Tag: PIL

PIL instated for the removal of Swati Maliwal, Delhi HC cautioned lawyers concerning the petitions filed as PILs containing vested interests :-

While a public interest litigation was instated in dealing with the removal of Swati Maliwal from the post of chairperson, Delhi Commission for women (DCW), Delhi High court warned the lawyer functioning as a social worker to be more careful in future while filing the petitions as PILS. Archana Sharma who is a lawyer by

Allahabad HC issues notice in PIL challenging UP Govt notification relaxing labour laws on working hours, rest time, overtime etc:

The Bench led by Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddhartha VermaPUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. – 579 of 2020Case title: Uttar Pradesh Worker Front vs. Union Of India And Another The Allahabad High Court on Thursday issued notice to Uttar Pradesh Government PIL challenging move to relax certain labour law rules and regulations, working hours, rest periods

Rohingya Refugees: Delhi HC Asks PIL Petitioner to Approach Nodal Officer with Grievances about Denial of Ration, Drinking Water & Medical Aid

Case Name: Fazal Abdali vs. Government of NCT of Delhi (W.P (C) 3063/2020 Date of Decision: 8th May 2020 Quorum: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manmohan and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Narula A PIL was filed by Mr Fazal Abdali, seeking immediate relief for the Rohingya families living in three different settlements in Delhi on the ground

Vizag gas leak: Andhra Pradesh High Court takes suo moto cognizance of the incident, directs State to take all necessary mitigating steps:

CORAM: HONORABLE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI JITENDRA KUMAR MAHESWARI   ANDHONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI SUO MOTU WP (PIL) NO: 112 OF 2020.Case title: In re. Poisonous gas leakage in VisakhapatnamVersusThe state of Andhra Pradesh and other’s. Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ, order or direction, in the

HON’BLE PATNA HIGH COURT ISSUES NOTICE TO BIHAR GOVT. AGAINST THE PETITION FOR “FEE WAIVER” DURING GLOBAL PANDEMIC COVID-19 CORONA VIRUS LOCKDOWN.

Recently, on 30th April, 2020, Mr. Anupam Prabhat Shrivastava, Law Student, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Hon’ble Patna High Court for the  seeking directions to be issued to the Central Government and the State Government to waive off the Academic Fees, Hostel Fees, Mess Fees

PIL in Supreme Court seeks waiver of fees for College, University students amid COVID-19 Lockdown:

PIL is filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to State/ UTs Governments pertaining to private and public college for providing relief, waive off, or moratorium on academic fees for the next semester and restrict them from asking lump sum amount from students. The PIL is filed by Satyam Singh Rajput, National Founder, Justice for Rights

Parliament, Executive and Judicary need to act in amicability during emergency- CJI S.A. Bodbe

With the Supreme Court hearing various PILs on the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent government reaction, CJI Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, in a discussion with journalists, yielded that calamities and pandemics of this scale are best left to the official. CJI Bobde said that in the midst of such grave crisis, it was imperative to