public interest litigation

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Del HC | Ministry of Civil Aviation’s order of “fixing minimum fares” is only a stop gap arrangement; PIL challenging Ministry of Civil Aviation order, not tenable

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J., while addressing a Public Interest Litigation, held that,

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Bom HC | Migrants residing in cramped and unhygienic shelters without essentials till they are updated about application status to board trains/buses| How plight of migrant workers being addressed? State to file report

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and K.K. Tated, J. asked the State Government to file report mentioning the

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All HC | Chief Standing Counsel for the State of U.P directed to collaborate with Meerut DM to look into the measures taken to combat Covid-19

Allahabad High Court: Convening via video-conferencing, the Division Bench of the Court comprising of Ramesh Sinha, and Siddharth Varma, JJ., looked into

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All HC | Status report to be filed addressing what facilities being provided to migrant workers keen to reach their native place

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Anil Kumar and Saurabh Lavania, JJ., addressed a Public Interest Litigation and sought the essential necessities

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All HC | PIL filed to ensure compliance of MoHFW advisory on prohibition of use of Sodium Hypochlorite spray on human beings

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Anil Kumar and Saurabh Lavania, JJ. addressing a concerned with regard to spraying of Sodium Hypochlorite

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All HC | ‘Azan’ an essential & integral part of Islam but use of loud­speakers is not; Right to offer Azan by voice, protected under Art. 25 of Constitution

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Ajit Kumar, JJ., while addressing a Public Interest Litigation held that, “Azan

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Del HC | PIL filed without “any ground work” and any “thought to it”; Court dismisses petition seeking effective measures for sex workers and LGBTQ community during COVID-19

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ., dismissed a petition raising concerns for the welfare

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Coronavirus | Madras HC| “Art. 21 includes right to have decent burial”; Court takes suo motu cognizance of obstruction caused in burial of COVID-19 infected doctor

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and M. Nirmal Kumar, JJ. took up the present matter by was of suo

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Coronavirus | Megh HC addresses a PIL with regard to allotment of burial/cremation ground; Matter listed in 3 weeks

Meghalaya High Court: A Division Bench of H.S. Thangkhiew and W. Diengdoh, JJ. addressed a PIL with regard to allotment of burial/cremation ground.

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J&K HC | Rising domestic violence amid lockdown — Court suggests measures and directions, takes cognizance suo motu

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Division Bench of Gita Mittal, CJ and Rajnesh Oswal, J. took suo motu cognizance of increasing

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Tablighi Jamaat Crisis | Guj HC | Union of India to provide complete information to State of Gujarat of persons who were present for Tablighi Jamaat & have entered Gujarat

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Vikram Nath, CJ and Ashutosh J. Shastri, J. addressed a suo motu public interest litigation in

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Raj HC | Online fantasy game -“Dream 11” does not involve offences of betting and gambling; Court dismisses PIL

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Indrajit Mahanty CJ, and Ashok Kumar Gaur J., dismissed a Public Interest Litigation alleging the

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P&H HC | Court casts obligation on Home Secretary and directs State to improve living conditions of the inmates of jails in Punjab

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh, JJ. allowed the petition seeking a survey to

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Guj HC | PIL against slum rehabilitation scheme rejected as it was creating undue hurdle for slum-dwellers

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of S.R. Brahmbhatt and A.P. Thaker, JJ. dismissed a PIL filed by the petitioner. The applicant

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Raj HC | Encroachment over pasture land to be dealt with specialized Land Protection Cell in order to curtail large number of Public Interest Litigation applications

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Goverdhan Bardhar and Mohammad Rafiq, JJ. disposed of a Public Interest Litigation, directing the specialized

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All HC | Administration of Allahabad University directed to come up with plan to stop criminal activities spurring in campus

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Saurabh Shaym Shamshery, J. ordered the administration of Allahabad University to

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MP HC | No reason to review by court if there is no error apparent on the face of record; review petition dismissed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of S.C. Sharma and Virender Singh, JJ., dismissed the review petition on the ground that

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Kar HC | State government obliged to reimburse unaided schools for RTE children, only if there are no government or government-aided schools in neighbourhood

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of L. Narayana Swamy and P.S. Dinesh Kumar, JJ. allowed a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) to

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MP HC | No orders passed in PIL as municipal corpn. undertook satisfactory measures to manage stray animals and allied problems

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of S.C. Sharma and Virendra Singh, JJ. contemplated a petition by way of Public Interest

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Ker HC | Issue of right over Sabarimala Temple is matter of religious belief and practice; jurisdiction in PIL not warranted

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Hrishikesh Roy and A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, JJ. was seized of a petition structured as