Source: NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has cleared the decks for the Chardham highway project, which will connect four holy places in the hills of Uttarakhand through 900-km all-weather roads, by modifying an NGT order to constitute a fresh committee to look into environmental concerns.  It ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forest to form

Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI:  The Kerala High Court on Friday expressed its concern at the delay in demolishing the check dam co-owned by LDF MLA PV Anwar in the context of the devastating landslide near Nilambur, wondering ‘When will we learn?’ The check dam in Cheenkannippalli region of Kakkadampoyil hill, Nilambur, is located just 10 km away

Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Delhi’s increasing water demands can be met only if civic bodies and public authorities implement rainwater harvesting and substitute groundwater with treated wastewater for non-potable purposes like irrigation, horticulture and sanitation, the jal board told the Delhi High Court. In an affidavit placed before a bench of Chief Justice D N

Source: hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court has allowed various works in progress under Centre’s Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna plan for connecting four holy places — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath — by an all-weather road. An apex court bench comprising Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Surya Kant also ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forests to

Source: indialegallive.com The Supreme Court Bench of Justices Abhay Manohar Sapre and R. Subhash Reddy on 14th Augustremanded a writ petition back to the Allahabad High Court to be decided on merits afresh after clarifying High Court’s error in defining “employee” under the wrong statute. The Bench in Asst. Provident Fund Commissioner EPFO, Bareilly v M/s U.P. State Warehousing

Source: zeenews.india.com The Election Commission has written to the Law Ministry seeking to link Electors’ Photo Identity Card (EPIC), popularly known as the voter ID card, with the 12-digit Aadhaar number. In its first letter to the ministry, the poll body also sought amendments to the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and stated that

Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: Taking the state government to the task for not complying with the directions issued by it with regard to establishment of cattle camps with specified amount of fodder in drought-hit taluks across state, the Karnataka High Court on Friday said these matters should be handled by the government sensitively. “It is apparent

Source: indiatoday.in She Supreme Court on Friday pulled up petitioner ML Sharma over the defective pleas challenging Centre’s decision to scrap provisions of Article 370 which abrogated special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The SC questioned lawyer petitioner ML Sharma, saying that his petition against Centre’s move on Article 370 has “no meaning”. “What kind

Source: thehindu.com Project at Faridabad will be under the guidance of e-Committee of the Supreme Court Doing away with the need for the litigant to be present in the court and facilitate adjudication of the case online, the Punjab and Haryana High Court will launch its first virtual court on Saturday at Faridabad through videoconferencing.

Source: thehindu.com Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the government will take a call on the appointment of Justice Akil Kureshi as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court in a week and place its decision before the apex court Collegium. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi