Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand High Courts: 50 Important Decisions Of 2021
Live LawAs the end of the year 2021 is nearing, LiveLaw brings to you a bunch of important Cases from the Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand High Courts. Uttarakhand Forest Fire: High Court Asks State To Fill All Vacancies In Forest Department Within 6 Months "For, until and unless sufficient manpower and physical infrastructure are not provided to the Forest Department, it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the Forest Department, to carry out its functions," a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma observed. COVID19-Concrete Steps Need To Be Taken By State To Protect People From Onslaught Of Pandemic: Uttarakhand High Court Issues Directions A Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma observed that the State is fighting a major war against the pandemic and that despite the substantial steps taken by the State Government, still certain concrete steps needed to be taken by the State Government in order to protect the people from the onslaught of the pandemic. "Major Persons Have The Fundamental Right To Choose Their Own Life Partners Inspite Opposition Voiced By Family Members": Uttarakhand High Court A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma granted protection to an inter faith couple by directing the Police to provide them immediate protection after observing that individuals who are major have a fundamental right to choose their life partners despite the opposition voiced by their family members. Chardham Yatra: "If Permitted We Would Again Be Inviting A Catastrophe": Uttarakhand High Court Stays Govt Decision To Hold Yatra A Division Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma stayed the decision of the Uttarakhand State Cabinet to hold Chardham Yatra by taking a prima facie view that the decision is arbitrary and unreasonable and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.