MP HC acts against private vehicles with illegal lights, sirens, number plates

MP HC acts against private vehicles with illegal lights, sirens, number plates

Madhya Pradesh High Court: In a writ petition filed against people violating the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (‘MV Act’), the Division Bench of Vivek Rusia and Binod Kumar Dwivedi, JJ., directed the Regional Transport Officer and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) to immediately act against those vehicles that were violating the notice/circular dated 01-03-2025. The…

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Provisions of RTI Act are not meant to allow the parties to collect evidence from Public Authorities to sub­serve their private interest

Provisions of RTI Act are not meant to allow the parties to collect evidence from Public Authorities to sub­serve their private interest

As we have said above only the larger public interest duly established with relevant material which can override this confidentiality of the information and documents available with the Income Tax Department, but we fail to see even an iota of the public interest in this case. The tall claims made in the application about the…

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Decoding Section 138 and IBC – IndiaCorpLaw

Implications for Private Actors – IndiaCorpLaw

[Umakanth Varottil is a Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore] On 23 July 2025 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its landmark advisory opinion on the “Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change”. Despite its non-binding nature, the advisory opinion carries considerable weight under international law that States would have to…

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