The National Green Tribunal on Friday directed the Jal Board and the Pollution Control Committee in the national capital to submit report on a plea alleging illegal extraction of groundwater in North Delhi. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said depletion
The High Court of Tripura upheld the life imprisonment awarded to 12 people for killing then Congress MLA Parimal Saha 36 years ago. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjoy Karol and Justice Arindam Lodh also handed down life term to another accused who had been
The Calcutta High Court directed Kamlesh Parekh, accused of defrauding 25 banks of over Rs 2,600 crore, to appear before the CBI here by November 7. It also stayed an “open-dated non-bailable arrest warrant” against him. Justice R Mantha directed Parekh, who is at present
Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma, who has spent about 17 years in jail, has sought premature release and the Delhi High Court asked the Delhi government to respond to his plea. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal asked the Delhi government
The USDA announced an interim final rule for the establishment of a domestic hemp program . The program was required by the 2018 Farm Bill to create consistency and regulation around domestic hemp production in the US. The interim final rule: “includes provisions for maintaining
A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge on enjoined the tallying of votes on Marsy’s Law, a proposed state constitutional amendment for crime victims’ rights. The lawsuit was filed by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, it alleges that the ballot question violates Article XI, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania
As Jammu and Kashmir transitioned from a state into two union territories, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reiterated his appeal that India and Pakistan deal with the Kashmir issue through dialogue and ensure full respect for human rights. Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday transitioned from
The Delhi High Court has directed the Director of AIIMS to constitute a Medical Board today itself to give its opinion on whether P Chidambaram’s health condition requires his admission in a hospital, especially in a sterile environment. The Medical Board shall include Chidambaram’s family doctor from
In a judgment passed last month, the Madras High Court has clarified that marrying a person of scheduled caste does not entitle one to claim a change in caste for the purpose of reservation. A Division Bench of Justices R Subbiah and C Saravanan passed the judgment to this