Articles for Filed Petitions

Fresh trouble for SpiceJet as three aircraft lessors, former pilot file insolvency pleas
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Fresh trouble for SpiceJet as three aircraft lessors, former pilot file insolvency pleas

The Hindu  

SpiceJet is facing a fresh round of troubles as three Ireland-based aircraft lessors and a former pilot have filed insolvency pleas in NCLT against the budget carrier, claiming defaults. Three lessors - NGF Alpha, NGF Genesis and NGF Charlie- have filed petitions under Section 9 of IBC, seeking initiation of insolvency proceedings against SpiceJet claiming dues totalling $12.68 million. SpiceJet, …

Insolvency Nclt Spicejet Ibc Lessors Section 10A Filed Petitions
Death Penalty, Imprisonment, Breach Of Peace, Trial Of Offences: Kerala HC Clarifies Scope & Application Of Criminal Writ Petitions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Death Penalty, Imprisonment, Breach Of Peace, Trial Of Offences: Kerala HC Clarifies Scope & Application Of Criminal Writ Petitions

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has stated that proceedings that may result in punishments such as death, imprisonment and forfeiture of property should be filed as Writ Petitions. The Registrar clarified that as per a notification dated April 11, 2013, writ petition was adopted in the High Court for petitions under Article 226 for writ of Habeas Corpus and for other …

Writ Petition Court Civil Criminal Petitions Criminal Proceedings Writ
Bombay High Court reserves order on election petition against Shiv Sena MP
4 months, 1 week ago

Bombay High Court reserves order on election petition against Shiv Sena MP

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved its order on an election petition filed by Shahaji N Thorat, a taxi driver who contested the recent parliamentary elections and lost the Mumbai Northeast seat to Shiv Sena candidate Sanjay Dina Patil. Thorat initially filed the petition against the Election Commission and Patil, later seeking to amend it to include all candidates …

Election Patil Thorat Election Petition Sena Mp Petition Filed Court Reserves
Bail Pleas, Criminal Petitions Filed After July 01, 2024 For FIRs Lodged Prior To Said Date To Be Governed By BNSS: Gauhati High Court
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Bail Pleas, Criminal Petitions Filed After July 01, 2024 For FIRs Lodged Prior To Said Date To Be Governed By BNSS: Gauhati High Court

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Monday held that all pre-arrest bail, regular bail, and criminal petitions filed after July 01, 2024 in respect of FIR registered prior to July 01, 2024 i.e. The division bench comprising the Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Devashis Baruah was hearing a reference by a Single Judge bench of Gauhati High Court on the …

Appeal Trial Court Bail Application 2024 High
Shinde group MLAs file bulky replies to disqualification petitions
1 year, 7 months ago

Shinde group MLAs file bulky replies to disqualification petitions

The Hindu  

The 40 members of the Legislative Assembly led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday filed their individual replies running into thousands of pages to the disqualification notice issued by Speaker Rahul Narwekar. On June 21, 2022, Mr. Shinde, leader of the Shiv Sena in the Maharashtra Assembly, suddenly left Mumbai with many Sena MLAs for Surat. The next …

Shiv Sena Mla Shinde
Bail plea of Viveka murder accused dismissed
2 years, 7 months ago

Bail plea of Viveka murder accused dismissed

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: The High Court bench has dismissed the bail petitions of three accused in the YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case on Monday, following objections from the CBI and Vivekananda Reddy’s daughter Sunitha, over likely threats from them to the witnesses when the investigations have reached its peak stage. Second accused Sunil Yadav, third accused Gajjala Umashankar Reddy and fifth accused …

Court Bail Accused Reddy Cbi Viveka
PILs Filed Before Calcutta High Court Seeking CBI Probe Into 4 Rape Cases Reported This Month In West Bengal
2 years, 11 months ago

PILs Filed Before Calcutta High Court Seeking CBI Probe Into 4 Rape Cases Reported This Month In West Bengal

Live Law  

A batch of Public Interest Litigation petitions have been filed before the Calcutta High Court on Monday, seeking a CBI probe into 5 recent rape cases that are reported in various districts of West Bengal this month. Incidents of rape have been reported to have taken place at Netra and Namkhana villages in South 24 Parganas district, at Pingla in …

Court Rape West Bengal West Cbi Pil Reported
Direct Centre To Disclose Use Of Pegasus Spyware : 5 Journalists On Potential Snoop List Move Supreme Court
3 years, 7 months ago

