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November 2, 2025, 08:32 PM - 3 min read
In 2023, the family court in Vikasnagar, Dehradun, dismissed his petition. Challenging this, he filed an appeal in the High Court, arguing that the family court relied solely on the statement of the child, who was only five years old at the time.
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November 1, 2025, 04:53 PM - 2 min read
The insurance company had challenged the order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Nainital, which in November 2024 had directed payment of Rs 53.93 lakh in compensation with 6 per cent annual interest.
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October 29, 2025, 01:12 PM - 3 min read
Rampal, a resident of Jakhole village in Uttarkashi, had been arrested in January 2022 for allegedly luring and sexually assaulting a minor girl. The special sessions court in Uttarkashi had on January 18, 2024, convicted Rampal under Section 376 of the IPC and provisions of the POCSO Act, sentencing him to 20 years’ imprisonment along with a fine.
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October 19, 2025, 05:04 PM - 3 min read
It also argued that the civil court had already dismissed the villagers' land claim, and therefore, the SDM had no jurisdiction to reopen the ownership issue under Section 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
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October 17, 2025, 05:04 PM - 2 min read
ONGC had challenged the order, arguing that the Central Advisory Contract Labour Board was never consulted before the ban was imposed. The corporation said the decision was based only on a subcommittee report that had inspected four of its 34 units.
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October 11, 2025, 04:27 PM - 2 min read
During the hearing, the petitioner said the CBI is probing a case of alleged illegal construction and illegal logging in the Kalagarh Tiger Reserve's Pakharo area, which was done without government permission.
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October 11, 2025, 02:01 PM - 4 min read
This is now the 16th instance of a judge stepping aside from Chaturvedi’s cases, raising serious questions about judicial impartiality and access to justice for whistleblowers. The repeated recusals have made Chaturvedi’s case one of its kind in Indian judicial history.
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October 9, 2025, 06:53 PM - 2 min read
To ensure proper implementation of the guidelines, the High Court directed that judicial officers be trained on legal provisions related to defense personnel. The notification, effective immediately, requires all courts to first identify pending cases involving members of the armed forces.
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September 22, 2025, 06:18 PM - 4 min read
Taking note of the complaints in the matter, the Union law ministry has written to the registrar general of Uttarakhand High court to take appropriate action senior central govt standing counsel, Hanu Bhaskar, regarding various irregularities in his appearances before the HC in a writ petition filed by IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi against the then CAT chairman, L Narasimha Reddy.
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September 5, 2025, 02:59 PM - 4 min read
The case involves Pankaj Kumar, a senior forest officer who took charge as Conservator of Forest and director of the reserve in March 2024. He was transferred before completing the minimum tenure, which he alleged happened after a “malicious campaign” by staff members in his office.
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September 4, 2025, 03:31 PM - 1 min read
The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the Haridwar police to provide security to the family of Mohammad Safi, a Manglaur resident who exposed alleged irregularities by a former chairman of Manglaur Municipality in 2018.
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August 19, 2025, 02:30 PM - 4 min read
"The high court passed directions which are arbitrary, illegal, and perverse and outside the pleadings and without any specific relief, that too in violation of the principle of natural justice as the petitioner, who is the sevayat/chief trustee, was not heard," the plea added.
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