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Supreme Court rejects plea seeking quashing of notification that restored Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membershipThe petitioner had arrayed the Lok Sabha Speaker, the Union of India, the Election Commission of India and Rahul Gandhi as respondents in t...
Delhi HC imposes Rs 25K cost on fan for PIL over Sukesh Chandrasekhar letters to Jacqueline, NoraThe Delhi High Court has dismissed with cost of Rs 25,000 a public interest litigation (PIL) by a "hardcore fan" aggrieved by the "derogato...
Majority of incidents alleged as Christian persecution either false or wrongfully projected, Centre tells SCIt added that the reports relied on by the petitioner are merely "self-serving" and there were discrepancies in the pleas. Submitting that ...
There is a Limit to Targeting Judges: Justice ChandrachudDuring an oral mention seeking listing of a case pertaining to alleged violence and attacks on Christians, Justice Chandrachud remarked abo...
Kerala HC dismisses plea to remove PM's photo from vaccination certificateKerala HC dismissed a plea seeking removal of PM Modi's photograph from COVID-19 vaccination certificates and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh o...
High court goes green to remove E-way hurdles, asks frivolous petitioners to plant treesJustices Ritu Bahri and Arun Monga also ordered the petitioners to furnish proof of the planting, along with a letter issued by the horticu...
Frivolous cases making institution dysfunctional, delaying matters of national importance: SCThe remarks of the special bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah came while hearing an application related to a consumer dispute. ...
SC dismisses 2 PILs for preserving artefacts found at Ram Janmabhoomi, imposes costA bench of Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishan Murari said that a five-judge bench has already given its verdict and this is an att...
Kerala High Court slaps Rs 50,000 fine for liquor home deliveryA single judge slapped the costs which have to be deposited with the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund within two weeks. The petitioner had poin...
Vested interests scuttling probe in Aircel-Maxis case: ED officer to Supreme CourtED Joint Director Rajeshwar Singh yesterday filed a criminal contempt plea before the court against Rajneesh Kapur who had recently moved t...
Court says no to CBI probe into Jayalalithaa's death, imposes costs on petitionerThe fact remains that an inquiry commission, headed by a retired high court judge, has been appointed by the Tamil Nadu government to probe...
NGOs making fun of court by espousing cause of wealthy: Supreme CourtThe apex court imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the NGO for filing the PIL on behalf of 10 Assam-based land owners, whose land was acquired b...
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...
Bombay High Court dismisses PIL against sale of 'Antilia' land to Mukesh Ambani"It is high time we take a decision to dismiss such frivolous petitions with heavy cost. Only then we can put a stop to this," Justice Kana...
HC dismisses PIL against Rajnikanth starrer 'Lingaa'The first bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice T S Sivagnanam dismissed the petition filed by one V Amritharaj.
- Heavy costs be imposed on mindless litigants: HC
The Delhi High Court said on Thursday that heavy costs should be imposed on people filing frivolous petitions in the court as such litigati...
- HC refuses to hear petition alleging poor MTNL mobile services
The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the state-owned telecom company MTNL to improve the quality...