Fine Imposed On Centre

The Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs 5 lakh on the Centre for challenging a Meghalaya High Court order, holding it was "sheer abuse" of the process of law.

CCPA has issued notices to 31 coaching institutes for misleading advertisements and imposed fines on nine of them.

The Delhi High Court has recently imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000 on the Central Government for the "lackadaisical approach" in paying pension to a 96-year-old freedom fighter and making him wait for 40 years.

The Centre's air quality panel on Wednesday said industries using unapproved fuels, including coal, in Delhi-NCR will be closed down straightaway from January 1 and heavy fines will be imposed on them.

The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong note of delay in filing appeals by the Centre and said its counselling through orders to the government departments to set their house in order appears to be "falling on deaf ears" despite fines being imposed in several such cases.

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday ordered the state government to come up with a notification, making it mandatory for those violating the face mask rule to do community service at COVID-19 centres as a punishment in addition to the fine imposed on them.

The central government on Wednesday asked states to step up efforts to contain coronavirus cases especially in areas where a spike has been reported in recent weeks. Issuing a set of guidelines that will be effective from December 1, the Home Ministry suggested measures including local restrictions such as night curfews, stricter enforcement of con...

The Supreme Court termed as "frivolous" a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre and IITs to formulate and implement a student wellness program to curb the rising number of suicides in campuses and imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on the lawyer for filing it.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today backed the centre's decision to impose steep fines on traffic violations as a move that enjoyed non-partisan support. Some states ruled by the BJP including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat and the BJP's only fortress in the south, Karnataka, have on "humanitarian" grounds reduced the heavy penalt...

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav this morning slammed the centre for imposing steep penalties on commuters under the amended Motor Vehicle Act 2019.

The centre's new law imposing hefty fines on traffic violations has worried the states. Both Congress-ruled Rajasthan and BJP-ruled Gujarat, are looking for ways to lighten the rules that now call for a Rs 1000 fine for riding a two-wheeler without helmet and jailing of parents when underage teens take the wheels.

Telangana Board of Intermediate, which is at the centre of a row over goof-up in declaring results of Intermediate examination, suspended a teacher and imposed fine on another for giving a student '0' marks instead of '99' on Sunday.

Upset with the centre for not coming up with a roadmap for the welfare of widows across the country despite assurance, the Supreme Court today came down heavily on the government and imposed a Rs 1 lakh fine.

In a crackdown on coaching institutes in Bihar, state education minister Ashok Choudhary today said that penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh could be imposed on coaching centres charging exorbitant fees and action would be taken if they do not comply with registration norms.

The Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs 5 lakh on the Centre for challenging a Meghalaya High Court order, holding it was "sheer abuse" of the process of law.

CCPA has issued notices to 31 coaching institutes for misleading advertisements and imposed fines on nine of them.

The Delhi High Court has recently imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000 on the Central Government for the "lackadaisical approach" in paying pension to a 96-year-old freedom fighter and making him wait for 40 years.

The Centre's air quality panel on Wednesday said industries using unapproved fuels, including coal, in Delhi-NCR will be closed down straightaway from January 1 and heavy fines will be imposed on them.

The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong note of delay in filing appeals by the Centre and said its counselling through orders to the government departments to set their house in order appears to be "falling on deaf ears" despite fines being imposed in several such cases.

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday ordered the state government to come up with a notification, making it mandatory for those violating the face mask rule to do community service at COVID-19 centres as a punishment in addition to the fine imposed on them.

The central government on Wednesday asked states to step up efforts to contain coronavirus cases especially in areas where a spike has been reported in recent weeks. Issuing a set of guidelines that will be effective from December 1, the Home Ministry suggested measures including local restrictions such as night curfews, stricter enforcement of con...

The Supreme Court termed as "frivolous" a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre and IITs to formulate and implement a student wellness program to curb the rising number of suicides in campuses and imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on the lawyer for filing it.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today backed the centre's decision to impose steep fines on traffic violations as a move that enjoyed non-partisan support. Some states ruled by the BJP including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat and the BJP's only fortress in the south, Karnataka, have on "humanitarian" grounds reduced the heavy penalt...

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav this morning slammed the centre for imposing steep penalties on commuters under the amended Motor Vehicle Act 2019.

The centre's new law imposing hefty fines on traffic violations has worried the states. Both Congress-ruled Rajasthan and BJP-ruled Gujarat, are looking for ways to lighten the rules that now call for a Rs 1000 fine for riding a two-wheeler without helmet and jailing of parents when underage teens take the wheels.

Telangana Board of Intermediate, which is at the centre of a row over goof-up in declaring results of Intermediate examination, suspended a teacher and imposed fine on another for giving a student '0' marks instead of '99' on Sunday.

Upset with the centre for not coming up with a roadmap for the welfare of widows across the country despite assurance, the Supreme Court today came down heavily on the government and imposed a Rs 1 lakh fine.

In a crackdown on coaching institutes in Bihar, state education minister Ashok Choudhary today said that penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh could be imposed on coaching centres charging exorbitant fees and action would be taken if they do not comply with registration norms.