Will knock the door of SC if rights of Himachal Pradesh not given by the Centre: CM
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has said that he will meet the Union Ministers to release the aid to Himachal under the Post Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA).
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has said that he will meet the Union Ministers to release the aid to Himachal under the Post Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA).
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the states falling in the National Capital Region to constitute teams of officials from police and revenue departments to ensure strict enforcing of the measures under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to combat and curb air-pollution in the national capital.
Terming the restrictions as “impractical”, the Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold the Kerala High Court's order on the use of elephants and observing distances between them, the public, flambeau, and the percussion display during festival parades, including the ‘Thrissur Pooram”.
The Supreme Court will expand its focus on air pollution to other cities in India during a hearing scheduled for Thursday.
Cautioning the Punjab authorities on the repercussions if anything untoward happens to the farmers leader, a bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said, “The entire state machinery will be blamed if something untoward happens.
A Haryana Police spokesperson on Tuesday said in view of the ban imposed on the operation of 10-year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol engine vehicles in the NCR, Haryana Police will conduct a special awareness as well as enforcement drive about the plying of old vehicles on roads in all the 14 districts falling in the NCR in the state.
The top court also asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to assist it regarding the steps taken and the steps which are likely to be taken to assuage concerns of the petitioners.
“In this case, en masse the cases were given to the CBI. Some of the most shocking things have happened. In one case, the man is alive. In the meantime, CBI is also investigating dacoity cases. All kinds of things are happening,” Sibal told the Bench.
Justice Chandrachud emphasized that children need to go back to school but, it has to be decided by the states.
"We hope and trust that all precautions and necessary steps will be taken by authorities and there will be no risk to children," a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar said.
