PIL

Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Orissa High Court today directed the Odisha government's Home Department to submit a status report on the Dhinkia issue. The next hearing in the matter has been scheduled for January 27.…

Cuttack: The issue of brutal lathicharge by the police on the villagers of Dhinkia in Jagatsinghpur district opposing land acquisition for the JSW project reached the Orissa High Court today. Two PILs were filed in the High Court in this…

Cuttack: A public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to postpone the Pipili bypoll in view of the rising number of Covid-19 cases was filed in the Orissa High Court today. Admitting the PIL, the High Court while fixing May 7 as the next…

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday dismissed two petitions challenging the selection of a site for the Netaji Bus Terminus in Cuttack. This development has cleared the path for the State government to proceed with the proposed bus…

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today while expressing satisfaction over the progress made by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in probing the Nayagarh minor girl abduction and murder case, allowed it 10 more weeks to submit its…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the government has to be given latitude in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, as it declined to entertain a PIL by retired bureaucrats seeking an independent inquiry commission to examine…

Bhubaneswar: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Orissa High Court today seeking to quash the Government of Odisha order issued on August 31, 2020, restricting/closing religious places/places of worship for public as illegal…

Cuttack: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Orissa High Court on Tuesday seeking its intervention to allow Durga Puja celebrations this year. Cuttack Balu Bazaar Puja Committee filed the petition and urged the HC to…

New Delhi:  A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the Telangana government to pass an Executive Order or Resolution, giving a commitment for rebuilding religious places within the Telangana…

A Public interest litigation (PIL) seeking legal action against Daitapati sevayats (Daita servitors) and Mudirasta of Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri for violating COVID-19 regulations was filed in the Orissa High Court today, court sources…