Source – financialexpress.com Observing that there has been no real compliance of several orders on implementation of noise pollution norms, the Bombay High Court today said the Maharashtra government should stop treating the issue in an “adversarial” way. The high court has, in several orders passed in the past few years, directed the government to ensure
Source – intoday.in The private schools that did not refund the excess fee charged by them despite the government order, have been given two weeks to deposit 75 per cent of the principal amount to avoid facing a coercive action. The directions came from the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that asked these city schools to
Source – dnaindia.com A man whose passport was revoked by the Regional Passport Office (RPO) on charges that he had concealed information about the origin of his parents belonging from Tibet has been given his passport back by the Delhi High court after observing that the authorities have conducted themselves in a callous manner. “The respondents
Source – indiatimes.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit in response to a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking a ban on the Blue Whale Challenge online game, which has triggered suicides in the country. The PIL was filed yesterday by a city-based NGO, Citizen Circle for Social Welfare and
The Supreme Court of India has reportedly issued notices to Google and Twitter, in reference to the public interest litigation petition filed against the Internet behemoths over data privacy concerns by Pallav Mongia, an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court. The petition, according to sources, has raised concerns about the lack of control over data sharing
Source – legallyindia.com Through its historic ruling delivered by a five-judge bench in the case of Shayara Bano and Ors v. Union of India on August 22nd 2017, the Supreme Court of India (SC) liberated Muslim women from the perpetual fear of arbitrary and whimsical divorce. The SC banned the regressive practice of instant ‘triple talaq’, which allowed
Source – nytimes.com Supreme Court of India, in a rare unanimous judgment, declared privacy a constitutional right. The court unflinchingly reasoned that the rights to life and liberty of which privacy is a part protect the sanctity of the home and relationships like marriage, procreation and sexual orientation. It is a ruling that will forever affect
Source – indiatimes.com INDORE: The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court has directed special task force (STF) of police to conduct a probe into the alleged irregularities related to land associated with Golden Forest (India) Ltd. “In order to protect the properties of M/s Golden Forests (India) Ltd and to find out how many properties
Source – intoday.in Kanchan Rui Das moved a petition before a division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Nishita Mhatre and Justice T Chakraborty claiming that banks were not exchanging coins for currncy notes which has affected his profession of begging. Claiming that Re 1 and Rs 2 coins posed to be the biggest problems, the petitioners
Source – indialegallive.com The sensitive issue of copyright violation has come up against Bollywood producer and director Rakesh Roshan which landed the father of superstar Hrithik Roshan at the Supreme Court. The top court provided immediate relief. On Friday (September 8), the apex court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud
