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The honourable Supreme Court has hinted that it could disallow <keyword id="102342" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Public-Interest-Litigations">public interest litigations</keyword> (PILs) that involve commercial interests so that proxy corporate wars from can be prevented in the court. 
 
In the past, PILs have resulted in historic court orders that left considerable business impacts, for example group cancellation of telecom spectrum and coal block allocations. 
 After it disallows commercial interest PILs, the court might restrict its dealing to selective PILs, which would be selected after a rigorous scrutiny process. The decision was hinted at by a three-judge bench, including Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justices AK Sikri and R Banumathi. The bench was hearing a petition on the acquisition of <keyword id="2285630" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Infotel-Telecom">Infotel Telecom</keyword> by Reliance Industries. 
 
"In the next phase of development (in PILs), we must ensure that that the process is not abused, only used in the fittest of cases. It must be an institutional mechanism," Justice Thakur told ET. 
 
He further suggested that a credible interface between the judicial process and the civil society is needed. 
 "How do we prevent misuse of the judicial process to settle scores, commercial rivalries," the CJI asked <keyword id="6368850" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Prashant-Bhushan">Prashant Bhushan</keyword>, the advocate for the petitioner, NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL). 
 
"You must satisfy us that the information, that your process of verifying information which comes to you, must be credible. We won't allow the process to be taken for a ride," Justice Thakur told Bhushan after he told the court that the NGO had so far filed 50 cases. 
 
"We must be convinced that your petition is genuine. Otherwise (Harish) Salve (who appeared for Reliance) will say you are settlings scores," the CJI said. The case has been reserved by the court for the final order. 
 
Bhushan, on the other hand, said that public interest is a hige factor in deciding whether or not to file a case in court, and that commercial interest might be incidental. 
 
To this, the CJI rejected the view and said, "When so much time is spent on them (such cases) and litigation costs are so high, we must devise ways to keep out commercial fights and business rivalries. We may end up spending precious time to only draw a blank." 
 
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PILs with commercial interest might be disallowed, hints the Supreme Court

Succeeding <keyword id="2501349" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Justice-HL-Dattu">Justice HL Dattu</keyword>, Justice T S Thakur will become the next <keyword id="45053" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Chief-Justice-of-India">Chief Justice of India</keyword>. 
 
Justice Thakur, the senior-most judge of the apex court, will take over as the CJI after Justice Dattu retires on December 2. 
His name was recommended to the government by Justice Dattu on Monday, official sources said. 
 
After the law ministry clears the file of Justice Thakur's appointment, it would be sent to the Prime Minister's Office. His Warrant of Appointment will be issued when the President clears it. 
 
Justice Thakur, who would be the 43rd CJI, was born on January 4, 1952 and enrolled as a Pleader in October 1972. He began practising in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court and dealt with all types of matters, including civil, criminal, tax and Constitutional and service cases. 
He then joined the chamber of his father D D Thakur, an eminent advocate who became a judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court and later a union minister. 
 
Justice Thakur, who was elevated as a judge of the <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Supreme-Court" target="_blank">Supreme Court</a> and assumed charge on November 17, 2009, would have a tenure of little over one year. He would retire as CJ on January 4, 2017. 
 
63-year-old Justice Thakur headed the bench which had delivered the verdict in the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal in January this year. 
Justice Thakur was designated as a senior advocate in 1990. On February 16, 1994, he was appointed as an additional judge of the J&amp;K High Court and transferred as a judge of the Karnataka High Court in March, 1994. 
 
He was appointed as a permanent judge in September 1995 and transferred to Delhi High Court in July 2004. 
 
Justice Thakur was appointed as acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on April 9, 2008 and on August 11, 2008, he took over as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. 
 
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Justice TS Thakur to become the next Chief Justice of India

<keyword id="6354756" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="BCCI">BCCI</keyword>, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, had claimed to act as an association, but the claim has been rejected by the <keyword id="75952" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Supreme-Court-of-India">Supreme Court of India</keyword>. It added that the board, which is a monopoly holding full sway over the game of cricket, can’t at the same time claim the right to be a free private association under Article 19 (1) of the Constitution with no concomitant obligations. 
 
A special bench comprising Chief Justice of India TS Thakur and Justice FMI Kalifullah said that the BCCI and its member associations should fall in line with the recommendations made by Justice Lodha committee. 
 
However, on behalf of member associations of the BCCI, advocates Kapil Sibal and Arvind P Datar have opposed the idea of one association, one vote, as was proposed by the Lodha panel. 
 
"You are discharging a public duty. In doing so, can you discriminate? You have full sway over cricket in the country. You also seem to have some kind of state patronage, otherwise the state would have regulated you," Justice Thakur said. 
 
The CJI had said this after Datar had argued for the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association's right to conduct its own affairs, acting as a free association. 
 
"No one can play cricket without being on the BCCI's right hand side. You have a monopoly. You also have a full sway over membership," Justice Thakur said. 
 
He said, "You are not giving up this right to control cricket. You are insisting that you can select team India, the Ranji teams. In that case can you say I will only associate with one body and not the other? Can you say I will take in one association and not the other? You have to let everyone in and give them equal opportunities." 
 
The CJI also added that the Lodha panel measures don’t suggest any restriction of the rights of the BCCI or its member associations, but in fact, they were only proposals to open up membership to more regions and people. 
 
"Cricket is a game of glamour. Every other youngster is aspiring to become Dhonis and Kohlis. The associations must also fall in line and accept these reforms," he said. 
 
Moreover, the CJI added that even the International Cricket Council had a one nation, one vote policy. "Sri Lanka is just the half of Delhi. Don't you think in ICC regardless of population, different countries have one vote? If it can work with the international body can't it work for BCCI?" he said. 
 
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BCCI can’t claim to act as an association, says the Supreme Court of India

In order to control traffic and resulting pollution, the <keyword id="67999" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Central-Pollution-Control-Board">Central Pollution Control Board</keyword> (<keyword id="68804" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="CPCB">CPCB</keyword>) has directed governments of Delhi-NCR cities to consider introducing flexible office timings, so that peak-hour traffic can be reduced. 
 
The Centre has informed about CPCB's directions before the Supreme Court, to a bench headed by CJI TS Thakur. 
 
The motive behind this step is to ensure that the SC knows about the anti-pollution measures that the centre is taking, so that it can reconsider the ban and tax imposed in Delhi-NCR on diesel cars of engine capacity of more than 2000 cc. 
 
Coming back to the proposal, the CPCB is of the opinion that flexible office hours will contribute a lot in the reduction of peak-time traffic to and from Delhi-NCR destinations, especially considering the number of people travelling to and from Noida and Gurgaon. This results in regular morning and evening snail-like traffic on roads connecting Delhi to other NCR cities. 
 
Talking of Gurgaon, the road connecting Delhi and Gurgaon also leads to the Delhi Airport, which results in further traffic and delays. 
 
While the governments are yet to decide on flexi office timings, other measures include adding particulate filters to diesel vehicles, introducing early alarm system for probable traffic congestions, route diversion, decongesting pathways, prevention of parking on roadsides and non-designated spaces and impounding of visibly polluting vehicles, as reported by <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/have-flexible-office-timings-to-reduce-peak-traffic-central-pollution-control-board/articleshow/53109485.cms">ET</a>. 
 
Other than this, CPCB has set a 30-day deadline, by when state governments will need to start synchronising traffic lights, install vapour recovery system in fuel stations, introduce mechanised vacuum sweeping of roads, and close unauthorised brick kilns. 
 
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