The Gauhati High Court on April 27 closed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that the patients who got Covid -19 were not given treatment for their ailments while their cases were being processed for admission in various medical colleges and hospitals in Assam.
The Meghalaya High Court recently observed that public spirited individuals should be vigilant and they should be encouraged to raise queries for the administration to be kept on its toes, particularly when it comes to health-care and measures to alleviate the lot of the underprivileged in the State.
Public interest litigation is filed in a court of law to protect public interests like pollution, terrorism, road safety, construction hazards, etc. Any matter related to the society where the interest of the public is affected at a large scale can be addressed by filing Public interest litigation in a court of law.
Allahabad High Court division bench while hearing a PIL filed by Mohd Moin Quraishi has said that the court cannot direct the government to issue a notification declaring any monument as a monument of national importance.
Supreme Court considered the plea filed by wife of a Major who has been evidenced & heard to be held under illegal detention of Government of Pakistan and a retired soldier of the Indian Army who is Secretary General, of Voice of Ex Servicemen Society (Regd).
The Bombay High Court has recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking investigation of the case by the Commissioner of Police under High Court supervision over the entire amount taken by private respondents from the Municipal Corporation for Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and a FIR may be registered accordingly.
Madras High Court division bench dismissed a PIL filed by one G.Raman seeking a direction on the respondents to close the sugar mill situated at Kalaiyanallur Village, Sankarapuram Taluk, Kallakurichi District for protecting waterbodies in different survey numbers.