The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Chief Minister S Siddaramaiah and other accused, including his wife Parvathi BM, on an appeal to transfer the MUDA investigation to the CBI.
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter Veena Vijayan in connection with a petition seeking a CBI probe into the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd. (CMRL)–Exalogic deal.
The contempt petition has alleged that the demolition of the house/shop was done in violation of the Supreme Court's November 13, 2024, judgment restraining demolition actions across the country without prior notice.
Leader of the Opposition and BJP state president Babulal Marandi filed the petition, alleging that the appointment violated Supreme Court guidelines. A division bench of Justices S Ramachandra Rao and Deepak Roshan has set the next hearing for June 16.
A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotishwar Singh issued the notice and sought the Centre’s response on the PIL by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) contending that the present system of the Central government solely selecting the CAG hampered their independence of the national auditor.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued notice to former chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal in the wake of complaints filed by the BJP and Congress over his remarks on “poisoning” of Delhi’s water supply.
Taking cognizance of the firing incident between former BJP MLA Pranav Singh Champion and his successor independent MLA Umesh Kumar, the Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday asked the Haridwar administration to present a detailed report on the incident before it.
With farmers committing suicide allegedly due to crop loss and debt-related issues resurfacing across Odisha in the recent past, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Centre and State to furnish Action Taken Reports (ATRs) within six weeks to arrest the disturbing trend.
A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar asked the Central government and the oil panel to file their reply before the week commencing on March 17.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and the Secretary, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to submit Action Taken Reports (ATRs) on the alleged human misery due to displacement of 65,000 villagers of 591 villages in Odisha and other States.
