Tag: PIL
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Supreme Court to hear PIL seeking protection of Kashmiri students today
The petition has sought direction to the Centre for taking steps to prevent "threats, assaults, violent attacks, social boycotts, ostracism, evictions and other coercive acts" committed by groups and mobs against "Kashmiris and other minorities".
February 22, 2019 -
PIL against The Accidental Prime Minister trailer dismissed
The film is based on a similarly titled the book by Sanjaya Baru, the former media advisor of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
January 9, 2019 -
PIL filed against ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ trailer
On Monday, a single judge bench on Monday disposed off the plea saying it should be refiled at a public suit.
January 8, 2019 -
Kerala HC fines BJP’s Shobha Surendran for seeking ‘cheap publicity’ through PIL
Surendran had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) questioning police action in Sabarimala.
December 4, 2018 -
Bengal bandh: BJP claims success
The day is marked by twin triumphs, the state BJP president said.
September 27, 2018 -
Delhi HC bench opts out of hearing PIL on Adhaar details
The association has requested the court to issue a direction that data (if any) already collected by the schools in Delhi be destroyed immediately.
September 20, 2018 -
Delhi HC refuses to interfere on plea over fuel price
Mahajan had filed a similar plea in July but the High Court had then directed the Centre to treat the PIL as a representation.
September 12, 2018 -
Supreme Court junks PIL of ex-Naval Chief Ramdas
The court was not impressed by Bhushan's argument that those who are left out were afraid to openly voice their grievance.
September 10, 2018 -
Delhi HC asks Centre to take PIL on petrol price as representation
It said the oil companies are fixing the price with the implied consent of the government.
July 18, 2018 -
Can plea against Neflix series ‘Sacred Games’ be heard as PIL, asks HC
The bench said it has gone through the CD of series, placed on record by the petitioner, and there was nothing urgent in it as all episodes have been aired
July 16, 2018 -
HC rejects plea about Shah’s rally
Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) on Wednesday turned down the plea challenging Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah’s 15 February rally to be held in Jind of Haryana. A Division Bench of the HC disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a non-government organisation (NGO) Arrive Safe Society, refusing to …
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February 14, 2018 -
Bombay HC to hear PIL on missing notes between printing press and RBI
A public interest litigation — probably holding the key to the historic demonetisation of November 8, 2016 — filed by RTI activist Manoranjan Roy will finally come up for hearing at Bombay High Court here on February 12. The PIL was filed in 2015, on the basis of RTI replies received from the Reserve Bank …
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February 11, 2018 -
Supreme Court unveils new roster, CJI keeps PIL matters
Three weeks after four top judges of the Supreme Court ~ Justice J Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice M B Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph ~ had come out to publicly question the administration of justice and state of affairs in the top court on the watch of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, …
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February 2, 2018 -
SC makes roster public, CJI Dipak Misra to hear all PILs
The Supreme Court on Thursday adopted a roster system for the allocation of matters to judges and for the first time made it public. While, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra will hear all Public Interest Litigation (PIL) cases. The order of the CJI was made public on the official website of the apex …
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February 1, 2018 -
HC dismisses PIL challenging CU’s decision to confer DLitt on Mamata
The Division Bench of acting Chief Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya and Justice Arijit Banerjee of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Calcutta University’s decision to confer DLitt on chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The chief minister was conferred the DLitt degree at the university’s convocation ceremony on 11 January. …
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January 26, 2018 -
HC notice over subsidised power to politicians
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday issued notice to the Haryana government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking exclusion of over a dozen politicians, including former chief ministers of the state, Bansi Lal, Om Prakash Chautala and Bhupinder Singh Hooda from the list of beneficiaries of subsidised power for agricultural pump sets. …
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January 19, 2018 -
Sohrabuddin case: Lawyers’ body files PIL against CBI for not challenging Shah’s discharge
Bombay based lawyers’ association on Friday filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay High Court against the CBI decision not to challenge a lower court order discharging BJP president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case. In the PIL, the Bombay Lawyers Association has urged the high court to issue a direction …
January 19, 2018