FACTS The petitioner, Assistant Commissioner (Assessment), Commercial Taxes, Thrissur was alleged to have taken a bribe from one M/s. Nano Excel Enterprises and help them evade taxes. The said information was given by the Commissioner of Commercial T ..
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION The Delhi Government filed a PIL before the Supreme Court against the Centre seeking closure of 10 thermal power plants located in Punjab, Haryana, UP that contribute to air pollution in Delhi significantly. The PIL also so ..
BACKGROUND The Gujarat Government passed the Gujarat Prohibition Act in 1949 prohibiting the manufacturing, selling, purchasing, and consuming liquor in the state. It has been challenged many times by different petitioners before the Gujarat High Cou ..
BACKGROUND Mr. Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director of Facebook India, and the company Facebook were alleged to collude with the parties who had an interest in the recent riots that took place in the national capital, New Delhi. The after ..
PIL BEFORE THE COURT Gaurav Bansal filed PIL before the Court saying that around 10,000 people are languishing in mental homes because of social stigma. He also stated that the Maharashtra Government is transferring people from mental homes to beggar ..
FACTS The Delhi Police alleged that NewsClick’s Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha received a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of Rs 9.59 crore from Worldwide Media Holdings in the United States in the year 2018-19. The Enforcement Directorate r ..
BACKGROUND The Central Government passed the 97th Constitutional Amendment in 2011, relating to encouraging the economic activities of cooperatives. The said Amendment was challenged before the Gujarat High Court through a PIL on the ground that it w ..
BACKGROUND Delhi faced communal riots and violence between 24th and 29th February 2020 causing loss to life and property. The result of these riots led to the formation of the Committee on Peace and Harmony by the legislative assembly of NCT of Delhi ..
BACKGROUND The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021 was enacted by the President and notified on 4th April 2021. The ordinance amended various acts relating to the protection of Intellectual Property Rights. T ..
BACKGROUND The Mizoram Government on 29th June 2021 declared the Standard Operating Procedures for the movement of vaccinated and non-vaccinated within the state during the ongoing pandemic. The SOPs require all the persons to be vaccinated and the n ..