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Judicial time is precious, says SC
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the "judicial time is precious" and court's priority was to reduce the pendency of cases. The court while hearing the Essar leaks case told advocate Prashant Bhushan to file better documents supporting his Public Interes
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SC dismisses PIL to lower men's marriageable age
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by lawyer, Asok Pande, seeking to lower the marriageable age for men from 21 to 18 years.
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PIL in SC over committee formation for rare diseases' treatment
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 15 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Centre and state governments for "failing to constitute a state-level technical-cum-administrative committee, and to identify designated hospitals for treatment of people s
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SC says it can't pass an order forcing everyone to become a Vegetarian
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday opined that it "can't pass an order that everyone should become vegetarian" while adjourning a Public Interest Litigation seeking direction to ban the export of meat for consumption and manufacturing leather.
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PIL on disclosure of criminal antecedents of candidates withdrawn
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking immediate compliance of the recent judgment by the Supreme Court for advertising criminal antecedents of candidates in the election campaign has been withdrawn by the petitioner after the Delhi High Court refused to p
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GTB hospital reservation: Delhi HC reserves order
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved it order on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking quashing of a recent circular issued by Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government that excluded non-Delhi residence patients from taking free treatment at the Guru Teg Ba
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SC declines plea to regulate non-religious education at Madarsas, Gurukuls
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking regulation of non-religious education being imparted in Madarsas, Maktabahs and Gurukuls across the country.
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J&J faulty hip implants: SC seeks report from Centre's expert committee
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi, Oct 5 (ANI) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to submit its expert committee's report while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which alleged that 14,525 persons have undergone faulty hip implants marketed and sold by Johnson & Johnson Pvt. Ltd (J&J).<
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GTB hospital reservation: HC issues notice to Delhi Govt
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking stay on a Government circular that excludes non-Delhi patients from taking treatment at the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital fro
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Notice to Centre, Delhi govt on water, sanitation facilities for traffic p
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Centre and the Delhi government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking drinking water and sanitation facilities for the Traffic Police.
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PIL filed on starvation deaths of poor, children
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking direction and appropriate action in the matter related to the occurrence of starvation deaths of poor and slum-dwelling minor children and addressing their malnutrition issues.
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TMC MP files PIL against BJP's bandh call
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal), Sep 24 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament (MP) Idris Ali has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Calcutta High Court against a bandh call given by the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in West Bengal on September 26. He filed the plea on behalf o
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