DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand HC on Wednesday acquitted a polio-affected man convicted of rape and directed the state govt to pay him Rs 5 lakh in compensation, citing flaws in the investigation. The court ruled that the man’s physical condition made the charges questionable and found that the police failed to conduct a proper inquiry.Rohit, an employee…
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand high court has issued notices to the Centre and the state govt, directing them to respond within six weeks, while hearing public interest litigations challenging the provisions of the Uniform Civil Code that came into effect in the state last month. Among other submissions, the petitioners have claimed that the Act discriminates…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court on Monday ordered an “immediate halt” to mining operations in Bageshwar district after illegal activities caused cracks in numerous houses and hills. The HC bench of Chief Justice G Narendar and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari also summoned the secretary of industrial development, director of mining, and the district magistrate to appear…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand HC has dismissed a petition filed by Welham Boys’ School in Dehradun challenging a govt order prohibiting residential schools from charging fees other than tuition fees during Covid-19 pandemic when classes were conducted online. The petition, pending for over 3 years, sought to quash the 2021 order, arguing “govt has no authority to…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand HC has directed Udham Singh Nagar police to provide protection to a 19-year-old Muslim woman from Sarwar Kheda village, who is in a live-in relationship with a Hindu man from the same village, after threats from her family.Aksha and Sonu, who is 11 months older than her, told the court they plan to…
DEHRADUN: In a landmark judgment, the Uttarakhand high court overturned a state education board decision that refused to alter name and gender in a transgender individual’s educational certificates. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday by a single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari in Dehradun.Petitioner Shreyansh Singh Bisht, previously Seema Bisht, underwent sexual reassignment surgery…
