The first PIL was filed by an advocate upon seeing a news report about the hardships faced by undertrial prisoners in Bihar who had to spend years in jail without being punished. But over the years, the PIL has become a tool of publicity for advocates and one of harassment for litigants.
Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana has been in the limelight not just for his judgments as the head of the Supreme Court but also for his speeches outside the Court.
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the inquiry proceedings into the Pegasus snooping case by a commission led by former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur set up by the West Bengal government.
Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana on Monday said it will hear the impleadment application by a group of builders seeking the removal of the ban on construction in the National Capital Region on Friday while turning down the request for urgent listing.
CJI Ramana said that it’s just a myth that in the last two decades there has been a paradigm shift between the numbers of affected persons from urban to rural areas.