The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition challenging the directions issued by the Kerala High Court over the registration of FIRs based on the depositions given by witnesses/victims before the Justice Hema Committee regarding the sexual exploitation of women in Malayalam cinema. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding the improper disposal of industrial waste in Sirgitti industrial area of Bilaspur district. The court took suo motu cognizance of the matter based on a news item published in a Hindi newspaper on December 25, 2024. The news item highlighted the…
The Allahabad High Court, while disposing an application, has observed that not providing the advance copy of the application filed by the Director of Enforcement (ED) under Section 50 of the PMLA, 2002 to the applicant would not violate his principles of natural justice inasmuch as the accused has no right to oppose it. A…
The government of Uttar Pradesh has requested the Supreme Court to let it manage eight temples in Mathura, wherein Advocates were earlier appointed as court receivers, till the pendency of civil suits. The Bench of Justice Bela Trivedi and Justice SC Sharma was on Thursday hearing a case related to the appointment of advocates as…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding the alleged illegal drilling of locomotive axles, which posed a potential threat to the safety of railway passengers. The court took suo motu cognizance of the matter and directed the Divisional Railway Manager, South East Central Railway, Raipur, to file a…
The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Governor of Tamil Nadu for sitting over 14 bills enacted by the State Legislative Assembly for more than three years, before referring two of them to the President. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan asked Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for…
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking to stop the discharge of water from slaughter houses into rivers during the Maha Kumbh. The petition filed by Neha Singh, a 4th year student of B.A LL.B (Hons) at Noida International University and daughter of environmentalist Shailesh Singh, stated that…
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…