The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging a 1980 notification listing certain mosques in Jahangir Puri as Wakf properties, observing that courts cannot allow stale disputes to be revived on "flimsy grounds" or permit misuse of PIL jurisdiction.
The plea had specifically alleged discriminatory remarks by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, among others and sought guidelines to tackle such remarks made by public figures.
The Supreme Court refuses to entertain a plea filed by Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj party seeking to set aside the entire 2025 Bihar Assembly election results on the ground that the same was won illegally by distributing Rs. 15,600 crores of cash to voters.
The Supreme Court has asked an advocate who filed a public interest litigation (PIL) plea regarding a recent crisis involving a surge in flight delays and cancellations by the airline company Indigo to approach the Delhi High Court.
"We understand that lakhs of people are stranded. Maybe some people have urgent work and are not able to...But then, the Government of India has taken cognisance of the issue. Timely steps appear to have been taken. We don't see any urgency right now", CJI Surya Kant said.
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea filed by Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) MP (Member of Parliament) from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib, Amritpal Singh, challenging his April 2023 detention under the National Security Act (NSA).
The plea has also sought directions to the frame and issue binding guidelines to the Election Commission of India to ensure transparency, accountability, and integrity in the preparation, maintenance, and publication of electoral rolls, including mechanisms for detection and prevention of
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea of actor Jacqueline Fernandez against a Delhi High Court order refusing to quash money laundering proceedings against her in the Rs 200 crore case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih granted permission to the AAP leader to approach the High Court with his plea, after his counsel requested the same.
The top court said it will hear a later plea seeking implementation of its 2006 verdict on police reforms that recommended steps like the separation of investigation and law and order duties.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to apply the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) to all political parties across the country.
A bench of Justices Justice Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, however, allowed the petitioner to withdraw the plea and granted liberty to file a fresh plea raising larger issues seeking reforms in the affairs of political parties.