Severe Air Quality Index | NGT directs States’ Chief Secretaries to take immediate remedial action
The Air Quality Bulletins showed that there are various cities where the air quality index has dipped to ‘very poor’ or even to ‘severe’ stage.
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[Luhri Hydroelectric Project] Himachal Pradesh HC directs DLSA to submit report of muck dumping and damage caused to rock above village Narola
The Court suo motu impleaded the State of Himachal Pradesh as party respondent in the petition.
Himachal Pradesh HC seeks response from Union on its intention to ensure that NHAI officials do not permit muck dumping in forest areas and water bodies
Himachal Pradesh High Court remarked that merely paying the concession to the State on account of illegal dumping won’t dissolve the muck and disappear it in the air.
[Kerala Boat Tragedy] High Court initiates suo motu proceedings; next hearing on May 12
Kerala High Court prima facie viewed that the Tanur boat accident could be avoided if the authorities would have invested vital legal and statutory duty to watch and monitor the situation.
State facing water shortage due to deforestation in hill areas; Manipur High Court takes suo motu cognizance of a news report published in Imphal Free Press
The Manipur High Court took suo motu cognizance of a news report published in Imphal Free Press, titled “State facing water scarcity due to deforestation in hill areas”.
Orissa High Court issues contempt notice to the President of Tangi Bar Association for abusing a Judicial Magistrate
Orissa High Court: The division bench comprising of S. Talapatra and S.K. Panigrahi, JJ. directed for the issue of notice
Madras High Court initiates suo motu writ petition to examine the mitigating circumstances resulting in commission of suicide inside the Court premises
Madras High Court: In the suicide case inside the premises of the Madras High Court, S.M. /Subramaniam, J. has observed that the
Kerala High Court prohibits use of contract carriages and other transport vehicles in public places flouting prescribed safety standards
Kerala High Court: In a suo motu cognizance of the case relating to the use of contract carriages vehicles that
Allahabad High Court| Instances of ‘undeserved want’ depicted in Section 12(e) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 is not a fixed concept but an evolutionary exercise
Allahabad High Court: In a bail application filed by the applicant for committing offence under Section 302 of Penal Code,
Tripura High Court| 28-year-old woman to get Rs. 2.5 lakh compensation in custodial torture case
Tripura High Court: In a public interest litigation concerning custodial torture on a 28-year-old woman in the police lockup, the division bench
Jharkhand High Court directs AIIMS, Deogarh to submit report on availability of Burn Ward
Jharkhand High Court: The division bench of Ravi Ranjan, C.J., and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., took suo motu cognizance of
All HC │[Manual Scavenging] SOPs and other beneficial schemes will not serve its objectives unless the workers are educated of their rights and entitlements; Suo Motu Action initiated
Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Manoj Kumar Gupta and Chandra Kumar Rai, JJ., in compliance of previous order of the
Ori HC | Whether the Commissioner/Director, Consolidation can entertain the petition at any point of time, where no period of limitation has been prescribed for invoking jurisdiction under S. 37 of the OCH & PFL Act?
Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S K Mishra and Savitri Ratho, JJ., answered both the questions posed before it elaborately.
Significance of ‘suo motu’ action under S. 35 of Advocates Act | Synoptic report of Madras HC decision on power and mechanism of Bar Council to take action against erring Advocates
Lady Justice is the allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Her attributes are a blindfold, a beam balance, and a sword and the balance denotes that justice needs to be delivered with eyes closed and ears open.
Pak SC | Federal Government of Pakistan must create a national level legislation to combat Covid-19 pandemic
Supreme Court of Pakistan- Taking suo motu notice of the measures taken by the Federal Government and Provincial Governments to tackle the
Madras HC | Court cannot suo motu return a suit at threshold on the ground that parties had agreed to refer all disputes to arbitration
Madras High Court: P.T. Asha, J., held that Section 8 of the Arbitration Conciliation Act, 1996 clearly indicate that the role of judicial
J&K HC | Transfer of the suits cannot be justified on a plea which is vague in nature and obscure in character
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of M. K. Hanjura, J. dismissed the applications filed for the transfer of the civil
NCLAT | NCLT not required to suo motu go through all issues pleaded but not addressed in application under Companies Act
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A Bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, Member (Judicial) dismissed an
Violence against members of the Bar, thwarting legal assistance in pending cases, tantamount to criminal contempt of court
Delhi High Court: The Delhi High Court took suo motu cognizance of violence and vandalism against members of the Delhi Bar. The
Gorakhpur Tragedy: SC refuses to take Suo Motu cognizance; Asks the advocate to approach Allahabad HC
Supreme Court: Refusing to take suo motu cognizance in the matter where over 60 children died in a Gorakhpur Hospital, the bench