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On December 16, the high court concluded the hearing and reserved its judgment by orally observing that the petitioner was required to provide sufficient material to support his claims, which was not the case. (Express Photo)

Bombay HC rejects PIL seeking probe against Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule, Ajit Pawar over ‘illegal’ permissions for Lavasa project

December 22, 2025 1:18 pm

The Bombay High Court noted that the petitioner had earlier filed a similar plea which was disposed of in 2022 on grounds of delay, since it was filed nearly a decade after the Lavasa project commenced.

The Calcutta High Court dismissed a PIL challenging the construction of a mosque named ‘Babri Masjid’ by suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir in Murshidabad. (File)

Why Calcutta HC dismissed plea against construction of Babri Masjid replica in Murshidabad

December 18, 2025 5:02 pm

Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir had announced his plan to lay the foundation stone on December 6 and declared he would quit the TMC and launch his own political outfit

Impose prohibitory orders only in urgent cases, HC tells deputy commissioners in Punjab

December 02, 2025 5:24 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court says the provision empowers district authorities to act only in ‘urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger’ and that the statute must be ‘followed to the hilt’.

HC flags 22-year delay in BBMB shop eviction in Punjab's Nangal, directs action in 4 weeks

December 02, 2025 2:31 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court order passed on December 1 warned that the case will reopen if authorities fail to act.

Talaq-e-Hasan challenged in Supreme Court

Talaq-E-Hasan divorce explained: Can it be done over WhatsApp? Lawyer answers FAQs

November 20, 2025 12:57 pm

Talaq-E-Hasan divorce explained, Muslim divorce law in India: The Indian Express spoke to Advocate Misbah Solkar to understand the custom of divorce called Talaq-e-Hasan and its legal implications.

Prevent waterlogging at KEM Hospital in future, Bombay HC tells BMC, state govt

May 30, 2025 12:08 pm

Advocate Mohit Khanna had produced news reports related to waterlogging at KEM Hospital before the Bombay High Court, seeking directions to the BMC.

Hearing on surrogate advertising in Punjab and Haryana High Court

Adman Sandeep Goyal moves Punjab & Haryana HC against surrogate ads, seeks govt-led regulatory mechanism

May 29, 2025 6:06 pm

Rediffusion's Sandeep Goyal contends that existing redress mechanisms are too slow to counter the real-time impact of surrogate ads, which indirectly promote tobacco, alcohol and other products not legally allowed to be advertised.

Bombay HC seeks BMC’s reply to plea against 'unhygienic' Tardeo fish market

May 17, 2025 1:04 pm

Residents of housing societies in Mumbai’s Tardeo area filed a PIL, alleging that a new fish market in the area was affecting their health and religious sentiments.

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After Bengaluru techie’s suicide, PIL in SC seeks review of dowry law

December 14, 2024 3:01 am

The plea said that because of cases of false implication of married men using these laws, the real incidents of cruelty against women are looked at with suspicion.

Allahabad HC (Express Photo by Ritesh Shukla)

Don’t grant licence to liquor shop near Kanpur school, says Allahabad HC after 5-year-old LKG student moves court

May 08, 2024 6:44 pm

The LKG student had moved the Allahabad High Court saying that the liquor shop adjacent to his school in Kanpur was less than 30 metres away from his school.