Supreme Court says time-stamping of voting on VVPAT slips technical matter in Election Commission's domainThe Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to decide on a plea seeking to add the precise time of voting to VVPAT slips. This meas...
Supreme Court notice to Centre on plea highlighting vacant posts in Income Tax Appellate TribunalThe Supreme Court on Tuesday has asked the Centre to fill vacant posts across the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. A bench directed High Cour...
SC issues notices to Centre on PIL seeking ban on employment of children in orchestras, spasThe Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, NCPCR, and NHRC regarding a PIL. The petition seeks a complete ban on employing childre...
SC junks PIL seeking caste exclusion from CensusThe Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest litigation. The plea sought to exclude caste enumeration from the population census. A th...
SC asks MeitY to examine PIL seeking recovery or destruction of stolen personal data of citizensThe Supreme Court has asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to examine a PIL seeking a robust mechanism to retrieve ...
SC refuses to entertain PIL for reviewing wages of priests, temple staffThe Supreme Court has declined to review the wages and benefits of priests and temple staff in state-controlled temples. The court stated t...
Mandatory to install location tracking devices, panic buttons in taxis, public vehicles: SCA Bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan observed that it was alarming that less than one per cent of transport vehicles were eq...
SC to examine PIL for dedicated revenue judicial service for land disputesThe Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Centre and states to establish...
SC dismisses PIL seeking recognition of Netaji as 'National Son'The Supreme Court has rejected a public interest plea. The petition sought to declare Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army res...
SC says people can't be compelled to vote; rejects PILThe Supreme Court has rejected a plea to penalize citizens who do not vote. A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant found the idea impracti...
PIL against sale of liquor in tetra packs in UP; SC asks petitioner to approach authoritiesThe Supreme Court refused to hear a PIL seeking a ban on liquor sales in tetra packs in Uttar Pradesh, directing the petitioner to approach...
'Difficult to declare millions of beliefs wrong': SC hears PIL limits in Sabarimala case debateThe Supreme Court is examining the permissibility of public interest litigations concerning religious practices. A nine-judge bench is hear...
Approach authorities instead of rushing to court, Supreme Court tells petitioner who filed 25 PILsThe Supreme Court advised an advocate to approach relevant authorities with his concerns rather than filing numerous Public Interest Litiga...
PIL in SC seeks stringent guidelines for issuing Aadhaar cards to adolescents, adultsA Public Interest Litigation filed in the Supreme Court demands new Aadhaar cards be issued only to children under six. The petition also c...
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...
PIL introduced 35 years ago, yet no clarity on who can file itPILs have touched all issues under the sun. It has become a fashion to file a PIL and seek immediate publicity in the media
Disqualification of lawmakers: Supreme Court seeks poll panel's responseThe apex court had held that chargesheeted Members of Parliament and MLAs on conviction for offences, will be immediately disqualified from...