The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Uttarakhand government on a plea filed against decision of its Forest Department to allow a private company to ply its buses within a core area of Corbett Tiger Reserve.
The Supreme Court will hear the plea filed by advocate Rituparn Uniyal, petitioner in person, seeking urgent steps to protect forests, wildlife and birds from wildfires in Uttarakhand.
The Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Government, Uttarakhand Transport Corporation and Uttarakhand Government to submit an affidavit in the case within a week. The next hearing will be a week later.
New Delhi (ILNS): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Uttarakhand High Court’s order dismissing a plea challenging the takeover of the Char Dham and 51 other shrines by the Uttarakhand government by forming the Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board.
The Supreme Court on Monday while hearing the special leave petition of a Maharashtra government official, who is accused of raping a minor girl asked whether he was he was ready to marry the victim.