Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a plea filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking cancellation of bail of several members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) accused in the murder of RSS leader Srinivasan in Kerala in April 2022. A … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the petitioners challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 to explain as to why the top court should entertain the writ petitions filed directly before it and should not relegate the matter to the High Court. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court has refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is failing to conduct complete citizenship verification for elected candidates in West Bengal. A bench of Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali Chatterjee … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. In the alternative, a bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar suggested the PIL litigant to … Read more
Bhopal, Feb 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed petitions challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court directive for a trial run to dispose of approximately 340 tonnes of toxic waste from Union Carbide. “Now the state government can proceed for trial run of the toxic waste in batches,” a government official told IANS. The … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 7 (IANS) In a setback to former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP Central Parliamentary Committee member B.S. Yediyurappa, the Karnataka High Court has refused to quash charges against him under a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case on Friday. However, the Bench granted anticipatory bail to Yediyurappa in the court, … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking direction to declare unconstitutional laws primarily “targeting men” and “unfairly presuming men as aggressors in domestic disputes”. Dismissing the petition, a bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K. Vinod Chandran remarked: “Go raise this before Parliament.” The plea … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking legal action against authorities and officials in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj for their “negligent conduct” resulting in a tragic stampede at the Maha Kumbh, in which at least 30 people were killed and around 60 others were … Read more