New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay for filing a series of 'meaningless' Public Interest Litigations (PILs) and warned that he ...

On December 16, 2020, the SC had entertained with trepidation two PILs seeking uniform divorce laws and uniformity in grant of maintenance and alimony to women.

The top court is seized of the pleas, including one filed by Ashwini Upadhyay who has prayed that sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, be set aside.

The bench said the registry would do the needful if the 'defects are cured', which implies that details such as affidavits, ...

Centre opposes PILs seeking UCC ... In its response to a PIL by Delhi BJP lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, seeking uniformity in laws regulating marriage, divorce, maintenance and alimony, ...

New Delhi: At first sight, there seems little remarkable about the soft-spoken, middle-aged man of medium height and light build, roaming the Supreme Court premises in an advocate's robe. Three years ...

The bench said he had become a professional PIL activist who kept filing petitions in court. According to the SC, Upadhyay filed 15 PILs this year on various issues.

Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay challenged the Places of Worship Act, 1991, arguing the need for surveys at disputed religious sites. He asserted a place's religious character can't be determined by ...