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New Delhi, December 19, 2024. The environment protection model implemented through community efforts the people of a small village, Piplantri, in Rajasthan's Rajsamand, was projected by the SC on Wednesday as the ideal way to protect environment, promote gender equality, and foster economic growth.While asking environment ministry, as well as state govts, to encourage implementation of similar models across country by rendering financial help, a bench of Justices B R Gavai, S V N Bhatti and Sandeep Mehta narrated the inspiring story of the small village that provided green cover in Rajasthan, known for its unforgiving conditions, especially in the Thar desert.Writing the judgment, Justice Mehta, who hails from Rajasthan, said when Piplantri sarpanch Shyam Sundar Paliwal's daughter died ...

Jaipur, December 11, 2023. The decision to remove Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir will remain intact. A bench of 5 judges of the Supreme Court gave this decision on Monday. CJI Chandrachud said – Article 370 was temporary. It was brought for a fixed period of time. Every decision taken by the Center cannot be challenged in the court. Doing this will spread anarchy. The CJI said that only if the Centre's decision is causing any kind of difficulty, it can be challenged. He also said that after Article 356, it would not be correct to say that the Center can make laws only through the Parliament. CJI said that the decision contains the judgments of 3 judges. One decision is of Chief Justice, Justice Gavai and Justice Surya Kant. The second decision is of Justice Kaul. Justice Khann...

New Delhi, December 01, 2023. The State is under obligation to ensure that judicial officers have dignified conditions of work and it cannot cite scarce resources to deny them human dignity after retirement, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. Members of the district judiciary are the first point of engagement for citizens who are confronted with the need for dispute resolution, it said. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said judicial independence, which is necessary to preserve the faith and confidence of common citizens in the rule of law, can be ensured and enhanced so long as judges are able to lead their lives with a sense of financial dignity.