Top Law News PIL in Delhi High Court seeks school fees waiver for lockdown duration. April 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fresh Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court has sought a waiver of fees levied by all private and unaided schools during the lockdown, citing job losses and loss of income. The PIL has been filed by lawyer-activist Amit Sahni. The petitioners have cited urgency and have sought a prompt listing of […] Read more » Delhi High Court latest legal news Law News PIL public interest litigation waiver of fees levied by all private and unaided schools
Top Law News Calcutta HC to hear bar association plea on financial assistance for lawyers. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court will take up on Thursday a letter by its Bar Association as a PIL, which sought direction on the Bar Council of West Bengal to provide financial assistance to lawyers in distress due to the long period of suspension of work owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Claiming that the Council takes subscriptions […] Read more » Bar Association president Ashok Dhandania Calcutta HC financial assistance for lawyers PIL public interest litigation
Top Law News High Court asks cricket body if it will seek extra water for IPL pitches, ground April 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today sought to know from the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) if it would seek additional water supply from the Pune civic body for ground and pitch maintenance for six IPL matches shifted to that city from Chennai. The MCA stadium at Gahunje in Pune will host the remaining six ‘home’ matches […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Cauvery Cauvery Water Management Board Chennai Super Kings featured IPL Karnataka Kolkata Knight Riders M A Chidambaram M A Chidambaram Stadium Maharashtra Cricket Association Mahendra singh Dhoni public interest litigation South Mumbai Tamil Nadu
Top Law News Supreme Court junks plea to nationalise rivers April 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today junked a plea seeking nationalisation of all the rivers and dams in the country and handing over their operation and control to the Centre. A bench of Chief Justice Diak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud dismissed the plea, saying it cannot nationalise all the rivers and […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Chief Justice Diak Misra D Y Chandrachud public interest litigation Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Centre
Top Law News Fitness certificate to vehicle without independent test illegal: Bombay High Court March 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said the Maharashtra government’s practice of issuing fitness certificates to private vehicles without conducting an independent test was illegal and in breach of its previous orders. Therefore, the state government must take a decision on amending its rules and circulars on the issue and inform the court of its decision, […] Read more » featured Fitness certificate Fitness certificate to vehicle illegal Justice R I Chagla Justices A S Oka Motor Vehicles Act 1988 PIL public interest litigation RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Profile Cases CBI Director dragged into another controversy in SC on 2G scam September 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI Director Ranjit Sinha was today at the centre of a controversy with an NGO telling the Supreme Court that entry register of his residence portrays a “very disturbing” and “explosive material” coming in the way of administration of justice in 2G spectrum allocation scam.The issue was raised by the NGO, Centre for Public Interest […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam CBI Director dragged into another controversy in SC CBI director Ranjit Sinha Justice A M Sapre Justice H.L. Dattu Justice S.A. Bobde public interest litigation SC on 2G scam senior advocate K K Venugopal
Top Law News SC seeks EC reply on plea against ward-wise vote count May 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Election Commission (EC) on a plea seeking stoppage of ward-wise counting of votes on the ground that the declaration of result of every polling booth strikes at the root of right to privacy attached to voting. A bench comprising justices Dipak Mishra and N V […] Read more » Election Commission Electronic Voting Machine news public interest litigation Supreme Court 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
Top Law News PIL against subsidised liquor to defence personnel August 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A public interest litigation (PIL) was Friday filed before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court against supply of heavily subsidised alcoholic drinks to defence and paramilitary forces. In the PIL, social activist Nutan Thakur and her husband Amitabh Thakur said while they welcome provision of subsidised food items and household goods to these […] Read more » Amitabh Thakur national news news Nutan Thakur PIL PIL against subsidised liquor to defence personnel public interest litigation todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court notice to centre; Reliance on gas price July 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on a public interest litigation petition challenging the government’s decision to double the price to $8.4 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu) for gas produced from the KG basin. A Bench of Chief Justice P. […] Read more » BP Exploration (Alpha) Limited Chief Justice P Sathasivam Court notice to centre; Reliance on gas price CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta gas exploration Gurudas Dasgupta plea Justices Ranjana Desai KG-D6 national news natural gas price hike news NIKO Resources Ltd Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily public interest litigation Ranjan Gogoi Reliance Reliance Industries Limited RIL todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court notices to centre, Reliance on gas price July 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the centre and Reliance Industries on a public interest litigation seeking review of the recent government decision to hike from 2014 the gas prices from $4.2 to $8.4 million British thermal unit (mmBtu). The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam issued notice on the PIL […] Read more » Court notices to centre; Reliance on gas price gas exploration Gurudas Dasgupta plea KG-D6 national news natural gas price hike news public interest litigation Reliance RIL todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC dismisses PIL seeking curbs on sale of Ranbaxy drugs June 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a petition for prohibiting Ranbaxy from producing and marketing its alleged “adulterated” medicines in the Indian market in the wake of reports of the pharma major having sold misbranded drugs in the US. A bench of Justice A.K.Patnaik and Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by advocate M.L. Sharma, asking him […] Read more » advocate M L Sharma FDA Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Ranjan Gogoi national news news PIL public interest litigation Ranbaxy SC dismisses PIL seeking curbs on sale of Ranbaxy drugs todays news todays top news Top news US Food and Drug Administration
