Uttarakhand government

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Special Leave Petition preferred by the state of Uttarakhand against an order of the Uttarakhand High Court, observing that if a woman willingly allows a person, who is not her husband, to behave like her husband, then he cannot be prosecuted for rape.

The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday asked the Uttarakhand Government to expeditiously convene a meeting in order to resolve the issue of payment of salaries to State Transport Corporation employees.

The Uttarakhand Government has approached the Supreme Court against the Uttarakhand High Court order staying the Char Dham Yatra in view of the pandemic.

The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday issued comprehensive directives on several issues concerning the critical situation arising out of the Covid pandemic. In one directive, the bench suggested that the state employ dental surgeons to supplement the work of overworked doctors.

A bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Verma was hearing a batch of PILs filed against the State and the district authorities regarding shortcomings in the Maha Kumbh preparations.

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.

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