The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the power of the Tamil Nadu government to notify an “elephant corridor” and protect the animal migration route through the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. The reserve is the largest protected forest area in India and spans Tamil…
read moreIn PK Ghosh v JG Rajput (1995), the Supreme Court stated; “The credibility of the functioning of the administration of justice system and the reasonable perception of the parties involved are relevant considerations to ensure the continuity of public confidence in the…
read moreThe Delhi government and the Northern Railway tried to devise a plan to demolish 48,000 jhuggis that had been built along the city’s 140 km of railway lines and to rehabilitate the inhabitants of those houses. The demolition order was approved by…
read moreOn Tuesday, the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing in a 2009 contempt of court case against lawyer Prashant Bhushan, and reserved its verdict on the amount of sentence in the contempt case started earlier this year. The three-judge tribunal headed by Judge…
read moreOn Monday Supreme Court of India, sided with the former royal family of Travancore for the administration and control of the Padmanabha Swamy temple in Kerala. Resolving the long-standing dispute, the High Court quashed the January 2011 decision of the Kerala High…
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