The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant an urgent hearing to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against the release of the upcoming movie "The Taj Story", which is slated for nationwide release on October 31, 2025.
A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India agreed to hear the plea after an advocate sought urgent listing of the case against a High Court order saying non-Hindus can't perform the 'Agra Puja'.
A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi agreed to hear the pleas on July 10, along with other pending petitions. Advocate Vrinda Grover and another advocate mentioned for urgent listing.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the petition before a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and K Vinod Chandran, seeking urgent listing of the plea tomorrow.
The petition was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar by advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for some former bureaucrats, saying that the plea needed urgent listing.
Advocate Gopal Shankarnarayan mentioned the application for urgent listing of the matter, to which a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that it will list the case.
Taking a fresh swipe at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a day after the Delhi High Court dealt him a fresh blow, turning down the ruling AAP's request for an urgent listing of its plea against the former's arrest in the liquor policy case, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said on Sun
The Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, on Saturday moved to the Delhi High Court, challenging his arrest and the order of remand passed by the trial court on March 22.
The West Bengal government again mentioned before the Supreme Court seeking an urgent hearing on a plea against the Calcutta High Court order directing a CBI probe in the Sandeshkhali matter pertaining to the attack on ED officials.