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By Vivek K Agnihotri  On May 13, 2022, using its omnibus powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court in an unprecedented step ordered that existing judicial and administrative members of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) should keep working even after their tenures end. This is to keep the Tribunal, which is crippled by 60% vacancies, functional. The Court observed that CAT was created in 1985 to adjudicate service related grievances of central government employees. It had started with a pendency of 13,500 cases, transferred from various High Courts and subordinate courts, but this has since crossed 50,000 cases. What made matters worse was the fact that out of the 69 sanctioned strength of members in 19 benches of CAT across the country, only 29 were in place. The order of the Supreme Court was not a bolt from the blue. One could see it coming, given the previous encounters. On March 24, 2022, expressing concern over the large number of vac...

The Environment Ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has sought a report within three weeks about the compliance status of forest clearances granted for hydroelectric projects in Arunachal Pradesh. This move comes after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) took “suo motu notice” of an investigative report, detailing how two key hydel power projects in the state were among six massive undertakings initiated across the nation, between 2004 and 2020, where compensation for high environmental impact was sidestepped, ignored or met only on paper. The NGT sought responses from the Ministry of Environment, the Arunachal Pradesh government and the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation on whether the requirements for granting forest clearances to the 3,000-MW Dibang hydroelectric project had been met. The Tribunal directed the Ministry to correct errors in its affidavit before the next hearing on July 14. The Dibang project got preliminary forest clearance in 2015 with the precondition ...

By Vikram Kilpady If you are one of those parents who suffer­sleepless nights due to the high percentages in Class 10 and Class 12 needed for your ward to make it to college and he/she is coasting elsewhere, the Common University Entrance Test Under Graduate (CUET UG) may offer some relief. Many generations of parents and children have suffered the trauma of going through the mindbender of high school and adolescence as the rest of the world, armed with Olympiads and mindfulness and what-not, goes gung-ho at NEETs of many kinds. The CUET UG could be a magic shield to get into college without high Class 12 scores. The University Grants Commission chairman, Jagadesh Kumar, has said that these test scores will matter and not Class 12 marks. While the CUET UG may look like a stress releasing exercise, the addition of one more filter is not entirely free of doublespeak. What is more perplexing is the introduction of a CUET for postgraduate courses. Various central universities already h...

The transfer/ repatriation of six High Courts judges has been recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium The decision was taken at a meeting of the Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India   N.V. Ramana .  The judges proposed for transfer/ repatriation are: Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav (Madhya Pradesh High Court to Delhi High Court)  Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash   (presently Orissa High Court to Calcutta High Court); Justice Subhasis Talapatra (Tripura High Court to Orissa High Court);  Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah (Andhra Pradesh High Court to Patna High Court);  Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur (J&K and Ladakh High Court to Bombay High Court);  Justice Lanusungkum Jamir (Manipur High Court to Gauhati High Court) The post Supreme Court Collegium recommends transfer of six High Court judges appeared first on India Legal . from India Legal https://ift.tt/AMeftFq

A notice has been sent to the UP Chief Secretary, MOEF&CC, Noida and Greater Noida Authorities, DM, District Ground Water Management Council and the RWAs about the major intervention by the NGT where it has completely halted the concretization of roadsides and road berms in Noida & Greater Noida. The order was passed by the bench comprising of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and an Expert Member, Dr. Afroz Ahmad, on the petition of environment activist Vikrant Tongad and Consultant Dermatologist, Dr. Supriya Mahajan, who had mentioned in their petition that the concretizing by the Noida and Greater Noida Authorities on the entire roadsides and green/vegetated roadberms in the two cities, is flagrant violation of the Orders of the Tribunal, the Government Orders issued by the state government and the Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. In the petition it was mentioned that the concretization of ground obstructs groundwater recharge, causes u...

The Allahabad High Court rejected the bail application of an accused involved in raping his 11-year-old daughter. A Single Bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Mahendra Singh. The Applicant is seeking bail in a case under Sections 376 AB, 323, 506 I.P.C and 5M/6 Pocso Act, Police Station-Refinery, District-Mathura after the rejection of his bail application order dated 16.6.2021, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act), Mathura. The facts of the case are shocking. There are allegations of rape against the father who allegedly committed an aforesaid offense against her daughter aged about 11 years. The victim has supported the prosecution version in her statement recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. Counsel for the applicant submitted that there was a matrimonial dispute between the applicant and her mother though the applicant is taking care of his four children, (all daughters). ...

The petition seeking to hand over the Gyanvapi complex completely to the Hindus will be heard daily in the fast track court from May 30, the Varanasi Civil Judge directed Sex workers will get Aadhar cards without insisting on proof of residence…. Supreme Court directs UIDAI… said, identity should not be revealed Rohit Joshi, son of Rajasthan’s water minister, accused of rape, did not get relief from the Delhi High Court … Court refused to stay the investigation … Notice was issued to Delhi Police Calcutta High Court convicted the murderer of a 10-year-old child… said absconding of the accused cannot be considered as evidence of crime The post Video: SC directs UIDAI to issue Aadhaar Cards to sex workers without insisting on proof of residence appeared first on India Legal . from India Legal https://ift.tt/48A1Fp6