PIL at Calcutta HC seeks end to ‘distortions’ of the freedom movement, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 18 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed at the Calcutta High Court on Friday, seeking urgent remedial action by the central government towards "current, unfettered distortions and misinformation in literature and film of the history of the Indian freedom movement".The plea also calls...

SC junks PIL seeking declaration of public holiday on birth anniversary of Netaji, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking declaration of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birth anniversary on January 23 a national holiday, calling the petition a "mockery of PIL" and noting such decisions are part of the government's policy. A bench comprising Chief Justice D...