The Bombay High Court set a deadline till January 15 for the Maharashtra government to complete the process of recalibration of meters in autos and taxis across the city pursuant to the fare hike in October. The state government faced flak from the High Court for poor implementation of calibrating meters, and basing its decision [ Read More ]
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Azad Maidan riot: Amar Jawan vandal gets bailTwo accused in custody for the August 11 Azad Maidan violence, including Shahbad Abdul Kadir Shaikh who allegedly damaged the Amar Jawan memorial were granted bail by a sessions court. The other accused granted relief today was identified as Niyaz. Police had on November 9 filed a 3384-page chargesheet in a local court against 58 accused [ Read More ] Set up night shelters where required: Delhi High Court to govtDelhi High Court asked the city government on the to shift the temporary night shelters for the homeless and the poor closer to places where they work. A bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw allowed an NGO’s plea that the shelters are far from their workplaces and they should be [ Read More ] What are the Popular Non Government Organisation (NGO) Entities in India? If you are thinking for starting a new Non Government Organisation (NGO) in India then first you have to know, what is an NGO? and which popular NGO entity is best for your goal which you want to achieve; What is an Non Government Organisation (NGO)? Any organisation working for a social, cultural, economic, educational [ Read More ] Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking tightened EMF radiation normsThe Supreme Court dismissed a PIL seeking the tightening of electro-magnetic field (EMF) radiation norms and setting up of an independent regulatory body to monitor and enforce them. A bench of Justice H.L.Dattu and Justice C.K.Prasad rejected the plea, but indicated the court could intervene later if the standards do not meet the purpose. “The [ Read More ] Plea questions reporters’ right to access court proceedingsAn NGO Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the media does not have a fundamental right to access courts and report their proceedings. An apex court constitution bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice D.K. Jain, Justice S.S. Nijjar, Justice R.P. Desai and Justice J.S. Khehar was told by the counsel for NGO Youth for [ Read More ] Plea against special exam to recruit cops dismissedThe Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed an NGO’s petition challenging the government’s decision to recruit an additional 1,400 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers through a special examination. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw dismissed the petition filed by NGO Zakat Foundation of India. The petition alleged that [ Read More ] Court moved on pre-primary batches in private schoolsAn NGO moved the Delhi High Court Tuesday seeking direction to the Delhi government to prevent unaided private schools from having more than one year of pre-primary class in the formal school system. The petition filed by NGO Social Jurists, through advocate Ashok Agarwal, said: ‘This very high court in September 2007 directed the government [ Read More ] NGO moves apex court over probe into cash-for-votes scamReferring to the US diplomatic cables revealed by WikiLeaks on what has come to be known as the cash-for-votes scam, an NGO Monday approached the Supreme Court for a direction for constituting a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the case. The WikiLeaks expose hinted that the Congress allegedly bought MPs to win the 2008 [ Read More ] |
