Top Law News SC stays Guj HC order on judges’ plot allotment PIL August 12, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed the Gujarat High Court order issuing notices to its sitting and former judges and also a sitting apex court judge over the allotment of residential plots to them by the state government in a posh locality in Sola area in Ahmedabad. “The high court was in mortal hurry. This should […] Read more » Court featured judge Law Legal News news PIL plot allotment PIL SC stays Guj HC order on judges' plot allotment PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News 1,598 PILs pending before SC; oldest goes back 23 yrs August 10, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment There are 1,598 public interest litigations pending before Supreme Court with the oldest of them having been filed 23 years ago, the apex court has said in its response to an RTI query. The oldest pending PIL with WP(C) 537/1992 was filed by Sureshwar D Sinha and relates to water pollution linked to industries, domestic […] Read more » 1 598 PILs pending before SC; oldest goes back 23 yrs Court featured Law Legal News PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News Funds crisis situation: NDMC councillor files PIL in Delhi High Court July 9, 2015 / July 9, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment An NDMC councillor from Rohni zone has filed a PIL in the Delhi High Court seeking tabling and implementation of the recommendations of the Fourth Delhi Finance Commission from the Delhi Government along with redressal of other grievances of the civic body from it. Chairman of DEMS (Department of?Environment Management Services) Committee of NDMC and […] Read more » Delhi High Court DEMS Department of?Environment Management Services featured Funds crisis situation: NDMC councillor files PIL in Delhi High Court Law Legal News NDMC councillor PIL
Criminal Law News SC declines to go into PIL on Dawood Ibrahim July 8, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today dismissed a plea for setting up of a special investigating team (SIT) to probe whether the government has made any serious effort to bring to justice fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, in the wake of reports that the underworld don was willing to return. “We cannot look into this issue. It is not for […] Read more » Criminal news Dawood Ibrahim featured Law news PIL SC declines to go into PIL on Dawood Ibrahim
Top Law News HC seeks Delhi’s reply on vacating Waqf properties July 8, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought the AAP government’s response on a PIL seeking direction to enforce eviction orders, already passed and awaiting enforcement for last several years, regarding 990 Waqf properties in the national capital. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath also issued notice to Revenue Secretary of Delhi […] Read more » AAP Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured HC seeks Delhi's reply on vacating Waqf properties Law news PIL
Top Law News PIL on Kolhapur varsity VC appointments dismissed: Bombay High Court July 3, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the appointments of the vice-chancellors of Mumbai University and Shivaji University in Kolhapur after finding no merit in it. “We find no merit in the contentions raised in the petition and hence it deserves to be dismissed,” a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News news PIL PIL on Kolhapur varsity VC appointments dismissed: Bombay High Court UGC vice-chancellors of Mumbai University and Shivaji University in Kolhapur
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News PIL challenging NCMEI Act filed May 5, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has issued notices to the Chairman, University Grant Commission( UGC) and Secretary, National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of NCMEI Act-2004. The PIL alleged that it was against the principle of secularism, on which the court provided three weeks […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Ashok Mehta constitutional validity of NCMEI Act-2004 counsel H S Jain featured Justice Rajan Roy Justice Shree Narain Shukla National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions NCMEI NCMEI Act PIL PIL challenging NCMEI Act
Bar, Bench & Firm News PIL on appointment in RS secy: HC seeks response from Centre April 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought response from the Centre on a PIL questioning the appointment of senior officers of the rank of joint secretary and above in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw also directed the RS Secretariat to file a response within eight […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini featured Justice R.S. Endlaw PIL PIL on appointment PIL on appointment in RS secy Rajya Sabha Secretariat
Bar, Bench & Firm News PIL seeks action against over conversion remarks February 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Bombay High Court has sought legal action against MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and VHP leader Praveen Togadia for allegedly making comments on religious conversions (ghar wapsi). Stating that the comments made by these leaders had a tendency to divide the people, the Public […] Read more » conversion remarks PIL
Top Law News SC to hear PIL for fast supply of defence equipment March 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said that it will March 28 hear a PIL seeking directions to the government to expeditiously make available to defence sources equipments and spares as and when sought by the armed forces. The Supreme Court Friday said that it will March 28 hear a PIL seeking directions to the government to […] Read more » AK Antony equipmentdefence deals news PIL Supreme CourtDelhi todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News PIL against Kejriwal for ‘false affidavit’ January 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday will hear an PIL against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging he had “suppressed the actual figures of property owned by him”. The PIL filed by NGO Maulik Bharat Trust said that in an affidavit filed before the Election Commission (EC), Kejriwal had not disclosed the actual amount of his […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal Delhi government false affidavit news PIL todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News PIL seeks probe in Congress, BJP’s foreign funding November 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a probe into foreign contributions made to the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Wednesday filed in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court (HC). The petition was filed by social activist and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Nutan Thakur. Welcoming the probe ordered […] Read more » BJP's foreign funding Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 2010 PIL PIL fir BJP's foreign funding PIL for Congress's foreign funding PIL seeks probe in Congress public interest litigation
