Public Interest Litigation
Public Interest Litigation Author : VS Warrier “Public interest Litigation”, in simple words, means, litigation filed in a court of law, for the protection of “Public Interest”, such as pollution,…
Public Interest Litigation
DOT ordered to ban porn sites in India
Most of the websites which are delivering pornographic contents are at present in accessible in India, on several Internet Service Providers (ISP’s). With effect from August 1, 2015 most of…
Locus Standi
Maygha Viswanat Being in the legal fraternity and as law students we often come across the term “Locus Standi.” This maxim forms the deciding factor when a case comes up…
Common Cause v. Union of India
The most resonant judgment which the Apex Courtdelivered in the year 2014 was the one which cancelled around 200 coal mining licences, in Common Cause v. Union of India. It is the…
Madras High Court rejected PIL on festival holidays
Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M Sathyanarayanan of Madras High Court while dismissing a Public Interest Petition (PIL) which objected to the court granting four to…
There is no north-south divide, says Madras HC
Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M Sathyanarayanan of Madras High Court while dismissing a Public Interest Petition (PIL) which objected to the court granting four to…
Online advertisements shall comply with Indian laws
Supreme Court disapproved of a stand taken by the central government and said that, an effort has to be made to ensure that websites displaying advertisements shall not be in…
High Court upholds authorities’ sealing temple
The bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana while hearing the Public Interest Litigation came up before them challenging the seal put up by officials on…
Right of lawyers to go on strike: Mumbai HC
Prachi Kumari A bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah of the Bombay High Court has warned contempt action against lawyers who go on strike. The HC was hearing a…
Right to Life: Reshaped Again
Aastha Mehta, Student of Law, GNLU, Gandhinagar Supreme Court has again taken favored stand for the citizens of the country, by criticizing the Government for not having any framework of…