PIL
- India
SC refuses to entertain PIL on doubling judges posts in district courts, HCs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a PIL that sought a direction to the Centre and all states to double the number of judges in subordinate judiciary and…
- Kashmir
SC seeks SG’s assistance on PIL over non-functional statutory panels in J&K
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought assistance of the solicitor general on a PIL which alleged statutory panels including the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission are not functional in…
- India
SC seeks replies of Centre, states on free sanitary pads for girls in govt schools
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, states and Union territories (UTs) on a PIL seeking issuance of directions for providing free sanitary pads to girls studying in…
- Hyderabad
SC serves notice to Centre after plea by Hyderabad gay couple on same-sex marriage
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court issued notices on two public interest litigations (PIL) on Friday, which included one filed by a Hyderabad-based gay couple, seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage…
- India
SC agrees to list for hearing PIL seeking judicial probe into Morbi bridge collapse
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for hearing a PIL seeking constitution of a judicial commission to probe the Morbi bridge collapse incident in Gujarat which claimed over…
- India
Gujarat HC likely to hear suo motu PIL on Morbi bridge collapse tragedy on Nov 15
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court is likely to hear the suo motu PIL on the Morbi bridge tragedy on Tuesday, as the matter was not taken up on Monday because of the…
- India
Calcutta HC imposes penalty on advocate for filing groundless PIL on Sourav Ganguly
Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court on Monday imposed a penalty on an advocate of the same court for filing a groundless public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the removal of…
- Delhi
Delhi HC junks PIL against appointment of Justice Chandrachud as CJI
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment of Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud. Hearing the matter, a division bench…
- Mumbai
Bombay HC to hear PIL against court vacations after Diwali holidays
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it would hear after Diwali holidays a public interest litigation challenging the practice of courts taking long vacations, thereby affecting filing and hearing of…
- India
Yati Narsinghanand vows to ‘expose’ Prophet Muhammad and Gandhi
In yet another hate speech, this time targeting Prophet Muhammad and Mahatma Gandhi, Hindutva leader Yati Narsinghanand on Sunday said that he would get one lakh Hindus to sign a Public Interest…
- Kerala
Kerala HC dismisses PIL to regulate Bharat Jodo Yatra
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which sought a direction to the state government and the police to ensure the Congress party’s ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo…
- India
‘Will submerge separation of power’: SC on plea seeking barring minister after arrest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL seeking to debar a minister from holding office after two days of judicial custody, like a public servant. A bench,…
- India
Waqf Act validity: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind moves Delhi HC, opposes BJP leader’s PIL
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday sought BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay’s response to an intervention application moved by the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind against his plea challenging the Waqf Act,…
- India
SC refuses to entertain PIL for common dress code in educational institutes
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre, states and union territories to implement a common dress code for staffers and students…
- India
PIL filed in Calcutta HC after police clean chit to ‘talent scouts’ outside schools
Kolkata: A few days ago, women clad in trendy burqas, with fashionable sunglasses shielding their eyes, started appearing outside some reputed girls’ schools in Kolkata just when the students were leaving for…
