The Karnataka High Court has pulled up the State government for its alleged lacklustre attitude towards addressing malnutrition in the State.

A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice B.V. Nagarathna, on Tuesday criticised the affidavit filed by the government, terming it “worthless.”

The Gujarat government on Monday opposed in the Supreme Court any effort by the Centre to translocate Asiatic lions from its Gir sanctuary to Kuno Palpur wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and all states and Union Territories on a petition claiming that family planning scheme’s key component, sterilisation programme, has become a “failure” in the country with most of the operations proving unsuccessful or health hazards.

While issuing notices, a bench comprising Justices R.M. Lodha and H.L. Gokhale sought reply affidavits form the Union and the state governments within eight weeks to a PIL filed by Devika Biswas on the issue.

The Centre was asked by the Delhi high court on Wednesday to respond to a PIL seeking a ban on treated effluents entering water bodies.

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the State government to ensure that no tobacco products of any nature are sold within 100 yards from the outer limits of the boundary walls or fence of educational institutions.

A Bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Manjulla Chellur and Justice A.V. Ramakrishnan Pillai, directed the Central government and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to ensure that scenes violating the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products

New Delhi: A week after the Delhi high court ordered the city government to carry out a fresh study on the effectiveness of the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, Central Road Research Institute has

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has directed the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to formulate a policy for regulation of quarry business and crushing of stones with observation that the state government cannot control the activity.

Acting on a PIL filed by farmers from Sabarkantha district of north Gujarat, a bench of acting Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala ruled that stone crushers should not be allowed to operate within one kilometre radius from a residential colony.

The alleged illegal clinical trials of untested drugs by pharmaceutical firms in the country, has come under the judicial scrutiny with the Supreme Court seeking the Centre's stand on a plea for an independent probe into it.

A bench of justices R.M. Lodha and H.L. Gokhale issued notices to the Centre, the Union Health ministry and the Medical Council of India seeking their replies on a Public Interest Litigation alleging that the country is being used for illegal clinical trials by multinational pharmaceutical firms because laxities in implementing laws here.

Expert body to oversee if the experiment could be a success

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Government to allow four-wheelers and three-wheelers to ply on the 5.7-km-long BRT corridor on an experimental basis under the observation of an expert body to see whether these vehicles could be run on the stretch along with buses.

Jaipur: A division bench of the high court has called for an explanation from the Union and state governments on a PIL seeking court intervention on the failure of the governments as also other agencies in checking teh steep decline in sex ratio.

The PIL stated that the anti-dowry law, as also PCPNDT Act are not being complied with, especially in Rajasthan. It was also stated in the PIL that the court should direct that no party in a marriage shall call more than 250 guests for the ceremony.