Direct Centre To Disclose Use Of Pegasus Spyware : 5 Journalists On Potential Snoop List Move Supreme Court

Live Law  

In a significant development in the Pegasus spyware controversy, five journalists who are reported to be in the potential list of snoop targets have filed writ petitions in the Supreme Court contending that the unauthorized use of surveillance by government agencies have violated their fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution.This is the first instance of persons approaching the. In a …

India Constitution Court Petitions Potential Writ List
Contempt Of Court-Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Prashant Bhushan's Plea For Intra-Court Appeal Before Review Petitions Are Adjudicated
4 years, 3 months ago

Contempt Of Court-Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Prashant Bhushan's Plea For Intra-Court Appeal Before Review Petitions Are Adjudicated

Live Law  

Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed an application filed by Advocate Prashant Bhushan seeking a direction from the top court that the two plea's praying review of the orders of conviction for contempt of court be heard after the adjudication of the petition raising the issue of right of appeal.A three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justices AM …

India Supreme Court Appeal Court Contempt Conviction Petitions
'Pained To Notice Multiple Petitions Over Unauthorized Construction Of Panchayat Bhawans In UP Villages': Allahabad HC Seeks Authority's Personal Affidavit
4 years, 3 months ago

'Pained To Notice Multiple Petitions Over Unauthorized Construction Of Panchayat Bhawans In UP Villages': Allahabad HC Seeks Authority's Personal Affidavit

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rapped the UP Government for its failure to prevent unauthorized construction of Panchayat Bhawans in villages across the State and directed the Principal Secretary of the State Panchayati Raj department to seek instructions as to plausible reliefs in the matter. "We are noticing that every day several writ petitions relating to unauthorized construction of …

Construction Court State Panchayat Villages Unauthorized Construction Panchayat Bhawan
Nirbhaya Case: SC to Hear Centre’s Appeal Against HC Verdict
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya Case: SC to Hear Centre’s Appeal Against HC Verdict

The Quint  

The appeal filed by the Centre and the Delhi government came up for hearing before a bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha which adjourned the matter for next week. The trial court on 17 February issued fresh date for execution of death warrants for 3 March at 6 am for the four convicts – Mukesh Kumar …

Centre Vinay Mukesh Kumar
Why Nirbhaya Convicts Are Not Going to Be Hanged on 22 January
5 years, 2 months ago

Why Nirbhaya Convicts Are Not Going to Be Hanged on 22 January

The Quint  

One of the complications in this case is that not all the convicts have filed their mercy petitions, or even the curative petitions which are their last attempt to get the Supreme Court to reconsider their case. Till date, only Mukesh Singh has filed a mercy petition while two of the convicts are yet to file their curative petitions. Executions …

Petitions Petition Convicts
SC To Consider Centre's Plea For Transfer Of Petitions Filed In High Courts Against CAA
5 years, 2 months ago

SC To Consider Centre's Plea For Transfer Of Petitions Filed In High Courts Against CAA

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take up on Friday the Centre's plea for transfer of all petitions filed in the different High Courts challenging the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act to the apex court. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned the matter before CJI Bobde saying that the various High Court may take contrasting views of the matter. It was …

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Supreme Court dismisses all Ayodhya verdict review pleas
5 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court dismisses all Ayodhya verdict review pleas

India Today  

The Supreme Court closed the doors on any further review on the Ayodhya land dispute case. A five-judge bench rejected a batch of petitions seeking review of the November 9 Ayodhya land dispute verdict, which cleared the way for construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site. What was Ayodhya verdict A five-judge bench, headed by the then CJI …

Supreme Court Petitions Verdict Ayodhya Filed Bench Court Dismisses
Civic polls: Telangana govt told to file plea replies individually
5 years, 4 months ago

Civic polls: Telangana govt told to file plea replies individually

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice A. Rajashekar Reddy of Telangana High Court has told the state government to file individual counters, rather than a common counter on all writ petitions filed seeking a stay on municipal elections. The court was dealing with a batch of 77 petitions, which have been pending for four months after the court issued interim orders putting off elections …

Telangana File Municipal
Rafale case: Supreme Court dismisses review petitions
5 years, 4 months ago

Rafale case: Supreme Court dismisses review petitions

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the review petitions against the December 14th judgement of the SC which declined to order a probe into the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets by the Modi government from Dassault Aviation. The 3 Judge Bench held that the review petitions filed by Prashant Bhushan, Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha lacked merits. Read: Fact-Check: …

Supreme Court Court Petitions Review Petitions Hindu Rahul Gandhi Modi
SC agrees to hear pleas seeking review of Rafale deal verdict
6 years, 1 month ago

SC agrees to hear pleas seeking review of Rafale deal verdict

India TV News  

SC agrees to hear pleas seeking review of Rafale deal verdict An apex court bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, said four applications or petitions have been filed in the Rafale matter and one of them is still lying with the registry on account of defect. An apex court bench comprising Chief …

Court Information Deal Filed Plea Rafale Seeking
Petitioner Interest Litigation – Time To Check.
6 years, 1 month ago

Petitioner Interest Litigation – Time To Check.

