“The deterrent can come only when their entitlement to receive a permanent alternate accommodation stands forfeited,” the Bombay High Court has said as it mooted Forfeiture Of Rehab Homes for slum dwellers who litter public roads, and asked the Slum Rehabilitation Authority to take instructions on the step. Mumbai: Slum dwellers who are caught dumping […]
A police reply to a Right to Information application, with details of penalties recovered, carried weight with the Kerala High Court as it directed the police to strictly enforce the public smoking ban and ordered awareness programmes on the legal prohibition and the harms of passive smoking. Ernakulam: Disposing of a public interest petition on […]
Bombay High Court Pulls Up BMC Over Garbage and poor hygiene across Mumbai, telling the civic body that the Court sees no improvement and directing it to file a ward-wise affidavit on the steps taken. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday criticised the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for failing to take effective measures to […]
A criminal case is registered and the viscera report is awaited, but the Supreme Court has decided the Anti-Malaria Drive Death Probe needs judicial oversight, and has handed that task to the Andhra Pradesh High Court. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has taken suo motu notice of the death of a seven-year-old girl and the […]
The Kerala High Court has questioned the Centre over the AIIMS delay for Kerala after the Union said other states were being prioritised, with the Chief Justice observing that not everyone can afford private hospital care. Kochi: The Kerala High Court has asked the Centre to explain the delay in establishing an AIIMS in the […]
The Madras High Court has refused to recall its microplastics label order, holding that consumers must be told when packaged drinking water, sugar and salt may contain micro or nano plastics. Chennai: The Madras High Court has dismissed a review application filed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and two recall […]
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre why there should not be a uniform rule limiting the MRP of medicines to no more than 16% above the price to the retailer, while hearing petitions on medicine price regulation under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013. The Solicitor General said a solution balancing all interests must be found. The case will next be heard on October 12.
The Allahabad High Court has held that restaurants in Uttar Pradesh cannot provide hookah service even in Designated Smoking Areas, because the amended Rule 4(3) of the 2008 Smoking Rules prohibits any service in a smoking area, and that a non-smoker’s right to clean air under Article 21 cannot be abridged by commercial interest.