A PIL was filed before the Supreme Court for an increase in the number of test laboratories and quarantine facilities across the country for treating COVID-19. Acknowledging the urgency amidst the spread of COVID-19 the CJI S.A. Bobde converted the PIL into a direct representation to the Government. The CJI agreed with the Petitioner’s advocate on “Time is of the
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay for granting Minority status to Hindus in 8 States of the country. Mr. Upadhyay stated that Hindus are treated as majority in Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Punjab despite of being a minority in population and are deprived of
The Madras High Court asks that Tamil Nadu Government to make appointments for vacant posts of law officers to enable speedy disposal of cases within a period of six weeks. The Madurai bench of Madras HC comprising Justice KK Sasidharan and GR Swaminathan disposed of a PIL moved by resident R Rajaselvan as the government formed a committee to shortlist
A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court demanding a direction to the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take appropriate steps to use Common Electoral Rolls for Parliament, State Assembly and Local Body Elections. The petition was filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay due to lack of a uniform law or procedure for State election
