Tag: Supreme-Court

Uttarakhand High Court stays ‘deemed forest’ definition of government.

Source – newindianexpress.com DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court on Tuesday Uttarakhand government’s office order which defined deemed forests as as ‘a land patch of 10 hectares or above with 60% canopy density and 75% native plant species’. Rajeev Singh Bisht, counsel for the petitioner said, “The honourable court has stayed this office order of the state

Delhi High Court may give verdict on December 16 in case against Kuldeep Sengar.

Source – hindustantimes.com A Delhi court is likely to pronounce its verdict on December 16 on the alleged kidnapping and rape of a woman by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao in 2017. District judge Dharmesh Sharma adjourned the matter for further proceedings after the completion of the final arguments and

Appu Ghar fund siphoning case: Arrest warrant against one promoter, three get interim bail from HC.

Source – hindustantimes.com A Gurugram court has issued arrest warrants against Rakesh Babbar, one of the promoters of Appu Ghar, the controversial Gurugram amusement park, in a cheating case pertaining to siphoning of investors’ money. He is the son of former Delhi BJP MLA OP Babbar. Gurugram chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Narender Singh on December

Supreme Court’s Regional Benches: Is this a Chimera?

Source – indialegallive.com Are Supreme Court branches outside Delhi a mirage? Recently, two Tamil Nadu MPs in the Rajya Sabha raised the issue of setting up a branch of the Supreme Court in south India, especially Chennai. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) member Vaiko and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) representative P Wilson raised this issue

Delhi HC should not have made comments: SC

Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that Delhi High Court was justified in examining the sealed-cover report submitted by the Enforcement Directorate while hearing the bail plea of P. Chidambaram on November 15 but it ought not to have made observations on the basis of the material submitted. Writing Wednesday’s judgment granting

Supreme Court upholds life term to Chandigarh man who killed his wife.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld life imprisonment awarded to a Chandigarh man by a trial court for strangling his wife to death and setting the body on fire in 2012. Vajinder Paul, a resident of Sector 20, and his paramour, Renu Bains, a resident of a Hoshiarpur village, were convicted for murdering