A bone of contention arose among top judges during proceedings on Wednesday, with Justice Mandokhail questioning the “order of the court” in the suo motu proceedings relating to the March 1 judgement on elections.

Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/03/30/judge-recusal-leads-to-dissolution-of-bench-hearing-election-delay-plea/

A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Mini Pushkarna was dealing with a suo motu case registered in 2005, as per a news report published in the Delhi Age titled “92 -year-old is Tihar undertrial”.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/hc-seeks-medical-report-of-all-tihar-jail-convicts-aged-over-75/

After the 2013 Kedarnath tragedy, the supreme court had taken suo motu cognizance of the matter and formed a committee, he said.

Source: https://qz.com/warnings-on-indias-sinking-town-have-been-ignored-1850010171

Article 175/2 of the Constitution gives the court powers to conduct a hearing, he said, adding earlier a suo motu notice had been fixed for hearing under his bench.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/sc-7-judge-bench-begins-hearing-pleas-against-trial-of-civilians-in-military-courts/

Earlier, initiating a suo motu case in the wake of the boat tragedy, the Kerala High Court had observed that the responsibility and onus of the officials and authorities are тАЬno lesserтАЭ than that of the boat operators.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/thiruvananthapuram/kerala-boat-tragedy-2-port-department-officials-booked-for-murder-arrested-8660980/

Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) has taken suo motu cognisance of garbage burning incidents reported in leisure valleys situated in BRS Nagar (opposite DAV school) and Sarabha nagar.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/ludhiana-mc-takes-suo-motu-cognisance-of-garbage-burning-in-leisure-valleys-8497109/

The court had taken suo moto cognisance of the hawker menace in the city while hearing a petition by mobile shop owners in Borivali who claimed access to their shop was blocked by illegal hawkers in Nov 2022.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/legal/mumbai-hawker-menace-find-solution-for-encroachment-free-footpaths-says-bombay-high-court

The HC will hear the suo motu PIL and other pleas next on December 11.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/construction-sites-flouting-norms-alarming-bombay-hc-pulls-up-bmc-9022126/

The women’s panel had taken suo moto note of the derogatory comment made by Sanjay against Kavitha, who is a member of Telangana Legislative Council and daughter of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/telangana-bjp-chief-to-appear-before-womens-commission-on-march-18/