Dehradun Mar 24 PTI A day after being sworn-in the Uttarakhand Cabinet led by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Thursday decided to form a committee of experts on the implementation of Uniform Civil Code in the stateThe decision was taken at the first meeting of the new cabinet held hereThe cabinet unanimously approved the setting up of a high-powered committee of experts at the earliest on the implementation of Uniform Civil Code Dhami said after the meeting By taking a decision on the Uniform Civil Code in the very first meeting of the state cabinet Dhami has fulfilled a major pre-poll promise by himHe had announced on the last day of campaigning for the February 14 state assembly polls that if re-elected to power the BJP government will form a high-powered committee consisting of legal experts senior citizens and intellectuals to draft Uniform Civil Code PTI ALM ALM TIR TIR

New Delhi Nov 30 PTIA petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking Rs 15 lakh as compensation and medical insurance of Rs 25 lakh in view of the poor air quality in the national capitalJustice Yashwant Varma Tuesday directed that the matter be listed for hearing on December 6 after the petitioner did not appear when the case was called on its turnPlease understand Delhi high court is not a playground and you should desist from using it as one the judge told the petitioner who appeared when the case was called for hearing once again in the end The judge also asked the petitioner to approach the Supreme Court if he was concerned with the air quality in Delhi as the issue is already being looked into by the apex courtThe petitioner-in-person Shivam Pandey a lawyer submitted that his prayer was that he sought health insurance for himself from the Centre and Delhi government on account of the air qualityIn his petition he has also sought Rs 15 lakh as compensation for specific and exemplary damages caused to himHe has contended that pollution is the root cause of various diseases as it severely affects human healthAir pollution specifically leads to adverse impacts on human health and results in chronic headache eye irritation skin irritation problems in respiratory functions as well as associated morbidity the petition has statedThe plea has also claimed that air pollution can also cause serious lung diseases and cancerIt said the Supreme Court has already expanded the scope of Article 21 of the Constitution of India by holding the Right to clean pollution-free environment as a fundamental right The petitioner has also prayed for a direction to the authorities to immediately seal the factories that are manufacturing firecrackers in the Delhi-NCR as well as the shops selling themPTI ADS RKS RKS

Ramkrishan UpadhyayTribune News ServiceChandigarh August 20Gurbir Singh District and Sessions Judge Chandigarh has acquitted two youths in a two-year-old attempt-to-murder case after the police failed to prove charges against the duoAS Gujral counsel for the accused argued that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges against the accusedThe case was registered on the statement of Goldy but he did not support the case of prosecutionThe prosecution had failed to bring sufficient evidence on the file to prove charges against the accusedThe court in of the view that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges under Sections 307 341 read with Section 34 of the IPC against both accused