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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Topic: PIL

More than 4,000 cases pending against MPs & MLAs, says report submitted in Supreme Court

PTI -
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will take up the issue of criminal cases against the present and former legislators on a PIL.

Supreme Court decision in Manoj Tiwari case is a cue for it to back off from sealing drive

Apurva Vishwanath -
Sealing buildings is the biggest example of the kind of judicial activism that Supreme Court must stay away from.

PIL filed in Supreme Court to prevent inebriated voters from casting votes

PTI -
The petition said the distribution of alcohol as a bribe to manipulate voters has been widely reported and needs judicial intervention.

Supreme Court merely sniffing secret envelopes to see if there’s a scam in Rafale deal

Apurva Vishwanath -
Opposition has already approached the CVC and the CAG on Rafale deal.

This BJP leader is the uncrowned king of ‘political interest litigation’

Apurva Vishwanath -
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyaya has filed PILs on issues that are on top of his party’s agenda — such as yoga, Vande Mataram and nikah halala.

Norms laid down, but little has been done to rehabilitate people cured of mental illness

Kaveesha Kohli -
Only 9 states, UTs have responded to top court’s directive; most of them submit vague replies which show lack of initiatives to implement central guidelines.

Delhi BJP leader files PIL in Supreme Court challenging Article 370

PTI -
The plea says the special provision was "temporary" and lapsed with the dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly in 1957. New Delhi: A PIL...

Delhi HC to hear plea seeking official recognition for sign language in India

Nandita Singh -
Disability rights activist Nipun Malhotra says he filed the PIL as the government has failed to take any action.

Get Centre to process names collegium has reiterated for higher judiciary: NGO plea in SC

Ritika Jain -
Accuses Modi government of ‘stonewalling of judicial appointments’ and interfering ‘in the due process of law’.

The animal kingdom can defend itself now, and it’s all thanks to Uttarakhand’s crusader judge

Apurva Vishwanath -
Justice Rajiv Sharma’s bench has given many rulings on environmental PILs, including giving ‘legal entity’ status to rivers, glaciers and forests.
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Opinion

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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