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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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August 5, 2025, 12:14 PM - 2 min read
This decision came in response to a case by Rajendra Singh Chauhan, who had asked the court to cancel some votes and start an independent investigation into alleged fake voting during the panchayat elections.
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August 4, 2025, 11:19 PM - 4 min read
The Union cabinet secretary has approached Uttarakhand high court to seek the quashing of a seven-year-old Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order involving IFS officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi, and to challenge contempt notices issued by CAT.
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August 4, 2025, 03:23 PM - 2 min read
The decision was made by a single bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani, who said that suspending the conviction was in the larger public interest.
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June 23, 2025, 03:50 PM - 2 min read
The order came just a day after the State Election Commission announced the poll schedule, effectively putting the entire election process on hold.
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May 2, 2025, 07:48 PM - 3 min read
The court termed the municipality’s action “inappropriate” and criticised the violation of procedural norms. Usman’s counsel, Dr. Kartikeya Hari Gupta, argued that the eviction notice contravened Supreme Court guidelines requiring a 15-day notice period prior to any demolition. Instead, only three days were given, despite Usman being in judicial custody.
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