Tag: Pil

Bhubaneswar: While opposition parties continue to direct their ire against the ruling BJD in connection with the gang rape and subsequent suicide of the Kunduli girl, a case was filed against 11 persons at the District & Sessions Judge Court, Koraput today. Moreover, a PIL was also filed in the Orissa High Court in connection […]

Cuttack: A PIL was filed in the Orissa High Court on Wednesday raising doubts on the health condition of arrested BJD MLA Pravat Biswal who is undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. It has been alleged that Biswal is faking illness to avoid jail custody, after being arrested by CBI on […]

Cuttack: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from Orissa High Court Bar Association in two weeks to file its reply in connection with the shifting of the case of CBI officers entering the house of sitting High Court judge Justice CR Dash, from Orissa High Court to Delhi. The CBI officials had trespassed […]

Cuttack: Amidst the ongoing tug of war between BJD and BJP over fuel price rise, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in Orissa High Court today to bring petroleum products under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) ambit. According to sources, social activist Surendra Panigrahi filed the PIL in High Court seeking a uniform […]

Bhawanipatna: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in Orissa High Court seeking a ban on animal sacrifice during the famous ‘Chhatar Jatra’ of Maa Manikeswari at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district. The PIL filed by social activist Jayanti Das urged the court to instruct Kalahandi district administration to check mass sacrifice of animals including […]

Cuttack: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Orissa High Court today demanding a CBI probe into the flyover collapse near Bomikhal in Bhubaneswar that killed one person and injured 12 others on Sunday. The PIL was the second PIL filed on one day in the same issue. The PIL, filed by the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, dismissed the pleas seeking direction to make yoga compulsory in schools for students from classes 1 to 8. While hearing two PILs filed by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a lawyer, and Delhi BJP spokesperson and advocate JC Seth, a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur, the court said […]

Anandpur: Tension resurfaced once again in Belabahali in Keonjhar district over the construction of a bridge over Kusei River as locals clashed with police. While the construction on the Kusei bridge began with work being undertaken on an approach road from Anandpur side, locals protesting the construction of the bridge clash with the police. Police […]

Cuttack: Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed on the Japanese Encephalities outbreak in Malkangiri, the Orissa High Court today served notices to the Union & State Health secretaries. The court has asked them to reply within 2 weeks. Moreover, the court has also served notice to the Malakangiri collector. Also Read: Encephalitis toll mounts […]

Cuttack: In a major blow to the residents of Belabahali in Keonjhar district opposing the construction of a bridge on Kusei river, the High Court today set aside the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a local outfit saying that the petition does not bear any public interest. While refusing to interfere in the decision […]

The dispute between the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) over the repair of Jagamohan has come to the fore with the former submitting a supplementary counter affidavit to the Orissa High Court today in response to a public interest litigation (PIL)

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today asked authorities of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and the Puri collector to file an affidavit on the status of the ongoing repair and restoration work of Jagamohan inside the Shri Jagannath temple. The court issued the directive while hearing a Public Interest […]

Cuttack: Alleging gross inaction on the part of the Odisha government in the tragic death of five innocent villagers who were killed during an anti-Maoists operation inside Malapanga forest near Kurtamgarh in Kandhamal district in the night on July 8, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Odisha High Court today demanding a […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: With more skeletons tumbling out of the closet of Dhalasamant brothers every day, a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed at the Orissa High Court on Wednesday demanding a CBI inquiry into the brother duo’s alleged links with politicians, ministers and bureaucrats. The PIL filed by human rights activist Prabir Pradhan urged the court […]

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: In a major relief to Odisha’s Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging his appointment filed by Utkal Bharat president and former MP Kharavela Swain. A three-member bench of the apex court rejected the PIL, which sought to declare the […]