The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the respondent-authorities to give the details of the persons to whom permission has been granted for carrying on mining activities in the rivers flowing inside the forest area throughout the State of Uttarakhand.
The PIL further prayed to issue directions to the respondent-authorities to stop such activities being carried on by the private individuals for extraction of mines and minerals in the ...
The Supreme Court Registrar recently refused to receive the application filed by the Centre seeking clarification of the 2012 judgment in the 2G Spectrum case. The central government sought a clarification that the verdict does not bar the allocation of spectrum through means other than public auction in certain situations.
Mentioning that the application was in effect seeking a review of the 2012 verdict in the guise of seeking clarification, the Registrar dismissed it by terming it misconc...