The HC observed that there was no constitutional violation in the rules.
The Bombay high court has asked Mumbai Police Commissioner to file a report on the alleged underworld links of Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal.
SC notice to Centre, EC over Chawla's removal
Jutice G S Sistani of the Delhi high court, who heard civil petition 5973/2008 of Dr Kunal Saha vs M Sujata Rao and others, asked the petitioner to convert the case of fake AIDS kits into a public interest litigation so that a larger bench could hear the matter and take a decision.
The judges, however, refused to issue notice to the Union home secretary, the first respondent, and Azhagiri, the eighth respondent in the PIL.
Mole issue: PIL against Vajpayee, Jaswant
Concerned over the growing number of frivolous public interest litigations flooding the courts, the Supreme Court has said imposters and busybodies masquerading as "crusaders of justice" should be dealt with in a ruthless manner.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked aerated drink makers PepsiCo and Coca Cola to file their replies within six weeks on the N K Ganguly Committee report that concluded cola drinks contained pesticide residues.
Transcript of chat with Vishwanath Chaturvedi.
A Pune resident has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lost Rs 65,065 crore (Rs 650.65 billion) in 2006-07 due to fall in its valuation of investments in foreign exchange.
Bombay high court admitted on Wednesday, a public interest litigation filed by Association of Hoteliers and Restaurant challenging the ban on dance bars in Maharashtra.
The comments gave a false picture to the public that a government could not be questioned or found fault with whatever it did, the petition said.
The plea, filed by advocates Shishir Chaturvedi and Karunesh Kumar Shukla, said that apart from private individuals and members of state Sunni Board, the presence of central and state government representatives was essential to ensure proper management of the funds.
Terming the episode as 'unfortunate,' the Court said petitioner Vijay Kumar Tiwari could file a criminal complaint against Qureshi.
A bench comprising Mr Justice A R Lakshmanan and Mr Justice Dalveer Bhandari issued notices on Friday last on a petition filed by The Environmental and Consumer Protection Foundation.
The US corporation organised this dance on January 30 this year at a function to roll out the retail version of Windows Vista, its new computer operating system.
The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear a public interest litigation seeking exemption of the operation of the 'creamy layer' rule within the Other Backward Classes for persons engaged in hereditary occupations.
We have serious doubts about the bonafide of the petitioner who is incidentally a member of the legal fraternity," a Bench comprising Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal and Justice C K Thakker said, dismissing the petition.
Nayar urged the court to takeup the matter at an early date in view of the high number of vacant seats likely to be filled in the near future.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice P Jyothimani vacated the interim stay granted on Monday after recording an undertaking given by Advocate General R Vidudhalai.
The Delhi High Court Friday banned all public functions, including marriages, at public parks, streets or public roads henceforth.
The Centre had told the apex court that the entitlement of former MPs to get pension and other benefits was "justified" as their dignity has to be maintained.
Khan, alleged to be a JeM militant who had gone to Pakistan for training, was killed in a police encounter in 2002. Human rights activists have alleged he was killed in a false encounter and not while fleeing from the police.
The Bench said "it is a very important issue" and wanted to go through the previous rulings of the apex court on this issue.
The guys who took on the BCCI are now taking on the Capital's administration for a good cause.
Jharkhand tribal groups up in arms against projects
Retired civil servant and social activist Arun Bhatia has filed the PIL.
"It is better to have some guidelines whether these types of PILs can be entertained," a bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said.
"We are not bound by the two-judge bench order," a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said, referring to the order of Justices A K Mathur and Markandey Katju, who had stated that the apex court, in several judgments in the past, had interfered by going into the domains of executive and legislature.
One of the the PILs challenges the renaming of the heritage house as well.
The PIL was filed by National Council for Civil Liberties, which accused NBA of indulging in several illegal activities.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde asked senior lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for PIL petitioners Shashank Shekhar Jha and journalist Savio Rodrigues, to withdraw the plea and approach the high court.
Besides issuing a notice to its own administrative wing, the high court also sent a notice of motion in this regard to the State of Punjab and Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, under whose supervision the recent assembly elections were held.
HC asks Maharashtra about steps taken to prevent epidemics
Trivedi on Wednesday was going to appear in another PIL about rigged admissions to private medical colleges.
According to state government own affidavit submitted to the court, 143 children and 581 women were missing across the state. There is no information about their whereabouts.
The government has four weeks to reply.
