In a major relief for Meghalaya government relating to compensation for custodial deaths, the Supreme Court has stayed a Meghalaya High Court verdict that ordered the State government to pay compensation of up to ₹10-15 lakhs for custodial deaths.
The State police was on high alert after an unknown mail on Friday threatened to have planted explosives inside every court in the country including the Meghalaya High Court here.
The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday conducted a hearing in regards to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed against the failure of the law enforcement agencies to take action as per the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against reckless and negligent riding of two wheelers at high speed.
The Meghalaya High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to immediately transfer the present Superintendent of Police (SP) of East Jaintia Hills for his failure to stop illegal coal mining and transportation in the district.
The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday summoned the Superintendent of Police (SP) East Jaintia Hills on December 11 in regards to the ongoing illegal mining of coal in the district.
The chief minister also said continuous efforts are being made to stop illegal mining and transportation of coal. He said the government is continuously monitoring the situation but mining is an activity, which people of the state have been engaged in for centuries.
The Meghalaya High Court on Monday said it will consider for a wider inquiry into the possible nexus between the State and a cement manufacturing unit in East Jaintia Hills.
Directing that work of more permanent nature should be taken up shortly, the bench further stated, “No road or highway in the country can ever be allowed to be reduced to the state as in the present stretch of NH-6 from Jowai to Ratecherra.”
