PILs/Social Action Litigations in H. P

In India, the first PIL was filed in the year 1976 – Mumbai Kamgar Sabha v. M/s Abdulbhai 1976 (3) SCC 832. The seed of the PIL was sown by Justice Krishna Iyer through this landmark judgement. Soon thereafter, with the efforts of Justice Bhagwati, the concept of the PIL evolved and developed to a great extent. The courts started accepting letters as petitions if they happen to disclose any violation of fundamental rights and matters of public importance.

Justice Bhagwati once said,

“Public interest litigation is essentially a cooperative or collaborative effort on the part of the petitioner, the State or public authority and the Court to secure observance of the constitutional or legal rights, benefits and privileges conferred upon the vulnerable sections of the community and to reach social justice to them. The State or public authority against whom public interest litigation is brought should be as much interested in ensuring basic human rights, constitutional as well as legal, to those who are in a socially and economically disadvantaged position, as the petitioner who brings the public interest litigation before the court. The State or public authority which is arrayed as a respondent in public interest litigation should, in fact, welcome it, as it would give it an opportunity to right a wrong or to redress an injustice done to the poor and weaker sections of the community whose welfare is and must be the prime concern of the State or the public authority.”

While practicing in the High Court I got an oppurtunity to deal with issues of public importance and to make humble attemts at realizing the dreams of our Constitution

Right to toilets/sanitation a fundamental right

1. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/highway-toilets-a-fundamental-right-himachal-pradesh-high-court/amp_articleshow/59185886.cms&ved=2ahUKEwiGl9Tw09jfAhXFbX0KHTnzAmMQFjAqegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw0eyMsxVVBR3czYKscw5D7b&ampcf=1

2. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://khurki.net/himachal-highway-toilet/&ved=2ahUKEwiGl9Tw09jfAhXFbX0KHTnzAmMQFjAsegQICBAB&usg=AOvVaw08mo_kmduSfNxm-anvhnoy

3. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://barandbench.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CWPIL2000717190517.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiGl9Tw09jfAhXFbX0KHTnzAmMQFjAvegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw2gat_a5C-8BIswkcb2Tkk1

4. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.indialegallive.com/top-news-of-the-day/news/toilets-highways-fundamental-right-says-himachal-high-court-27867&ved=2ahUKEwiGl9Tw09jfAhXFbX0KHTnzAmMQFjA6egQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3r2IoPIMB4vCzS8xltT-W8

5. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.livelaw.in/amp/right-sanitation-fundamental-right-himachal-hc-directs-state-provide-public-toilets-highways/&ved=2ahUKEwiQnZqB1djfAhUQU30KHXLUBo4QFjAAegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1vKE2LercPdFfcvzcrIm1I&ampcf=1

6.https://barandbench.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CWPIL2000717190517.pdf

 

Hemp, and medicinal cannabis PIL

1. https://m.facebook.com/home.php#!/story.php?story_fbid=2610807782278930&id=149942821698784&anchor_composer=false

Industrial hemp can revolutionize Himachal’s economy, end war on drugs, says petition seeking legalization

2. https://www.thenewshimachal.com/2018/01/legalisation-industrial-medicinal-hemp-himachal-ball-govts-court/

3. https://www.livelaw.in/himachal-hc-notice-centre-state-pil-policy-burning-cannabis-read-petition-order/

4. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1947245172032387&id=100002407680992&anchor_composer=false&ref=m_notif&notif_t=comment_mention

5. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1947182902038614&id=100002407680992&comment_id=1947196652037239&notif_t=comment_mention&notif_id=1541922424938856&ref=m_notif

6. https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/others/scitech/csir-iiim-boheco-to-develop-cannabis-based-drugs-for-cancer-epilepsy-sickle-cell-anemia/articleshow/66776785.cms

7. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://himachalwatcher.com/2018/01/14/industrial-hemp-can-revolutionize-himachals-economy-end-war-on-drugs-says-petition-seeking-legalization/&ved=2ahUKEwiG6snDycvfAhXXdysKHQxJDnYQFjAFegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw11hZ2v_s8wy6ZsuWLnZIRS

8.Petition in Himachal Pradesh High Court to legalise Cannabis cultivation for …
https://barandbench.com › himachal-prad…

9. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://thedankville.com/2018/11/14/himachal-pradesh-maybe-be-legalizing-cannabis-soon/&ved=2ahUKEwiFpqCHysvfAhUIFHIKHZpJA2YQFjARegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw2eLAxLYwwMAYrXX6dDJiM9&cshid=1546311368779

10. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.livelaw.in/himachal-hc-notice-centre-state-pil-policy-burning-cannabis-read-petition-order/&ved=2ahUKEwiZmfGoy8vfAhVFeisKHYflAkwQFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw2fUnTwWtaZFvX7gicEEki-

Defacement of public property during elections

1. http://www.uniindia.com/hp-hc-impleads-candidates-parties-for-defacement-of-public-places/states/news/1038943.html?fromNewsdog=1&utm_source=NewsDog&utm_medium=referral

2. https://indianexpress.com/elections/himachal-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/himachal-pradesh-high-court-notices-to-candidates-on-wall-writingsposters-4925358/

3. https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/hc-directs-implead-candidates-wall-writing-1502523735.html

4. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/list-actions-taken-against-those-defacing-public-property-hc-tells-poll-panel/articleshow/61377311.cms

5. https://indianexpress.com/elections/himachal-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/himachal-pradesh-high-court-notices-to-candidates-on-wall-writingsposters-4925358/

6. http://kaumimarg.com/news/4961-implead-candidates-for-defacing-walls-himachal-hc.aspx

