PILs

Adani-Hindenburg Row: Supreme Court To Hear PILs Seeking Probe Today

SEBI has sought a six-month extension to conclude its investigation into Hindenburg Research's report on the Adani Group.

May 17, 2023, 07:38 AM IST

BBC Documentary Ban: SC Issues Notice to Centre on PILs Against its Blocking

BBC Documentary Ban: A batch of petitions have been filed by senior journalist N Ram, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, and advocate Prashant Bhushan, and also by senior advocate M L Sharma against the Centre's move to ban the screening of the BBC series.

Feb 03, 2023, 12:56 PM IST

Will SC Revoke Centre's ban on BBC Documentary on PM Narendra Modi? Hearing on Pleas Today

BBC Documentary Row: The two-part BBC documentary, titled ‘India: The Modi Question’, has been in the news ever since its release. It has been dismissed as a biased "propaganda piece" by the government.

Feb 03, 2023, 08:47 AM IST

BBC Documentary Row: BJP MP Mahesh Jethmalani Says British Broadcaster Took Money from China To Spread Anti-India Propaganda

BBC Documentary Row: BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Jethmalani has accused the British Broadcasting Corporation of taking money from China to “torpedo India’s growth story”.

Feb 01, 2023, 07:30 AM IST

‘Waste of Supreme Court’s Precious Time’: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on PILs Against BBC Modi Documentary Ban

BBC Modi Documentary Ban: The Supreme Court today said that it will hear pleas challenging the Centre's decision to block a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots on Monday next week.

Jan 30, 2023, 15:13 PM IST

Sanjay Mishra - the man probing several high-profile cases - gets one-year extension as ED Director

Under Sanjay Mishra's tenure, the ED has launched probe against a number of high-profile people and politicians, including the Congress' first family members Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband Robert Vadra.

Nov 18, 2022, 07:15 AM IST

Supreme Court releases new work roster, four senior-most judges to hear PILs

The subject-wise roster was introduced by former CJI Dipak Misra after four senior judges of the top court, in January 2018, accused him of assigning cases to benches of preferences while ignoring seniority of judges. 

Nov 30, 2019, 21:40 PM IST

SC adopts roster system for allocation of matters to judges

The roster system for allocation of matters to judges will come into effect from February 5.

Feb 01, 2018, 15:43 PM IST

China experiments with public interest litigations

 Chinese prosecuting departments had filed 30 public interest lawsuits, mostly related to environmental protection, in courts until the end of June as part of the national pilot programme largely planned on the lines of India's public interest litigations.

Jul 19, 2016, 12:42 PM IST

Madras HC quashes PILs seeking postponement of CBSE exams in flood-hit Chennai

The Madras HC Friday dismissed two PILs seeking the postponement of half yearly examinations of Class X and Class XII students of the CBSE Board on the ground that the academic activities were severely affected by the devastating floods in Chennai city.

Dec 18, 2015, 13:44 PM IST