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7 hours ago
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Supreme Court agrees to hear contempt plea against demolitions in Assam's Goalpara
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a contempt petition against Assam's chief secretary and Goalpara district authorities for alleged violations of the court's earlier guidelines on eviction and demolition drives in June, Live Law reported. A bench led by Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran issued notices to the chief secretary and other officials, seeking their responses in the matter within two weeks, PTI reported. Advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for the petitioners, told the court that the state authorities issued eviction notices to residents in Goalpara's Hasilabeel village just two days before razing their homes. He argued that even those accused of encroaching on government land are entitled to due legal procedure. 'These are 667 poor families who have been there on that land for 60–70 years,' he said, adding that many had been forced to settle in higher areas due to shifts in the course of the Brahmaputra river. The petitioners contended that the evictions and demolitions 'predominantly targeted a minority community, leaving out similarly placed persons from the majority community untouched', PTI reported. When Hegde requested interim relief in the form of a status quo, the court cautioned that any relief would not apply if the demolitions involved government land. The petition relies on a Supreme Court judgement from November that held as illegal the practice of demolishing properties of persons accused of crimes as a punitive measure. It added that processes must be followed before removing allegedly illegal encroachments. The judgement, however, specified that the guidelines would not apply to unauthorised structures on public property, including roads, riverbanks and railway lines. The contempt plea has been filed by eight residents of Hasilabeel village in Goalpara who claim to have lived in the area for over six decades with valid voter identity cards, PAN and Aadhaar cards, Live Law reported. According to the plea, the demolitions there began after a circle officer issued an undated notice on June 13, giving just two days to vacate land reportedly allotted to the Assam Fisheries Development Corporation in 2015. They alleged the authorities only gave common notices to the affected through announcements on a microphone, rather than giving individual notices. On June 16, district authorities in Goalpara demolished the homes of 690 families in Hasilabeel. This was followed by a second drive in the district on July 12, when 1,080 more families were evicted from their homes in the Paikan Reserve Forest. Between 2016 and August 2024, more than 10,620 families – the majority of them Muslim – have been evicted from government land, according to data provided by the state revenue and disaster management department.
NDTV
8 hours ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Top Court To Hear End-Of-Life Limit Plea For BS VI Vehicles In NCR On July 28
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on July 28 a plea questioning whether BS VI-compliant vehicles should have an end-of-life period of 15 years for petrol variants and 10 years for diesel variants in the National Capital Region. A bench of Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran agreed to hear the plea after a counsel mentioned it for urgent listing, saying the government cannot override the court's earlier directions on pollution control. The government cannot alter the limits already set by the Supreme Court for curbing vehicular emissions to check pollution in Delhi, the counsel said.
Hindustan Times
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking mandatory six airbags in passenger vehicles
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea to ensure installation of six airbags in passenger vehicles and said the matter was exclusively within the policy domain. Supreme Court dismisses plea for mandatory six airbags in cars, calls it a policy decision.(Representational image/ANI ) A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran told the petitioner to make a representation to the government. The petitioner said he had already given a representation to the government on May 17. "The prayers made in the writ petition are exclusively within the domain of policy to be framed by the executive. We are, therefore, not inclined to entertain the present petition," the bench said. If the petitioner has made a representation to the Centre, the bench said, the same would be considered on its own merits. The plea urged the court to declare non-mandating of six airbags was a violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution besides seeking a direction to authorities concerned to enhance vehicle safety mechanisms. While Article 14 deals with equality before the law, Article 21 provides for the protection of life and personal liberty.
Time of India
9 hours ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
SC to hear plea seeking exemption for BS-VI vehicles from blanket age-based ban in Delhi-NCR
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking exemption for Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) compliant vehicles from the blanket age-based ban in Delhi-NCR. The petition challenges the existing rules that restrict petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years, regardless of their emission compliance, ANI reports. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran took note of the urgent mention and listed the matter for detailed hearing next Monday. The application urges the apex court to allow BS-VI vehicles to remain operational beyond the standard cut-off periods, given their cleaner emission profile. The petitioner argued that the current age limits were mandated by court orders—initially by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2015 and later upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018—to curb air pollution. Therefore, any modification to these timelines must be directed by the court itself, not the government. The legal challenge comes shortly after the Delhi government implemented a ban on fuel refilling for petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years, starting July 1, 2025. The measure, in compliance with directions from the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), was quickly rolled back just two days later following public backlash and logistical concerns. The plea raises the question of whether newer, cleaner BS-VI vehicles should be treated differently under vehicle end-of-life rules. If accepted, it could mark a shift in how emission norms are weighed against age-based restrictions in pollution-control efforts.
Mint
10 hours ago
- Automotive
- Mint
BS-VI vehicles: Supreme Court agrees to hear plea to allow end-of-life vehicles to ply in Delhi-NCR
India's apex judicial body, the Supreme Court of India, on Thursday, 24 July 2025, agreed that it will hear an appeal which seeks to allow vehicles which comply with the latest BS-VI emission standards to operate in the Delhi-NCR region without any end-of-life period, reported the news agency PTI. The nation's top court bench, headed by the Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran, has scheduled to hear the appeal on Monday, 28 July 2025. According to the agency report, the bench decided to hear the appeal after a legal counsel mentioned it for urgent listing, mentioning that the government cannot override the court's earlier directions on pollution control. Once the apex court sets a limit, the government cannot alter those limits for curbing vehicular emissions to check pollution in the national capital, reported the news agency, citing the legal counsel on Thursday. The current end-of-life period, as per the law, stands at 10 years for diesel variant vehicles, and 15 years for all the petrol variant vehicles in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) region. (This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.)
