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A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding a ban on rallies by political parties ahead of the upcoming Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur over fears of the spread of the new omicron variant.

Taking a tough stand on lawyers involved in criminal activities, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council and the Bar Council of India what disciplinary a...

The Kerala High Court on Thursday has denied initiating the proceedings for the contempt of court against a former judicial officer for making unpleasant post on a social media platform.

In view of the statement made by the counsels for Punjab and Haryana as well as the senior standing counsel for the Union Territory, Chandigarh, the Division Bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court did not find any reason to entertain the PIL which was accordingly disposed of.

The Bombay High Court has directed the Collector of Gondia district and other officers to remain present before the High Court on January 5, 2022 for the hearing of a suo motu PIL on the survival of Sarus Crane as a bird species in India.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday heard a plea seeking directions to the Union of India to provide Z-plus security to the petitioner, an independent politician and social activist, who primarily works on various socio-political issues in Naxalite areas.

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has rejected the second bail plea of the then Finance Director Sudhanshu Dwivedi in the PF scam case in Power Corporation during the Samajwadi Party government.

The Gauhati High Court recently directed its Registrar General to place the PIL alleging violation of the official language policy of the state before the Chief Justice on the administrative side for an appropriate decision for listing it and three other petitions before the appropriate Bench.

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently dismissed a PIL seeking a declaration that Ambagarh Chowki should be declared a district headquarters instead of Mohla Manpur.

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to fill up the vacant senior level posts of doctors in all medical colleges of the state immediately. Also the Principal Secretary, Medical Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow is directed to personally oversee and make sincere efforts to see that not only at Meerut and Saharanpur but in all the other state medical colleges senior-level posts are timely advertised and vacancies are filled expeditiously as it directly affects the teaching of the students.