The high court bench stayed the polls scheduled to take place in 2 phases on 10 & 15 July after petitions filed against reservation rotation process for 3-tier panchayat elections.
IFS officer Rahul under lens in connection with illegal tree felling & construction at Corbett Tiger Reserve. In March, Supreme Court pulled up Uttarakhand govt on matter.
HC directed Centre to provide all records on empanelment of IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi, who claimed that despite having requisite qualifications, he was denied promotion to joint secy post.
Uttarakhand HC granted the default bail noting that no 'substantive progress' had been made in 90 days of investigation while the accused languished in judicial custody.
Section 375 of the IPC defines the offence of rape, but carves out an exception for married couples. Citing this, HC ruled that a husband cannot be tried for anal sex with his wife.
Although the Supreme Court has stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order for a plan to shift the court out of Nainital, it has revived insecurities that led to the state’s formation in 2000.
A division bench of the HC posed the question to ECI while hearing a PIL seeking postponement of the upcoming elections in Uttarakhand due to rising Covid cases.
The high court also made carrying negative Covid test reports and vaccination certificates mandatory for visitors and banned pilgrims from taking baths in springs around the temples.
The court has also issued notice to the Uttarakhand govt & directed all three to file their replies within 3 weeks on PIL related to obscene videos made using hacked Facebook IDs.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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