Tag: HC

HC gives Odisha 2 months to settle retirement dues in OSRTC

Rs 141 crore arrears of retired employees of state-run Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) are pending.

April 5, 2023

MP: Lawyers go on 3-day strike in Gwalior against HC’s new policy on resolving cases

Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered all the district courts in the state to resolve at least 25 pending cases within three months.

March 23, 2023

Delhi BJP MLA Vijender Gupta moves HC against his suspension from assembly for one year

Plea stated that on March 20, 2023, the Finance Minister of the Government of NCT of Delhi Kailash Gahlot came out with a statement claiming that the Home Ministry deliberately delayed their budget by not giving its approval

March 23, 2023

SC declines to stay Karnataka HC order on board exams for class 5, 8

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay a Karnataka High Court order, which allowed the government to conduct board exams for students of Classes 5 and 8 in schools affiliated to the Karnataka state board.

March 21, 2023

Leprosy cases in Odisha declining, state govt informs HC

There is also a decline of absolute number of Grade-2 deformity (G2D) from 200 cases in 2019-20 to 178 in 2020-21 and 164 in 2021-22, the State government informed the Orissa High Court.

February 16, 2023

Cash-for-verdict scam: Kerala HC refuses to stay FIR against advocate

A single bench of Justice Kausar Edappath observed, “The allegations on the face of it are very serious. It is something that is maligning the entire justice delivery system."

February 6, 2023

Supreme Court agrees to hear AP’s plea against HC order staying govt decision restricting political gatherings or roadsides

The Andhra Pradesh government has said that in recent times, the State has been hit by a multitude of fatalities caused during political rallies and roadshows on public roads.

January 18, 2023

Kerala HC critical of Sabarimala guard shoving devotees

Taking a serious note of how the guard of the Devaswom Board regulated devotees who arrived for the Makaravilakku ritual on 14 January, a division bench of Justices Anil K Narendran and P G Ajithkumar said it was a "flagrant violation of the directions issued by this court.

January 16, 2023

HC quashes CAT order, directs Telangana CS to join in AP

Somesh Kumar is likely to appeal against the order in the Supreme Court but the court refused to keep the verdict in abeyance for three weeks and directed him to join AP immediately.

January 10, 2023

Telangana Govt files appeal in high court in poachgate case

A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan will take up the matter.

January 5, 2023

HC raps Bengal govt over pending DA arrears to power sector employees

Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of Calcutta High Court has directed the state government to pay all pending arrear dues to the WBSEDCL employees by December 6.

December 2, 2022

Shraddha killing: HC rejects plea to transfer investigation to CBI

The Bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad on Tuesday said we find not a single good reason to entertain this plea.

November 22, 2022

LG Saxena directs DSSSB to recruit group B, C non-judicial subordinate staff for HC

Saxena overruled impediments to the effect that DSSSB was mandated only to recruit for GNCTD, MCD, NDMC, and other Delhi Government undertakings, in light of the express need of staffing the Court adequately for the purpose of speedy disposal of cases.

November 13, 2022

Nine Kerala VCs refuse to resign, to move HC against Guv order

The nine Vice Chancellors (VCs) of various Kerala Universities, who were asked to resign before 11.30 a.m. on Monday by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan in his capacity as the Chancellor of the University.

October 24, 2022

HC notice to Himachal Govt over illegal mining in Solan, Bilaspur districts

The petitioners have alleged blatant, unscrupulous, illegal and unprecedented destruction of flora and fauna, habitat of wildlife and the water sources on account of highly unscientific and unhindered exploitation of minor minerals from Luhan Khad as a result of rampant illegal mining being carried out.

September 22, 2022

HC orders expeditious relocation of Bhubaneswar-based CPDO

Central Poultry Development Organisation is proposed to be shifted from Nayapalli to Baranga in Cuttack.

September 15, 2022

St Stephen’s College admissions: Delhi HC to decide on Sep 12

The Delhi High Court may pass judgement on September 12 on two petitions concerning the issue of admission procedure at St Stephen's College of Delhi for its unreserved seats category in undergraduate courses for the academic session 2022-23.

September 10, 2022