Ashish Sinha

SC adresses TN,Kerala govt’ bills assent delay pleas

November 20, 2023

The Supreme Court will hear on Monday two separate petitions of the Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments, alleging a delay by the respective state governors in giving assent to bills passed by the assemblies. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra...

SC to hear pleas on delays in Judicial appointments today

November 20, 2023

The Supreme Court will hear on Monday two petitions, including one alleging a delay on the part of the Centre in approving the names recommended by the collegium for the appointment and transfer of judges. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sudhanshu Dhulia, and Sandeep Mehta will hear the...

Punjab and Haryana HC nixes 75 per cent reservation for local youth in pvt sector

November 20, 2023

In a recent judgment, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has struck down a law mandating 75 per cent reservation for local youth in private sector jobs in Haryana. Punjab-Haryana’s decision comes after similar failures in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand, where efforts to implement similar reservation...

Atishi accuses CS Naresh Kumar of misusing position in ILBS collaboration

November 18, 2023

In a fresh report, Delhi’s Vigilance Minister, Atishi, has accused Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar of leveraging his position to facilitate a “lucrative collaboration” between the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) and a company in which his son was a partner, according to government sources on Friday. It is...

Delhi HC refuses to grant bail to businessman Amandeep Dhal

November 18, 2023

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to grant bail to businessman Amandeep Dhal, an accused in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam being probed by both the CBI and ED. Dhal challenged the trial court’s orders, refusing to grant him bail in both CBI and ED cases. A bench...

DPCC deems smog towers ineffective, urges need for 40k towers in Delhi

November 18, 2023

Emphasising the inefficacy of smog towers in addressing pollution in Delhi, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) recently informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the already erected smog towers could be repurposed to disseminate technical information about air pollution control. The DPCC underscored that the smog towers were part...

DHC directs DCW to provide separate accommodation to survivor

November 18, 2023

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed Delhi Commission for Women to provide separate accommodation to the Unnao rape survivor considering her marriage and the birth of a child. In this case, BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted of raping the minor. She and her family were provided government...

Delhi HC stays proceedings against Hero Motocorp’s Pawan Munjal

November 18, 2023

The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the proceedings against Hero Motocorp chairman Pawan Kant Munjal in the money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Justice Saurabh Banerjee issued notice to the investigating agency on Munjal’s petition against the ED case and granted it time to file...

Bumper voting in MP, Chhattisgarh

November 18, 2023

Madhya Pradesh recorded a voting percentage of 76.15 per cent and Chhattisgarh saw a voters’ turnout of 71.83 per cent at 5 pm on the 70 seats that went to the polls in the second phase of the election in the state, according to the latest data from Election Commission....

Odd-even formula likely to return amid rising pollution in Delhi

November 18, 2023

Delhi’s air quality has further deteriorated, nearing the “severe plus” category, potentially prompting the enforcement of the odd-even car rationing measure in the capital. As of 7 am, the city’s air quality index (AQI) worsened to 437 from 419 at 4 pm on Thursday. The 24-hour average AQI, recorded at...

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