The Supreme Court rejected a plea seeking to issue direction to the authorities concerned to remove wrong historical facts related to the construction of the Taj Mahal by Shahjahan from the books of history and textbooks referred to in the Schools, Colleges, Universities and other institutions.

New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): A day after the Central government's reply in Delhi High Court over the Uniform Civil Code, one of the petitioners Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay said that the government should soon publish a UCC draft to end all the confusion as it is a matter of civil liberty, human rights, gender justice and gender equality.

New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): A lawyer has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme court challenging the validity of certain sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

New Delhi Oct 25 PTI The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed a petition seeking regularisation of unauthorised colonies left out by the authorities saying legalisation of such colonies was meant for the poor and downtrodden and not for the rich classA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh termed the petition as a motivated litigation filed at the behest of residents of affluent unauthorised coloniesThe court asked whether the affluent owners of properties were illiterate poor or a downtrodden class as they sought to regularise unauthorised colonies like Sainik Farms Mahendru Enclave and Anant Ram Dairy Colony hereIt appears this is a motivated litigation at the behest of affluent unauthorised colony house owners the bench said while dismissing the Public Interest Litigation PIL filed by an advocateThe court said as and when residents of the left out unauthorised colonies will approach the court a decision will be taken in accordance with rules and lawThe court passed the order while dismissing the petition which sought conversion of unauthorised colonies to legal or regularised coloniesAdditional Solicitor General ASG Aishwarya Bhati representing the Centre submitted that the regulations and the statute has been enacted with the objective to comprehensively address the issues of lower income groups of the society in unauthorised coloniesThe primary purpose of these regulations and enactment is to grant relief to the lower income group of the society which constitute majority of the inhabitants of the unauthorised colonies and not affluent sections of the society The law can make and set apart the classes according to the needs and exigencies of the society the Centre said in its affidavit filed through advocate Nidhi BangaIt added that people living in unauthorised affluent colonies cannot seek parity with those belonging to the lower income group living in unauthorised coloniesThe petitioner advocate submitted that the authorised have deliberately excluded people of unauthorised colonies created by affluent peopleThe plea sought to direct the Delhi Development Authority DDA to accept the registration for regularisation of all the 1797 unauthorised colonies instead of 1731 on its portal in view of a gazette published by the CentreIt said the authorised have carved out the list of 66 unauthorised colonies from the list of 1797 unauthorised colonies on the ground that the residents of these 66 colonies are affluent people PTI SKV SA

New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): A lawyer has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking relaxation in advocates dress code and seeking a direction to the Bar Council of India (BCI) to amend its rules to exempt them from wearing black coats and gowns in the summer months in the Supreme Court and the High Courts.