration facilities are functioning, officials at the Jharkhand
Source:- hindustantimes.com Incarcerated RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday moved to the Jharkhand high court seeking bail in one of the fodder scam cases on the ground that he had served half of the 3.5 years of sentence awarded to him in December 2017. On December 23, 2017, a special CBI court had convicted Prasad