Adarsh Kumar

Children suffering from such diseases have become petitioners in court, seeking a direction to the centre to provide them uninterrupted and cost-free treatment as the therapy for these diseases is very expensive. The secretary of the Union health ministry has been summoned by the Delhi High Court over non-compliance of its direction to the ministry to release Rs five crore for the treatment of children suffering from rare diseases.

India’s wildlife habitats have always faced problems of illegal construction as well as villages, roads and highways piercing through sanctuaries, and other infrastructure deemed necessary. Now, the Supreme court has taken the debate further in modifying its earlier order ensuring there are inbuilt safeguards for preventing rampant construction and abuse of process.

The Central Consumer Protection Authority established under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, has issued guidelines to prevent unfair trade practices and protect consumer interest with regard to levy of service charge in hotels and restaurants. Now, the courts are examining the confusion over the issue.

The centre is planning to liberalise construction activity close to protected monuments so that the land can be used for developmental and infrastructure-related work. Will this open a Hornet’s Nest?

Rajasthan has become the first state to pass the Right to Health Bill, which gives every resident of the state the right to avail free Out Patient Department services and In Patient Department services at all public health facilities in the state.

Sexual harassment of women at their workplace is of growing concern and the courts are now coming down heavily on companies where such instances occur, in which the long drawn out procedure causes more problems than it solves.

The Delhi High Court recently pointed out that the forest cover in Delhi is reducing drastically. The bench asked the additional solicitor general to personally look into the matter and also the status of pending cases in the Supreme Court on similar issues.

One of India’s most popular tiger reserves, Jim Corbett National Park, in Uttarakhand is the focus of a Supreme Court decree which has blamed the state’s former forest minister for multiple irregularities.

A 16-year-old Muslim girl has become the focus of a petition in the Supreme Court where Muslim Personal Law clashes with the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, which prescribes 18 years as the age for sexual consent. There are some precedents, but this case is an important landmark.

The Election Commission of India says it has developed a prototype for a Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine which would enable remote voting by migrant voters. The move is long overdue.