PIL
- Bangalore
Amicus Curiae appointed for PIL on illegal religious structures
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has appointed senior advocate Vikram Huilagol as amicus curiae in the public interest litigation (PIL) it has initiated against illegal religious structures on public land. The…
- India
Bengal CM cannot be made a party in PIL on derogatory remarks against Prez Murmu: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday said that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee cannot be made a party to a PIL filed over derogatory comments made by a member of…
- India
Allahabad HC bench seeks Censor Board’s reply on PIL filed against movie ‘Adipurush’
Lucknow: The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to the Censor Board to file its reply on a PIL filed against upcoming mega-starer ‘Adipurush’. The bench has fixed…
- India
SC to hear PIL on Jan 20 against Bihar govt’s move to conduct caste survey
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on January 20 a plea against the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste census in the state. A bench of Chief Justice…
- India
Joshimath subsidence: SC asks petitioner to mention on Tue for urgent listing of PIL
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked a petitioner, who has sought the court’s intervention to declare the crisis in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath as a national disaster, to mention his plea Tuesday for urgent…
- India
SC to hear pleas challenging validity of 1991 law on religious places
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Monday a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law which prohibit filing of a lawsuit to…
- Delhi
Delhi HC rejects PIL against sticking deities’ images on walls
Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a plea filed by an advocate against the practice of sticking images and posters of deities on walls in order to prevent public urination,…
- India
Is govt trying to orchestrate confrontation with judiciary: Cong MP on Rijiju’s ‘frivolous PILs’ remark
New Delhi: Congress MP Manish Tewari raised questions on Friday over Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s recent remarks on the Supreme Court and asked if the government is trying to “orchestrate” a confrontation…
- India
Date of hearing on PIL on Bengal panchayat polls postponed
Kolkata: The date of hearing on the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari in Calcutta High Court seeking deployment of central armed forces for the forthcoming…
- Telangana
Gutti Koya eviction: Tribal JAC to file PIL in Telangana HC
Hyderabad: The Tribal Joint Action Committee (JAC) has planned to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court challenging the eviction notices issued by the Telangana Forest department to Gutti…
- 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…
