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Megh HC | With serious menace of garbage piling up in one of the major towns, State administration seeks only to play the fiddle; matter receives the urgent attention at the highest quarters

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. took up a petition on a matter pertaining

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Sikk HC | State directed to ensure immediate escalation of progress of work of repairing of NH-10; meeting called to chalk out the immediate course of action before monsoon arrival

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder and Meenakshi Madan Rai, JJ. took up the PIL in order the peruse

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Megh HC | Court demands complete list of persons who have died in custody since 2012 from State

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J. continued hearing a PIL pursuant to the order

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PIL filed seeking permit for gypsum mining in the districts Shriganganagar and Haumangarh; Raj HC observes citizen does not have any vested right to carry on mining operations, absolute right lies with State

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Farjand Ali J and Sandeep Mehta JJ. directed that as and when the gypsum mining

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Sikk HC | Directions issued for tracing out the missing children in the State; CCTV’s installed in police stations

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder, CJ. and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J. issued certain directions in the matter of

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Raj HC | No place other than the place earmarked for bus-stand is allowed for standing buses and picking /dropping passengers; Buses to be seized under MV Act

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Manindra Mohan Srivastava, CJ and Madan Gopal Vyas, J., dismissed the petition and directed the

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Raj HC | “Citizen approaching Court in a public interest jurisdiction holds greater duty to make full research” PIL dismissed due to lack of necessary evidence presented

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ and Rekha Borana, J. dismissed the petition and kept it open for

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Frivolous petitions defeating the noble object behind PILs and burdening SC and HCs; Bonafides of Litigants must be examined carefully: SC

“Although the jurisprudence of Public Interest Litigation has matured, many claims filed in the Courts are sometimes immature.”

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Tri HC | More than 1000 ‘Rare’ Birds dead, no carcasses found; Court directs committee inspection

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of S.G. Chattopadhyay and Indrajit Mahanty, JJ., took up a PIL which was filed on the

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Can sale pursuant to a public auction, be set aside at the instance of strangers to the auction proceeding? SC decides

Supreme Court of India: While deliberating on the instant appeals expressing grievance over the judgment of Andhra Pradesh HC (Amravati) wherein it

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Can a Kazi adjudicate disputes like a Court and pass an order like a decree? MP HC answers

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Vivek Rusia and Rajendra Kumar (Verma), JJ., held that, If a Kazi entertains a

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Disinvesting of Hindustan Zinc Ltd.; SC smells irregularities in bidding process, directs full-fledged CBI enquiry in the matter

“There is a trend of poorly pleaded public interest litigations being filed instantly following a disclosure in the media, with a conscious intention to obtain a dismissal from the Court and preclude genuine litigants from approaching the Court in public interest.”

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Kar HC directs to make specific complaint to the Chief Commissioner, BBMP regarding statues or flag post causing inconvenience to the public or creating traffic hazard

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Ritu Raj Awasthi CJ and Sachin Shankar Magadum, J disposed of the petition and directed

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Megh HC | Court allows PIL highlighting delay in establishing comprehensive and modern cancer care facilities in the State

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Ranjit More, CJ. and H.S.Thangkhiew, J., took up a petition which prayed for the following:

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Kar HC directs State to ensure that no display boards, unauthorized advertisements, hoardings in respect of various Government projects are to be displayed in public places

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Satish Chandra Sharma, CJ and Sachin Shankar Magadum, J. directed State Government to ensure that

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Sikk HC | Court issues directions in PIL filed complaining Army personnel locking army area and barring residents from using footpath

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Sommader, CJ. and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., decided on a petition which had been

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[Public Trust Doctrine] Kar HC | State largesse should not be marred by any arbitrariness while dealing with alienation of natural resources

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Satish Chandra Sharma CJ and Sachin Shankar Magadum J allowed the petition, quashed the initial

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Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Housing and Slum Development Scam; Supreme Court refuses to stay proceedings, upholds High Court’s order

“…the absence of reasons struck at the legitimacy of the impugned judgment. It caused prejudice no doubt, to the extent that the appellants were unable to furnish grounds on which their special leave petitions were based.”

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Kar HC directs State Government to provide text books in Braille for all special children (visual disabilities) positively within a period of 15 days from the date of order

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Satish Chandra Sharma, CJ. and Sachin Shankar Magadum J. directed the State Government to provide

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MP HC | Parliament is empowered to frame law as regards conduct of elections but conducting elections is the sole responsibility of the Election Commission; Court dismisses PIL

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq, CJ. and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J., dismissed a PIL which was filed