Total bad loans of commercial banks declined by Rs 1.02 lakh crores, to Rs 9.34 lakh crores in the 2018-19 fiscal, on the back of steps taken by the government, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman … READ FULL STORY
Additional solicitor general Madhvi Diwan, on July 11, 2019, informed the Supreme Court that the centre was working on a uniform proposal, to address various grievances of aggrieved home buyers and it would be … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), challenging a Delhi High Court order asking it to pay Rs 1,034 crores to realty firm Parsvnath Ltd, in relation … READ FULL STORY
The number of cases where tribal and non-tribal dwellers could be evicted from forest lands, has ‘reduced considerably’ after a review of rejected claims for ownership rights under the Forest Rights Act, officials said, … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on May 21, 2019, stayed the Delhi High Court order, which had held that the 2016 black money law cannot be allowed to operate with retrospective effect from July 2015, to … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on April 8, 2019, stayed a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order imposing a penalty of Rs 5 lakhs each on educational institutions in the national capital, for failing to install rainwater … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on April 2, 2019, asked the centre and the parties that have challenged the validity of various provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, to consensually frame the questions of law to … READ FULL STORY
While refusing to lift the cap on the number of autorickshaws in the national capital, the Supreme Court, on March 29, 2019, said Delhi is already overcrowded with almost 32 lakh cars and adding … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with an order restraining a woman from feeding birds from her balcony flat, in a high rise building in Mumbai. “If you are living in a residential … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench, comprising justices DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, has granted liberty to the NGO, ‘Society for Protection of Culture, Heritage, Environment, Traditions and Promotion of National Awareness’, to point its objections … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on March 11, 2019, dismissed a plea by the Karnataka government, seeking vacation of a stay on the proposal to pump secondary treated water from its sewage treatment plants (STPs) in … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court has sought responses from the centre and the Uttar Pradesh government, on a plea challenging the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) order, which refused to declare the low-lying areas in and around … READ FULL STORY
A marriage of a Hindu woman with a Muslim man is not ‘regular or valid’ but the child born out of such wedlock is legitimate, the Supreme Court has held, on January 22, 2019. … READ FULL STORY
