Public Interest Litigation
The Punjab and Haryana High Court rejected the report that was submitted by the Gurgaon administration on construction activities in prohibited zones around the Gurgaon Air Force Station. The Court has also directed the deputy commissioner, municipal commissioner and the commissioner of police to appear in person before the court. Reasons Cited: The High Court [...] Continue Reading »
Observation orders have been issued by The Securities and Exchange Board of India or Sebi on initial public offering or IPO or Lavasa Corporations. This has signified the debacle of the regulatory course before IPO. As stated by a company official, Lavasa can now smartly say yes to the IPO and they are happy to [...] Continue Reading »
A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by the villagers of Luni village of Mundra taluk in Kutch district. They were protesting against gauchar (grazing) land given to the Adani Group for its Special Economic Zone. The Gujarat High Court on Thursday disposed of this case. During the pendency of the application, filed in 2011, the [...] Continue Reading »
A total of 5,44,870 buildings and construction workers have been registered in the recent past. This data is up to May 31, 2014 and under the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 registration process is a mandatory process of all the construction companies. A division bench headed by Chief Justice D H Waghela has posted [...] Continue Reading »
A bench of the Bombay high court, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed four years ago by a group of residents from Hiranandani Estate, Thane, said If residents are complaining of illegal structures mushrooming across the city , The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) or the Thane collector cannot ‘throw its hands up’. To [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the installation of cell phone towers on residential buildings. The PIL, reports that these towers can pose health hazards to residents living within 50-metre radius and also sought urgent steps to reduce [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court has asked the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to file an affidavit on the plan of action concerning the reconstruction of 1,640 flats for economically weaker sections (EWS) at Ejipura after a public interest litigation petition filed by allottees of flats. The petition stated that the original allottees of the flats [...] Continue Reading »
GK-II residents’ welfare association (RWA) has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) against the opening of Savitri Cinema complex. The PIL had been presented to Delhi high court stating that the parking space provided by the developers complex is not enough and instead has been sold to nearby shops and offices. The PIL of 300 [...] Continue Reading »
Mithi river located in Mumbai has been famous for its stink, filled with debris and garbage. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been ordered to remove garbage within span of ten days. The fed up residents who are surviving in the surrounding areas of this river had long back filed public interest litigation. To stop illegal [...] Continue Reading »
Dumping of wastes in the city area is not being paused even after the orders passed by the Pollution Control Board (PCB) in Kochi city. Illegal slaughtering also traced out to be increasing in Chambakkara canal at Vyttila. This has paved way for the increase of chaos in the municipal wing and also dumping of [...] Continue Reading »
