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Supreme Court expressed displeasure over filing frivolous PILs, says the whole concept has been lost

OpIndia Staff -
In 1986, the then Chief Justice PN Bhagwati introduced PIL to the Indian judicial system. The original intent was to provide access to justice to aggrieved citizens.
Law

Hypocrisy of Prashant Bhushan: Attacks Arnab Goswami for getting special treatment, while receiving the same special treatment himself

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, Prashant Bhushan had filed a writ petition on April 30 in the Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by Gujarat police for hurting of religious sentiments.
News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Lawyer files PIL seeking ‘immediate restoration’ of SPG cover for Gandhis, gets fined Rs 25,000

OpIndia Staff -
The Madhya Pradesh HC, rejecting the petition of Advocate Bohre, has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 saying that the petitioner is trying to gain 'cheap publicity'.
Law

PIL industry commands ‘Thou shall not decide against our vested interests’: Will the Lordships finally say ‘thus far and no further’?

Amit Kelkar -
The question which remained unanswered so far is, will the Court – as a collective institution – take up this challenge and send a message, loud and clear, “thus far and no further”.
News Reports

Supreme Court converts letter against Aarey tree cutting for Mumbai Metro to PIL, forms special bench to hear on 7th October

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court takes suo moto cognisance of a letter against cutting trees for Mumbai Metro
Law

SC refuses to grant an urgent hearing on a petition filed by infamous ML Sharma challenging the scrapping of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of India refused to grant an urgent hearing on a petition filed by advocate ML Sharma challenging the scrapping of Article 370
News Reports

Supreme Court refuses to entertain a PIL filed by lawyer ML Sharma seeking cancellation of 2019 general elections

OpIndia Staff -
Manohar Lal Sharma had approached the SC seeking its direction to conduct fresh Lok Sabha polls using ballot papers.
Editor's picks

Prashant Bhushan may have pushed his luck too far this time

Ashish Shukla -
Civil Riots…err…Rights Lawyer Prashant Bhushan gets away with murder. But this time he might have pushed his luck too far.
Law

Interim CBI Director appointment: Prashant Bhushan admits he made a ‘genuine mistake’ by claiming Govt submitted fabricated documents

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan had filed an application seeking the recusal of Justice Arun Mishra from hearing the contempt petition filed against him by K.K. Venugopal. The application was dismissed by the Court.
Law

Serial petitioner advocate M L Sharma moves Supreme Court against interim budget, challenges validity

OpIndia Staff -
Advocate ML Sharma says interim budget is a fraud as constitution has no provision for it
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