Supreme Court says preventive detention of Saudi mafia

Supreme Court says preventive detention of Saudi mafia

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the powerful sand mafia operating in the country and said states have effectively abdicated their constitutional responsibility to deal with the menace. Supreme Court says preventive detention can be imposed on mafias. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta on Friday issued a slew … Read more

SC: 3 state officials held responsible for Chambal mining

SC: 3 state officials held responsible for Chambal mining

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the governments of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in view of the destruction of wildlife habitat in the National Sanctuary of Chambal and held that officials of these states were responsible for the damage as they failed to stop illegal sand mining activities in … Read more