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The Madras High Court has sentenced three years of simple imprisonment to the Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi and his wife Visalatchi to three in a disproportionate assets case. Justice G Jayachandran pronounced the sentence today after having convicted the duo on December 19. Ponmudi and his wife were also ordered to pay a fine of ₹50 lakh in addition to their jail sentence. The trial court’s decision to acquit the couple in the corruption case was recently overturned by Justice Jayachandran earlier this week, after which they were directed to appear before the Court for the imposition of punishment. Ponmudi and his wife were present in the courtroom today when the sentence was pronounced. They requested the Court to show some leniency, considering their age and since it was an old case. In April 2016, T Sundaramoorthy, a special Judge for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, had acquitted Ponmudi and Visalatchi saying that the prosecution, who had claime...

The Telangana High Court took Suo Moto cognizance of the issue missing children after the State. The public interest litigation has been registered on the basis of a news item published in a English daily Newspaper, Hyderabad City Edition dated 11.12.2023. In the aforesaid news item, it has been stated that 10 kids go missing in the State of Telangana everyday and about 4,000 children remain untraced. It has further been stated that the State of Telangana has been ranked eighth nationwide in the count of missing children and as many as 654 children including 391 girls, who went missing in 2022, have not been traced. Considering the above, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti issued notice to the respondents. The post Missing Children:Telangana High Court takes Suo Moto Cognizance of issue appeared first on India Legal . from India Legal https://ift.tt/cRYNp1H

The Delhi High Court has reserved its verdict in Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra’s plea for interim relief against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey and Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey and Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai alleged that for asking questions in Parliament, the TMC leader Mahua Moitra accepted bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani. The bench of Justice Sachin Datta questioned MP Nishikant Dubey(BJP) and Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai if there was more to it, like any quid pro quo between Moitra and businessman Hiranandani. The Court was hearing a defamation suit by Moitra against Dubey and Dehadrai. Dubey and Dehadrai had claimed that Moitra accepted bribes to ask questions in Parliament. The BJP MP Nishikant Dubey wrote a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker stating how Moitra had put forth questions in Parliament on behalf of business tycoon Darshan Hiranandani, in exchange for cash and g...

The Manipur High Court closed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed raising grievance  that the State of Manipur and the National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) have not complied with the directions issued vide notification dated 24-03-2009 by the Chief Engineer (S&R) B for Director General (Road Development) & S.S, Government of India, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways (Department of Road Transport & Highways). The PIL has been filed by Manipur Driver Association. The Counsel on behalf of the respective parties  invite the  attention of the Court to Ministry of Road Transport & Highway (MORTH) affidavit and the pictures, to urge that all necessary steps as are warranted in terms of the above said notification dated 24-03-2009 issued by the Chief Engineer (S&R) B for Director General (Road Development) & S.S, Government of India, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways (Department...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to the respondents to initiate investigation into the matter of illegal cutting and root uprooting of Khair trees falling in the Siswan Forest Range area. The counsel for the State has referred to an affidavit dated 12.11.2020 filed by the petitioner annexed with the Status report dated 17.12.2021, filed by way of short affidavit of Divisional Forest Officer, SAS Nagar (respondent No.4), wherein he has stated that he has agreed with the enquiry conducted by the officers/officials of the Forest Department. The cutting of the trees was done in the Forest area of Village Siswan, on the land, belonging to the land owners. The State counsel further referred to the decision dated 02.02.2018 , whereby the guidelines have been laid down under the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 in the villages, which deals with prohibition of cutting of trees and as per this policy, the land belongin...

The Delhi High Court has refused to pass any order on Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra’s plea to challenge the order by the Government of India for evicting her from her government allotted residence in wake of her recent expulsion from the Lok Sabha. The Government has asked Moitra to vacate her house by January 7, 2024. Justice Subramonium Prasad  who was lokig into the matter noted that TMC leader Moitra has already challenged her expulsion from Lok Sabha before the Supreme Court by a separate plea. The Court noted that passing of any order by the High Court can make impact on the proceedings before the Supreme Court. Justice Prasad said that the leader has challenged the order by filing a writ petition. The judge further added that if the Supreme Court grants a stay in favour, the suspension will be stayed but if High Court adjudicates on this, it will be directly impinging on the SC proceedings. The Court,has now kept the matter for hearing on January 4...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to the respondents to stop illegal cutting of trees on the part of a Green Belt situated in Industrial Area, Phase-7, Mohali. The main grievance of the petitioner is that in the aforesaid green belt, six industrial plots have been carved out and the same have been allotted for setting up industrial unit.  The petitioner has placed on record photographs that in the already existing green belt, there were trees and the same have now been cut down opposite Industrial Plots.  It is submitted by counsel for the petitioner that these trees have been cut down by the respondents in violation of the judgment rendered by the Supreme Court in Lal Bahadur vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and others 2018(15) SCC 407. On perusal of the this judgment , the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Nidhi Gupta noted that the Supreme Court was considering the case under t...