The High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed by H C Arora, citing a service dispute related to the recovery of commutation amount of retired High Court judges. The court, comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal, ruled that service disputes cannot be…
The Allahabad High Court has set aside the demand and penalty order passed under Section 129 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 against a businessman. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Vikas Budhwar passed this order while hearing a petition filed by M/S Lakhdatar Traders. The petition has…
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to Irfan Solanki, former Kanpur MLA of the Samajwadi Party, in a 2022 arson case. The Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Gupta and Justice Surendra Singh-I passed this order while hearing a Criminal Appeal filed by Irfan Solanki and Another. The criminal appeal has been filed against the…
The Gauhati High Court’s Itanagar Bench has issued notices to respondents in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Gollo Tuki, spokesperson of the All Papum Pare District Students’ Union (APPDSU). The PIL alleges misappropriation of Rs 14 crore meant for establishing a State Drugs Regulatory Mechanism and Drugs Testing Laboratory in Arunachal Pradesh. Tuki’s…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed two Public Interest Litigation (PILs) that were challenging the Bar Council of India’s orders. On November 12, 2024, the Bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal, dismissed PILs filed by the practicing advocates, challenging Bar Council of India’s (BCI) orders staying Punjab and Haryana High…
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that sought directions to the Union of India to ban the operations of WhatsApp for its refusal to comply with the new Information Technology (IT) Rules. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Aravind Kumar passed the order on a petition filed by…
Noting that Article 14 of the Constitution could not be used to perpetuate illegality, the Supreme Court recently held that a person could not claim equal treatment based on an illegal benefit conferred to someone else. The order was recently passed by the Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice Augustine…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued summons to the users accused of adding “defamatory” statements about Asian News International (ANI) on its Wikipedia page. The single-judge Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad delivered the verdict after taking note of a Division Bench order that permitted Wikipedia to serve summons on the users without publicly disclosing…
The Union government has appointed second seniormost judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, as new Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). A notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice said that in exercise of powers conferred under Clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the…
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has nominated Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant as Chairperson of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC). A notification issued on November 12 said that in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3A of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Justice Kant was nominated to the post…