Live Law  

PIL-1 & PIL-2 The advent of Public Interest Litigation was perhaps one of finest moments in the history of Indian judiciary. I am focusing from 2015-2018 and taking few samples of such Petitioner Interest Litigation filed before the Supreme Court. Figurative Data – PIL-3 In an hour of research, I could easily gather that in the past 4 years, at …

Supreme Court Petitions Interest Petitioner Litigation Petition Filed Constitutional Courts
The Applicability Of The Law Of Limitation To Petitions Filed Before The District Judge Under The P & MP Act, 1962
6 years, 2 months ago

The Applicability Of The Law Of Limitation To Petitions Filed Before The District Judge Under The P & MP Act, 1962

Live Law  

The legal issue which has impelled me to right this Article is as to whether Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963, enabling condonation of delay on the ground of sufficient cause, is applicable to applications filed before a District Judge under sub-section or under sub-section of Section 10 of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines Act,. 6) Kerala State Electricity …

Law India Kerala Compensation Judges Court Gujarat
Lawyers Routinely Giving Certificates For Filing Review Petitions Defeats Purpose Of Trusting Them With The Task: Delhi HC [Read Order]
6 years, 11 months ago

Lawyers Routinely Giving Certificates For Filing Review Petitions Defeats Purpose Of Trusting Them With The Task: Delhi HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, rapped litigants for making it a habit of filing review petitions without understanding whether the case was fit for it. This is being stated by this Court because filing of review petition has now become almost a habit with respect to certain litigants," Justice Valmiki J. Mehta observed.The Court also scorned. This is being …

Court Review Petitions Review Petition Review Filing Wrong Petition
SC to hear pleas seeking cancellation of Shahabuddin bail on Wednesday
8 years, 6 months ago

SC to hear pleas seeking cancellation of Shahabuddin bail on Wednesday

India TV News  

The Supreme Court today adjourned the hearing of petitions seeking cancellation of former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin's bail to Wednesday. The petitions filed by Bihar government and an old couple from Siwan, whose three sons were allegedly killed on behest of former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, sought cancellation of later's bail in a murder case. In her plea, Kalawati Devi …

Murder Court Bail Case Hear Shahabuddin Siwan
Petitions filed in SC challenging National Judicial Appointment Commissions Act and Constitution 99th Amendment Act [Read the Copy of SCAORA Petition]
10 years, 2 months ago

Petitions filed in SC challenging National Judicial Appointment Commissions Act and Constitution 99th Amendment Act [Read the Copy of SCAORA Petition]

Live Law  

Fresh petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the National Judicial Appointments Commission, by the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association, Senior Advocate Bhim Singh and Senior Advocate Bishwajit Bhattacharya.The petition filed by SCAORA, through its secretary, Mr. Vipin Nair, and settled by Senior Advocate Fali S. Nariman, has challenged both the Constitution. Fresh petitions have been filed …

India Justice Constitution Judges Court National Judicial
Saving PIL from the Petitioner
11 years, 7 months ago

Saving PIL from the Petitioner

Live Law  

On Monday the Supreme Court will hear a Public Interest Petition which challenges the suspension of Durga Shakti Nagpal, IAS by the Uttar Pradesh government. This article does not cite these Orders in isolation but presents a wider view of the PILs filed by Manoharlal Sharma towards showing larger trend as to how PILs are increasingly being hijacked by serial …

Court Public Supreme Claude Petitioner Pils Manoharlal
Raja, telecom firms’ curative pleas dismissed
12 years, 1 month ago

Raja, telecom firms’ curative pleas dismissed

The Hindu  

In a setback to telecom companies, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed curative petitions filed by four firms and the former Telecom Minister, A. Raja, for review of its February 2, 2012 order cancelling 122 licences for 2G spectrum. Singhvi, which read the petitions in the CJI’s chamber, said no case had made been made within the parameters indicated in …

Telecom Cbi Raja Petition