The Punjab and Haryana High Court has raised serious concerns over piling of huge garbage dump in Gurugram “marketed as a millennium city” by the Haryana Government. The claims as raised thus need to be verified but before such verification, this Court deems it appropriate that an appropriate time be also granted to the respondents to take adequate and appropriate …
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has cautioned the Shimla Municipal Corporation and Sulabh International of contempt action over the allegations that women are being charged Rs. 5 for using the free-for-use urinals.A bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Sushil Kukreja observed thus while directing the SMC and Sulabh International to ensure strict compliance with orders passed by. A …
Balasore train accident: Four months after the harrowing train tragedy in Odisha, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has initiated a process of disposing of unclaimed bodies. "We have issued an SOP for the scientific disposal of the unclaimed bodies of those who were killed in the triple train accident. Sources said the BMC initiated the process after the Central Bureau of …
The Supreme Court today adjourned the batch of special leave petitions assailing Madhya Pradesh High Court's interim order of staying the notification dated December 10, 2020, related to the method of reservation in the civic body elections for Monday.The notification dated December 10, 2020 issued by the State reserved the offices of the President of various Municipal Councils and Mayor. …
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday attended the listing ceremony of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation bond, the first such listing from the entire northern region, on the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai. The Rs 200 crore LMC bond, which was launched on November 13, was 4.5 times oversubscribed and closed at 8.5 per cent coupon rate for 10 …