7. https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/hc-impleads-candidates-for-defacement-of-public-property/1183107

8. http://www.yespunjab.com/punjab/himachal-news/item/137756-hc-seeks-details-of-action-against-parties-defacing-shimla-walls

9. https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/royal+bulletin+english-epaper-rbeng/hc+seeks+action+against+political+parties+defacing+public+places-newsid-75648335

10. https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/hc-seeks-details-of-action-against-parties-defacing-shimla-walls-117103101277_1.html

11. https://www.nyoooz.com/news/shimla/949447/list-actions-taken-against-those-defacing-public-property-hc-tells-poll-panel/

12. https://indiankanoon.org/doc/99029086/

13. https://www.socialnews.xyz/2017/10/31/hc-seeks-details-of-action-against-parties-defacing-shimla-walls/

 

Using Technology For Protecting Forest and Preventing Illicit Felling Of Trees

 

1. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gps-radio-tags-drones-in-shimlas-fight-against-tree-felling-5241748/

2.https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/after-water-crisis-shimla-fights-illegal-tree-felling-with-gps-drones/1227736/

3.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/in-a-first-trees-to-get-rfit-tag-to-stop-illegal-felling-in-shimla/articleshow/61313115.cms

4.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rfit-for-trees-to-stop-illegal-felling-in-shimla/articleshow/61313566.cms

5. https://www.socialnews.xyz/2017/10/27/implant-radio-frequency-tags-on-every-deodar-tree-in-shimla-says-himachal-hc/

6.http://www.face2news.com/news/35873-himachal-highcourt-appoints-deven-khanna-advocate-as-amicus-cariae-on-illegal-feelling-of-trees.aspx

7.https://www.thelivemirror.com/in-a-first-radio-tags-for-shimla-trees-to-curb-illegal-felling/

8.http://goodtechgo.com/index.php/2017/10/28/court-orders-rfid-tags-to-prevent-tree-felling/

9.https://indiankanoon.org/doc/187670190/

 

Illegal constructions & Environmental damage in Dharamshala

 

1.https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/court-seeks-record-of-d-sala-illegal-buildings/615160.html

2.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/hc-upset-over-inaction-against-illegal-structures-in-dharamshala/articleshow/64901595.cms

3.http://www.face2news.com/news/35873-himachal-highcourt-appoints-deven-khanna-advocate-as-amicus-cariae-on-illegal-feelling-of-trees.aspx

4.https://himachalwatcher.com/2018/07/10/did-hp-govt-finish-dharamshalas-core-area-to-facilitate-illegal-construction/

5.https://himachalwatcher.com/2018/07/11/illegal-construction-in-dshala-pics-would-stop-salary-if-no-action-taken-against-erring-officials-hc-warns-tcp-secretary/

6.https://himachalwatcher.com/2018/07/07/shocking-video-photos-expose-govt-officers-lies-about-illegal-slate-mining-in-dharamshala/

7.https://indiankanoon.org/doc/35207703/

 

Removing Discrimination against women

 

1.https://himachalwatcher.com/2018/08/15/hp-high-courts-gift-to-daughters-of-freedom-fighters-on-independence-day/

2.https://www.livelaw.in/hp-hc-quashes-decade-old-state-policy-of-depriving-benefit-of-reservation-to-married-daughters-granddaughters-of-freedom-fighters-read-judgment/

3.https://indiankanoon.org/doc/96562316/

4.https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/hc-freedom-fighters-married-daughters-eligible-for-quota-jobs/637980.html

5.https://indiankanoon.org/doc/96562316/

6.https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/married-daughters-of-freedom-fighters-eligible-for-job-quota-hc-1502675280.html

7.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/freedom-fighters-wards-job-policy-discriminatory/articleshow/65459292.cms

8.https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-jalandhar/20180818/281788514905166

9.http://www.himachalpr.gov.in/ImageGallery/News_Clips/5512.pdf?wmode=transparent

10.http://zeenews.india.com/news/tamil-nadu/hc-orders-govt-to-give-pension-to-freedom-fighters-daughter_1535986.html

 

Animal Rights- Providing shelter to ponies

 

1. https://www.livelaw.in/acting-letter-petition-himachal-hc-provides-shelter-ponies-left-rain-snow/

2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/shimla-mc-identifies-site-to-protect-ponies-from-harsh-weather/articleshow/62762192.cms

3. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/legal-weekly-animals-have-a-fundamental-right-in-the-constitution-top-judgments-of-the-week-5058539/

4. http://www.finalstand.org/j3/index.php/en/?filter_tag%5B0%5D=&start=27

 

Animal rights – stopping bull fights

 

1. https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ab284e04a932676733d498f

2. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/notice-to-organisers-on-bull-fight/506102.html

3. https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/hp-police-registers-fir-over-alleged-bull-fight-at-fair/1148332

4. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/hc-seeks-state-s-reply-on-bull-fight/470223.html

5. https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/sair-festival-with-winter-s-onset-the-gods-return-from-heaven-in-himachal/story-mIAKOZGIMjUoeiX35WcrKK.html

6. https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ab284e04a932676733d498f

7. https://thehimachalnews.com/fair-committee-soup-bull-fight-mashobra/

8. https://hindi.news18.com/news/himachal-pradesh/shimla-high-court-asked-district-administration-who-organized-the-bull-fighting-in-mashobras-sair-1115254.html

 

PIL on regulating Liquor Vends

 

1. https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hc-directs-himachal-govt-to-close-liquor-vend-near-school-117110301582_1.html

2. https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ab27e174a932676733d48e4

3. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/close-liquor-vend-near-school-hc/491976.html

 

PIL on Illegal strike by banks

 

1. https://indiankanoon.org/doc/3574879/