[ad_1] The Uttarakhand high court on Thursday quashed a single judge bench order to reinstate employees dismissed from the state assembly secretariat while upholding the order of assembly speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan.A division bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice RC Khulbe passed the order while hearing a special...
Supreme Court agrees to list plea against anti-conversion laws of 4 states, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to expeditiously list a petition filed by Citizens for Justice and Peace challenging the validity of laws against ‘love jihad’ and conversion in BJP-governed states, purportedly to curb alleged conversion of girls through inter-faith marriages in breach of right to freedom of religion.Appearing...
SC to hear on Nov 22 case relating to order of CBI probe against former Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], November 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court will hear on November 22 an application filed by the Uttarakhand government seeking to withdraw the appeal filed by it against the High Court order which had directed a CBI probe against former Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat into corruption...
SC stays Uttarakhand HC order for ex-gratia to kin of all ‘martyrs’, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] DEHRADUN: The Supreme Court has stayed Uttarakhand high court's 2018 order directing the state government to extend payment of Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia compensation to kin of all defence and security personnel who died in line of duty, irrespective of the date when they made the supreme sacrifice.A division...
Hc Grants 2-week Bail To Rape Accused To Marry Victim, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Dehradun: A single bench of justice Ravindra Maithani of the Uttarakhand high court granted a short-term bail of two weeks to a 27-year-old man to marry the 21-year-old woman who had accused him of rape. The court said that “in a rape case simpliciter, the court may not encourage...
Four different benches hearing hate-speech cases, SC told, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: From Pegasus and cricket to Indian Olympic Association cases, the Supreme Court had prevented multiplicity of decisions by different judicial forums by restraining other courts from entertaining petitions already being heard by one of them, but it could not prevent four of its own benches from hearing...
SC upholds Uttarakhand 2013 decision denying nod for more than 2500 B.Ed seats as it can’t offer extra jobs, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the 2013 decision of the Uttarakhand government of not granting recognition to colleges undertaking B.Ed course on the ground that there is requirement of only 2500 teachers annually as against 13,000 students passing the course.The state government submitted that a conscious...
SC lifts HC stay on 30% horizontal reservation for U’khand women in public employment, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Friday lifted a stay imposed by the Uttarakhand High Court on a government order that had provided 30% horizontal reservation in public services for women domiciled in the state.The High Court stayed the state government order on August 24.A division bench comprising Justices S Abdul...
Uttarakhand HC asks SIT to show proof by November 11, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand high court (HC) has directed the special investigation team (SIT) probing the Ankita Bhandari murder case to present evidence by November 11 through an affidavit.On Thursday, the single bench of senior justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra heard a petition seeking a CBI probe into the murder of...