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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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April 13, 2025, 06:53 PM - 2 min read
It was also claimed in the petition that those served with the notices had valid property documents to prove their ownership and that most of them had nothing to do with the water bodies and the streams.
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April 9, 2025, 06:02 PM - 2 min read
The Uttarakhand High Court has slammed the excise commissioner for denying the renewal of liquor licenses for six shops in Rishikesh on the grounds of their proximity to 'holy places,' pointing out that other similar establishments had been allowed to operate.
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April 6, 2025, 04:00 PM - 2 min read
The case was heard by a single-judge bench of Justice Pankaj Purohit, who acquitted Chandra due to lack of sufficient evidence.
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April 2, 2025, 10:20 PM - 2 min read
The court has also summoned Garhwal Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey to appear via video conferencing on May 5 to clarify how the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) has been permitting the continuation of construction projects that violate sanctioned building plans.
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