‘Initiate contempt against information commissioner for remarks on SC’, lawyer writes to AG, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] A lawyer has written to the Attorney General of India, R. Venkataramani, seeking his consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against an information commissioner for making 'scandalous' observations against the Supreme Court.The letter written by advocate-on-record Aldanish Rein alleges that information commissioner Uday Mahurkar of the Central...

Pay for failing to set up garbage management facilities, Goa HC tells panchayats, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] PANAJI: Tightening the noose around village panchayats for their failure to set up material recovery facilities (MRF) for effective garbage management, the high court of Bombay at Goa on Wednesday directed the Rachol and Colva panchayats to forfeit their deposits of Rs 60,000 and Rs 90,000, respectively. It also...