Frivolous Cases

The law must not be used as a tool to harass the accused and courts must always ensure that frivolous cases do not "pervert" its sacrosanct nature, the Supreme Court has said.

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Monday said it is time to impose pre-hearing costs in commercial cases to prevent frivolous matters involving commercial issues to be argued before the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court took note of unconditional apology of R Subramanian, who through various companies initiated a maze of "frivolous" litigations against Azim Premji and others

A police case has been filed against Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party or AAP for a video, which the poll body says makes "false and frivolous allegations against other parties" and violates the model code of conduct in Punjab

The Delhi High Court today expunged remarks made by its judge against actor Juhi Chawla that she had filed the lawsuit challenging setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country on account of health hazards, for gaining publicity.

A petition to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo from COVID-19 vaccination certificates was dismissed with a Rs 1 lakh fine by the Kerala High Court which termed the case "frivolous", "politically motivated" and a "publicity interest litigat

Delhi High Court issued summons to yoga guru Ramdev on a lawsuit by doctors' associations for allegedly spreading misinformation against Allopathy amid Covid, saying the plea was not frivolous and case for its institution was "definitely" made out.

The Supreme Court has slammed the Uttarakhand government for filing a "frivolous" appeal challenging reduction of sentence of a man in a case of attempted murder.

Maharashtra told the bench that a government resolution (GR) issued in March 2010 already provided for district-level committees of experts to weed out frivolous or unwarranted complaints against doctors.

The time has come to take action about the frivolous petitions filed in court, the Supreme Court said today, refusing to entertain a Public Interest Litigation that sought a probe by the National investigation Agency into the Congress toolkit case.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that frivolous cases being filed before it are consuming most of its time, making the institution dysfunctional and delaying matters of national importance.

Medanta Hospital, among the country's finest healthcare centres, has said an FIR or police case filed against it and its chairman, Dr Naresh Trehan, is due to "an individual who has managed to get news space with irresponsible and frivolous accusations, without any scrutiny of his claims."

Activist Shehla Rashid on Friday said the First Information Report filed against her under the sedition law was a politically motivated attempt to silence her.

Nearly three months have passed since the country received its first Lokpal, but it continues to function from the second floor of the Hotel Ashok in New Delhi without an exclusive office to call its own.

BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, today dubbed the application seeking to bar her from contesting the Lok Sabha election as "frivolous" and moved with a "political agenda", and sought its dismissal by the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai.

The law must not be used as a tool to harass the accused and courts must always ensure that frivolous cases do not "pervert" its sacrosanct nature, the Supreme Court has said.

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Monday said it is time to impose pre-hearing costs in commercial cases to prevent frivolous matters involving commercial issues to be argued before the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court took note of unconditional apology of R Subramanian, who through various companies initiated a maze of "frivolous" litigations against Azim Premji and others

A police case has been filed against Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party or AAP for a video, which the poll body says makes "false and frivolous allegations against other parties" and violates the model code of conduct in Punjab

The Delhi High Court today expunged remarks made by its judge against actor Juhi Chawla that she had filed the lawsuit challenging setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country on account of health hazards, for gaining publicity.

A petition to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo from COVID-19 vaccination certificates was dismissed with a Rs 1 lakh fine by the Kerala High Court which termed the case "frivolous", "politically motivated" and a "publicity interest litigat

Delhi High Court issued summons to yoga guru Ramdev on a lawsuit by doctors' associations for allegedly spreading misinformation against Allopathy amid Covid, saying the plea was not frivolous and case for its institution was "definitely" made out.

The Supreme Court has slammed the Uttarakhand government for filing a "frivolous" appeal challenging reduction of sentence of a man in a case of attempted murder.

Maharashtra told the bench that a government resolution (GR) issued in March 2010 already provided for district-level committees of experts to weed out frivolous or unwarranted complaints against doctors.

The time has come to take action about the frivolous petitions filed in court, the Supreme Court said today, refusing to entertain a Public Interest Litigation that sought a probe by the National investigation Agency into the Congress toolkit case.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that frivolous cases being filed before it are consuming most of its time, making the institution dysfunctional and delaying matters of national importance.

Medanta Hospital, among the country's finest healthcare centres, has said an FIR or police case filed against it and its chairman, Dr Naresh Trehan, is due to "an individual who has managed to get news space with irresponsible and frivolous accusations, without any scrutiny of his claims."

Activist Shehla Rashid on Friday said the First Information Report filed against her under the sedition law was a politically motivated attempt to silence her.

Nearly three months have passed since the country received its first Lokpal, but it continues to function from the second floor of the Hotel Ashok in New Delhi without an exclusive office to call its own.

BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, today dubbed the application seeking to bar her from contesting the Lok Sabha election as "frivolous" and moved with a "political agenda", and sought its dismissal by the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai.