PIL
- India
PIL challenges Nitish Kumar’s reappointment as Bihar CM
Patna: A Patna-based social activist Dharmsheela Devi and Supreme Court lawyer Varun Sinha filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court and challenged Nitish Kumar for holding the post of…
- India
Crime against women: Allahabad HC questions delay in registering cases
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has questioned the delays by police in registering cases related to crime against women. During the hearing of a PIL, the court, showing strictness, asked the state…
- Delhi
Plea in Delhi HC to place Indian flag, statue of justice in courtrooms
New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to place the Indian flag, statue of justice and state emblem inside courtrooms and at the main entrances…
- India
SC junks plea challenging provision which allows use of EVMs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday junked a plea challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Representation of the People Act, which is connected with the use of electronic…
- India
EC welcomes SC suggestion of expert panel on freebies
New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it welcomed the suggestion of setting up an expert panel to brainstorm the issue of freebies announced during elections, but it…
- India
SC notice to Centre on plea for law to control ‘population explosion’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking a central law to control the “population explosion” in the country. Seeking the government’s response, a…
- News
Karnataka HC judge transfer case: Plea seeking SIT probe quashed
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court Division bench on Monday quashed the petition seeking an investigation into the threat of transfer to an HC justice here. The bench headed by acting Chief Justice Alok…
- India
Maintenance matter: Daughters are not liability, says SC
New Delhi: Daughters are no liability, the Supreme Court has said while dealing with a matter relating to payment of maintenance to a woman by her father. The observation from a bench…
- India
PIL in Calcutta HC demands CBI probe into Mamata’s ‘jihad’ comment
Kolkata: A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday demanding a CBI probe into the recent comment of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, wherein she…
- Bangalore
PIL in Karnataka HC seeks probe into transfer threat to justice H.P. Sandesh
Bengaluru: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in Karnataka High Court seeking a probe into transfer threat to judge H.P. Sandesh. The PIL, submitted by advocate Ramesh L Nayak, is…
- India
PIL seeks FIR against Uddhav, Aaditya Thackeray and Raut for sedition
Mumbai: A public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the registration of an FIR against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, minister Aaditya Thackeray and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut for sedition and breach of…
- India
PIL in Bombay HC seeks ‘return to work’ by rebel Ministers, MLAs
Mumbai: A group of activists and civil society members have moved the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the Shiv Sena rebel group of Ministers and MLAs to “return to the state…
- India
280 arrested over Prophet row violence, Bengal govt tells Calcutta HC
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Wednesday afternoon submitted to the Calcutta High Court a report on action taken by it on the incidents of violence in different parts of the state…