The Chhattisgarh High Court recently disposed of a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL), taking cognizance of two reports in local newspapers highlighting the pathetic condition of roads adjacent to Bilaspur Railway Station and the inconvenience caused to passengers due to the allowance of goods trains on Platform No 1. The court took suo motu cognizance…
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the States of Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Haryana, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to provide protection to the officials and staff working at Discovery, who were allegedly facing threats after the release of the documentary series Cult of Fear: Asaram Bapu. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI)…
The Delhi High Court has issued notice to Congress leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor for allegedly making false and defamatory remarks against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajeev Chandrashekhar, during the 2024 general elections. The single-judge Bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the order on February 3, 2025, on a civil…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a resident of the Atal Awas Yojana residential colony, seeking directions to the Chhattisgarh Housing Board and other authorities to provide basic amenities such as a boundary wall, main gate, school, health centre, community centre, commercial shops, and park to the…
The Allahabad High Court while rejecting bail to a man accused of raping a minor girl, said that in our country, a minor girl, victim of sexual aggression, would rather suffer silently than to falsely implicate somebody. It would be unusual for girl to come up with a false story of being a victim of…
The Delhi High Court will hear on April 16, a petition filed by Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram, seeking quashing of a fresh corruption case registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly taking illegal gratification from an alcoholic beverage company. CBI accused Chidambaram of taking illegal gratification…
The Supreme Court will hear on February 10, a petition filed by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi and BRS MLAs against the Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker for not taking a decision on the disqualification petitions filed by seven MLAs who contested the 2023 Assembly elections on BRS ticket but later joined the ruling Congress party in…
The Supreme Court has requested Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to issue administrative directions clarifying that applications seeking exemption from surrendering while filing an appeal in the Apex Court could not be entertained unless the petitioner was sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Noting the apparent anomaly in the listing of exemption applications, the…
The Patna High Court has recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in 2024, which alleged irregularities in the procurement of mobile veterinary vehicles by the Bihar government. The petitioner contended that the government had awarded a contract to a supplier who had been blacklisted by the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) and that…
By Dr G. S. Sachdeva A popular legal maxim maintains that “Justice delayed is justice denied.” There is history behind this dictum and though its abidance is generally strived for by the system yet the pendency in courts has hardly decreased due to repeat adjournments, frivolous appeals and systemic aberrations. The facts are well known…