17-Jun-2023 Aadhar or mobile nos cannot be linked to welfare scheme benefits: Orissa HC to govts Severe malnourishment has affected children in the Jajpur district of Odisha, a state with vulnerable districts.
02-May-2023 CJP, other rights groups challenge Maharashtra Govt GR setting up a Committee to “monitor inter-faith marriages” The PIL challenges the December 15 GR on the ground that it is based on false assumptions of the real cause of intimate partner violence and argues that the right to privacy, the danger of state surveillance and executive overreach demand that this GR be first stayed, then quashed
28-Feb-2023 SC dismisses petition filed by Ashwini Upadhaya, deems it violation of Constitution’s secular principles The PIL had sought for directions to rename historical cities and places that are currently named after "foreign barbaric invaders", read Muslim
21-Dec-2022 क्या हैं CJP द्वारा धार्मिक जुलूसों के संदर्भ में दिशानिर्देश जारी करने को लेकर डाली गई जनहित याचिका के मायने? मई 2022 में दायर की गई इस याचिका को 9 दिसम्बर को सुनने के बाद अदालत द्वारा खारिज कर दिया गया। इस याचिका में गृह मंत्रालय द्वारा 2019 में जारी एक ऐडवाइज़री, भारत में अपराध संबंधी कानून विशेषकर भारतीय शस्त्र अधिनियम (Arms Act) एवं विभिन्न न्यायिक जांच आयोगों (judicial commission) की रिपोर्टों में जुलूसों पर सख्त पाबंदियाँ लागू करने को लेकर की गई सिफारिशों आदि के उल्लंघन संबंधी प्रश्न उठाए गए थे।
12-Dec-2022 What was CJP’s PIL seeking directions for implementation of law for regulation of religious processions all about? The PIL, that was filed in May 2022, was heard and dismissed on December 9, raised issues of how a 2019 MHA Advisory, Indian criminal law and Arms Act as well as judgements & Judicial Commission Reports required implementation of strict norms and restrictions on all processions, that were often breached
30-Mar-2022 Free legal aid must mean quality service: SC Justice UU Lalit The Executive Chairman of NLSA stresses on need to induct talented and committed persons