Source – news18.com New Delhi: Farm fires in Punjab and Haryana increased drastically in the past 24 hours and the share of stubble burning in Delhi’s air pollution may touch this year’s peak value now, the city government said on Tuesday. The stubble plume from northwest regions has become one of the significant factors adversely affecting

Source – The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up administration of hospitals managed by the Delhi government, their staff and doctors for not giving a “damn” about their job, and observed “the attitude must go out.” The court was hearing a PIL by a school teacher from Karawal Nagar who, through advocate Prashant Manchanda, highlighted

Source – earthjustice.org In late 2014, residents of the small town of Belton in Anderson County, South Carolina, noticed something amiss as they readied for the holidays. The plants along a rural stretch of road were unexpectedly dying. On Christmas Eve, someone walking along that same country road reported to local authorities the strong smell

Source – barandbench.com The Central Government today notified the appointment of new Chief Justices to the High Courts of Madras, Madhya Pradesh and Patna. All three Chief Justices are expected to take charge of their respective offices by November 13, as per three notifications issued by the Government today. Patna High Court’s Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap

Source – indianexpress.com The office of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Registrar General has requested Punjab and Haryana to waive the condition of holding departmental examination for civil judges by amending the Punjab Civil Service (Judicial Branch) Rules. The two states have sought reasons for the same and clarity on the proposal. The departmental

Source – taxscan.in The Ahmedabad bench of the Gujarat High Court in the case of Director of Income Tax v Gujarat Cricket Association ruling in favour of the assessee held the assessee society to be engaged in charitable activity and not in an activity of commercial nature. Further that once a certificate for registration has

Source – newindianexpress.com0 CUTTACK:  The ongoing cease-work by the Orissa High Court Bar Association has taken a new turn with the Bar Council of India (BCI) directing it to immediately call off the agitation and member lawyers to resume court work.The association has been boycotting court work since October 14 “to show protest against” the recent

Source – newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: In the view of the recent Telangana High Court directions on the conduct of polls to municipalities and municipal corporations, Telangana Election Commissioner V Nagi Reddy asked the District Collectors to be prepared for conducting the polls for the urban local bodies (ULB) as the election notification will be issued by the

Source – newsclick.in Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi subtly preparing his party’s cadre and that of Sangh Parivar affiliates for a Supreme Court verdict which is not completely in favour of Hindu parties in the Ayodhya case? Or, did he convey a message to Muslim parties that they should accept the judgement even if they

Source – firstpost.com New Delhi: As the telecom sector stares at a massive payout following a Supreme Court order, the government has constituted a Committee of Secretaries to work out a financial bailout package that may include lowering of spectrum charges as well as ending the era of free mobile phone calls and dirt cheap data.