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  Bombay HC asks PIL petitioner to deposit Rs 1 Lakh on hearing petition on Devanagari signboards

  India | January 30, 2023 18:14 IST

  The petitioner claimed that the display of English language on signage boards etc at the airport in Mumbai is nothing but an act to foist the language on the indigenous people.

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  BBC documentary row: PIL filed in SC challenging Centre's decision to ban documentary

  India | January 29, 2023 19:05 IST

  Sharma said that in his PIL he has raised a constitutional question and the top court has to decide whether citizens have the right under Article 19 (1) (2) to see news, facts and reports on the 2002 Gujarat riots.

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  Women, children main targets of foreign-funded religious conversions, PIL petitioner tells SC

  India | December 11, 2022 23:15 IST

  The situation is alarming as many individuals and organizations are carrying mass conversion of socially and economically underprivileged and SCs-STs either by use of force or by allurement thus exploiting their poverty,” the PIL said.

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  Delhi air pollution: Supreme Court to hear PIL on November 10

  India | November 04, 2022 13:47 IST

  Delhi air pollution: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced that primary schools will be closed from Saturday in view of spike in pollution levels in the national capital.

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  Supreme Court quashes PIL seeking inquiry into history of Taj Mahal

  India | October 21, 2022 14:16 IST

  SC dismisses PIL on Taj Mahal: The Apex Court dismissed a plea which sought to open an inquiry into the history of the Taj Mahal. The PIL was filed by Rajneesh Singh, the media coordinator for the BJP's Ayodhya unit.

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  Supreme Court adjourns hearing of PILs opposing CAA to October 31

  India | September 12, 2022 18:15 IST

  Supreme Court heard pleas against the CAA on December 18, 2019 for the first time. The CAA came into effect on January 10, 2020.

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  Why can't Centre form committee, call for all-party meeting: Supreme Court on PIL opposing freebies

  India | August 24, 2022 14:28 IST

  SC on freebies: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said a line should be drawn, where somebody should tell "please do not do this".

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  SC agrees to hear PIL seeking appointment of chairperson, others in law panel

  India | July 27, 2022 14:00 IST

  Supreme Court agreed to hearing PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to declare the Law Commission as a "statutory body" and appoint the chairperson and members to the panel.

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  'Court cannot stop any airline's operation': Delhi HC rejects plea to ground SpiceJet aircrafts

  India | July 18, 2022 19:28 IST

  The petitioner contended that there have been regular breaches in service and there are even cases registered against the SpiceJet promoter.

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  Delhi High Court notice to Centre on PIL seeking integrated medicinal system

  India | April 27, 2022 14:43 IST

  The plea sought direction to implement a Holistic Integrated Common Syllabus and Common Curriculum of Allopathy, Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy for all Medical Colleges in order to secure the right to health.

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  Delhi HC notice to Centre on PIL against Criminal Procedure Identification Act

  India | April 21, 2022 14:22 IST

  the new Act grants legal sanction for the Police to collect finger impressions, palm prints impressions, footprint impressions, photographs, iris and retina scans, and physical and biological samples.

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  Ahead of polls, SC to consider listing PIL seeking to debar persons charged in serious offences

  Elections | January 29, 2022 23:02 IST

  A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana told petitioner lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay that it would consider his plea for urgent hearing of the PIL which has not been listed even once after it was filed in September 2020. 

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  HC questions PIL on authenticity of details on Indians stranded in Afghanistan, asks govt to decide

  India | October 27, 2021 14:57 IST

  During the hearing, the court questioned petitioner about the authenticity of list which gave details of persons claiming to be stranded in Afghanistan.

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  PILs to safeguard children orphaned due to COVID: HC seeks stand of Centre, Delhi govt

  India | May 10, 2021 12:46 IST

  Children orphaned due to COVID-19 should be protected and guarded against being trafficked till they are legally adopted, two PILs have urged the Delhi High Court

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  Rajasthan HC sends notice to Centre over inadequate supply of Oxygen, Remdesivir injections

  News | April 28, 2021 16:09 IST

  Rajasthan High Court sent notice to Central and state governments after a PIL issued against Centre for discriminating against Rajasthan in supply of oxygen and Remdesivir injections.

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  Anil Deshmukh welcomes PIL filed in favour of Mumbai Police for getting targeted in SSR death case

  News | September 03, 2020 13:00 IST

  Retired IPS officers filed PIL seeking directions to stop "unfair, malicious and false media campaign" against Mumbai Police in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case.

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  SC junks 'unnecessary' PIL for CBI probe into Sushant Singh's death

  August 07, 2020 17:42 IST

  A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian junked the PIL filed by Mumbai-based law student Dwivendra Devtadeen Dubey on the issue.  

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  Delhi HC declines to entertain PIL on protection, welfare of sex workers, LGBT members

  India | May 11, 2020 13:56 IST

  The Delhi High Court Monday declined to entertain a PIL seeking direction to the Centre and the AAP government to take steps to protect and provide welfare measures such as food, accommodation and medicines, to sex workers and the LGBT community during the Covid-19 lockdown.

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  Delhi: High Court adjourns PIL seeking linking of Aadhaar with property

  India | February 18, 2020 15:52 IST

  The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned till April 1 the hearing on a PIL seeking linking of Aadhaar card with property documents. A bench presided by Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice C.

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  High Court adjourns PIL seeking linking of Aadhaar with property

  India | February 18, 2020 15:32 IST

  The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned till April 1 the hearing on a PIL seeking linking of Aadhaar card with property documents. A bench presided by Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice C.