Beyond biology: SC backs equal maternity rights for adoptive mothersThe Supreme Court has removed a rule that denied maternity benefits to mothers adopting children over three months old. The court stated th...
18 Mar, 2026, 12.03 AM IST
PIL pile-up: 42-year-old case lingers as Supreme Court backlog swells to over 3,500India's Supreme Court faces a crisis with over 3,500 public interest litigations pending. Many cases have been stuck for years, some for de...
17 Mar, 2026, 03.05 PM IST
Allahabad HC quashes PIL challenging decision to reduce NEET-PG cut-off marks for SC/ST/OBCsThe Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences' dec...
27 Jan, 2026, 06.08 PM IST
Don't you understand the sensitivity of the issue?: SC on PIL seeking safety of tourists in J&KThe Supreme Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari concerning tourist safety in Jammu and Kashm...
05 May, 2025, 01.35 PM IST
SC dismisses plea against road blocking by farmersThe Supreme Court rejected a plea concerning farmer protests at the Shambhu border. The court cited an existing case addressing the issue. ...
09 Dec, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
SC dismisses PIL seeking to digitally monitor MPs, MLAsDismissing the plea, the Bench held "we place the petitioner on notice of the fact that this court will impose costs if he pursues the case...
02 Mar, 2024, 12.20 AM IST
Bombay HC dismisses PIL to challenge the disinvestment of BPCLFour PILs were filed by Federation of all Maharashtra Petrol Dealers Association, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Refinery) Employees Un...
13 Nov, 2020, 12.58 PM IST
SC dismisses PIL seeking 100 % matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs during vote counting on May 23A three-judge bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi directed EC to do an EVM-VVPAT tally of at least five polling stations randomly picked from eve...
22 May, 2019, 08.42 AM IST
Supreme Court rules out reducing marriage age of boys to 18The CJI had hinted just before taking office that he would only entertain genuine PILs and not “politically” motivated ones.
23 Oct, 2018, 08.57 AM IST
Supreme Court slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on Bihar MLA for filing 'frivolous' PIL"We fail to understand what prompted the petitioner to file the petition before the high court in 2015 in respect of an article published i...
11 Feb, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
Is this apex court or a joke, asks CJIThe CJI's comment came while hearing the first of three matters, which were public interest litigations.
17 Jan, 2017, 10.59 AM IST
As SC rejects a PIL against Sebi chief UK Sinha, another is filedU K Sinha will go down in history as the man who saw off a number of PILs in the Supreme Court challenging his appointment.
15 Apr, 2016, 11.38 AM IST
No other court has passed such an order, say legal experts on floor test of Harish Rawat ordered by Uttarakhand HCAny judicial order relating to central rule can be passed only on the basis of principles laid down by a nine-judge SC bench in the S R Bom...
30 Mar, 2016, 12.02 PM IST
SC upholds NGT's ban on 15-year-old vehicles in DelhiThe bench including chief justice H.L. Dattu, dismissed the PIL, saying "let us assist them (NGT) and not discourage them".
21 Apr, 2015, 11.17 AM IST
SC dismisses PIL for SIT probe into chopper dealSC dismisses a PIL seeking apex-court monitored probe by a special investigation team or CVC into the alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3600 cror...
01 Mar, 2013, 05.53 PM IST
- SC, HC had dismissed PILs on Mangalore runway safety violations
The Mangalore air crash has exposed more than just laxity in civil aviation. It calls for a serious rethink on the part of the judiciary ab...
26 May, 2010, 07.17 AM IST
- SC dismisses PIL on Jamia Nagar shootout
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL which claimed that the September 19 Jamia Nagar shootout was fake and warranted an independent ...
08 Dec, 2008, 05.34 PM IST