Sushant Singh Rajput death | Bom HC defers hearing till 21st August, 2020 on plea seeking CBI investigation
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ, and A.S. Gadkari, JJ., deferred the hearing for PIL’s filed in view of
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Del HC | Advocates are capable enough to approach Court, if aggrieved: Plea for non-inclusion of advocates as “Professionals” under MSME Act dismissed
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J., held that as and when any advocate approaches the
Guj HC | Virtual Streaming of Court proceedings to be decided after Judge’s report to work out modalities in view of facilitating public at large
Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Vikram Nath, CJ and P.B. Pardiwala, J., while addressing an issue with regard to the live
TN Custodial Deaths | Madras HC | Suo motu cognizance of “Jayaraj & Bennicks” matter already taken on Judicial side; PIL seeking registration of FIR against police excesses — closed
Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and P. Rajamanickam, JJ., while stating that it has already on the Judicial side
Del HC | Deduction of 1 day’s salary not harsh or inadequate in view of pandemic: Petition challenging deduction for contribution to PM CARES rejected
Delhi High Court: A Division bench of Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula, JJ. while addressing the present petition stated that, wouldn’t a ‘stone
PIL seeks ban on sale of Coca cola, Thums Up; SC imposes fine of Rs. 5 Lakhs for abuse of process
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has imposed a fine of Rs 5,00,000
Breaking | Direction sought for PM-CARES Fund to reveal money received and other details on its website; PIL filed in Delhi HC
Direction sought for PM-CARES Fund to reveal money received and other details on its website. As reported by ANI, A Public Interest
All HC | PIL seeking social distancing and proper sanitisation in UP jails to protect fundamental rights of inmates: State to file affidavit
Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Anil Kumar and Manish Mathur, JJ.,took cognizance of the Public Interest Litigation petition filed seeking enforcing
MP HC | M.P. Government’s Order prohibiting disclosure of identity of Covid-19 positive patients, upheld
Madhya Pradesh High Court: While deciding the instant matter wherein the petitioner sought the quashment of order dated 19-5-2020 issued by the
Cal HC | “Responsible journalism includes exclusion of irresponsible reporting”; Court advices those in need of information to access HC website
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, CJ and Arijit Banerjee, J., while addressing a petition stated that responsible journalism
Gau HC | “Make atleast 2 testing labs functional, provide PPEs, identify ICU facilities, etc.”: Court gives directions to State for tackling COVID-19
Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Songkhupchung Serto and S. Hukato Swu, JJ. gave certain limited directions to the State Government
Guj HC | PUBG Ban | Rajkot Police Commissioner lifts ban on PUBG after High Court orders filing of affidavit in a PIL filed by Law student
Gujarat High Court: A Bench of Anant S. Dave, Acting CJ and Biren Vaishnav, J. disposed of a public interest litigation that challenged
Raj HC | Petitioner directed to approach District Collector in PIL concerning encroachment causing hardship
Rajasthan High Court: The Bench of Mohammad Rafiq and Goverdhan Bardhar, JJ. disposed of a petition with the direction to the petitioner
Sinister act of wife seeking remedy through PIL to foster personal vendetta against husband not in public interest: Karnataka HC
Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Dinesh Maheshwari, CJ and S. Sujatha, JJ. dismissed a PIL and condemned the act
Karnataka HC declines to entertain PIL pertaining to encroachments on public roads holding that the same required determination of questions of fact
Karnataka High Court: A Division bench comprising of Dinesh Maheswari and S.G. Pandit, JJ. while hearing a civil writ petition declined to
Petition dismissed as issue raised beyond the scope of Public Interest Litigation: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab and Haryana High Court: The petition was filed before Krishna Murari, CJ. and Arun Palli, J., praying that the State Government
Bombay HC allows PIL against illegal felling of trees in light of the “Tree Act”
Bombay High Court: In an highly structured and ornate decision concerning the deficiencies of the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of
Newspaper reports cannot be basis of filing PIL, party must do adequate research before approaching court
Calcutta High Court: Public Interest Litigations (PILs) were filed for a direction to the authorities to take appropriate measures for combating the
NUJS students, who obtained stay against demolition of Subhas Sarovar slums, assaulted
In an unfortunate incident that took place last night, six NUJS students were groped and brutally assaulted by a mob of goons
Court can’t direct the Government to include history and teachings of all the ten Sikh Gurus in school syllabus
Supreme Court: Refusing to entertain the PIL seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus and appropriate directions commanding the Union of India