Raghu Ramakrishna Raju. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy submitted a preliminary counter affidavit in the High Court (HC) on January 23 praying for the removal of his name from the array of respondents to the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Narasapuram MP K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju … Read more
The Telangana High Court, on Wednesday, made it clear that the transfer of ₹7,380 crore from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) to the State government would be subject to the outcome of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the awarding of maintenance of Nehru Outer Ring Road to private parties on Toll Operate … Read more
Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 4) junked a plea seeking directions to the Centre for re-classification of the caste system. A Bench comprising Chief justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice P.S. Narasimha dismissed the plea filed by an advocate and imposed a cost of ₹25,000 … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde spoke to the media regarding the deaths and hospitalisation of people after suffering from heatstroke during the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony in Navi Mumbai’s Kharghar, on April 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking criminal action against … Read more
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had submitted that he had already won the first round of the litigation in which the Centre accepted the existence of Ram Setu. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on January 12 said it would take up BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking a direction to declare … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Jul 11, 2021) If there is a travesty about the principle of equal work, equal pay, one need not turn to the urban-hinterland disparity as a comparison of compensation paid to a Supreme Court judge for hearing and deciding a case and to a senior advocate for arguing it … Read more
The central government has informed the Delhi High Court that it has asked all states and Union territories (UT) to ensure strict compliance with the national directives for COVID-19 management and take necessary measures under the Disaster Management Act. Order was also issued to them to consider the implementation of targeted and prompt actions for … Read more
The Patna High Court on Friday observed that the Bihar government’s reluctance to put the state’s COVID death toll in the public domain is uncalled for. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S Kumar made the observation while hearing a PIL filed by Shivani Kaushik and others over COVID management. “For … Read more
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Central Government to seek direction from the NEGVAC (National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19) on policy about the door-to-door vaccination for those elderly and disabled who can’t step out, with care and compassion it deserves. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice … Read more
In the wake of increasing Covid-19 cases in Goa, a local resident has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court, seeking details of the state government’s preparations for the third wave of coronavirus infections. The petitioner, Nandgopal Kudchadkar, argued that from just 50 cases per day in … Read more