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Supreme Court Lays Down Pan-India Guidelines Against Demolition of Properties of Accused Without Due Process. Executive Cannot Use Demolition as Punishment for Crime; Right to Shelter Protected Under Article 21.

This batch of writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution of India raised a grievance that residential and commercial properties of persons ac...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Transfer Order of Police Officer Mother of Child with Autism on Humanitarian Grounds. Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 invoked to exempt from routine transfer due to child's severe autism requiring constant maternal proximity.

The petitioner, Mrs. Devyani C. Naik, a Lady Police Sub-Inspector with 22 years of service, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitutio...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Senior Citizens Tribunal Order Directing Eviction and Maintenance. The son's right of residence in mother's property is not absolute under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.

The Bombay High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Pawan Ravindra Panchal and his wife Vaishali Pawan Panchal challenging an order of the Tribun...

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Karnataka High Court Dharwad Bench Hears Writ Petitions Challenging Constitutionality of Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2011. Petitioners Seek to Strike Down Act as Discriminatory and Violative of Fundamental Rights.

This batch of writ petitions was instituted by several temple trusts from Uttara Kannada and Belgaum districts of Karnataka before the Dharwad Bench o...

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Division Bench of Karnataka High Court Hears Challenge to Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2011 by Temple Trusts. Petitioners Allege Amendment Is Discriminatory and Violative of Fundamental Rights Under Constitution.

The petitioners, comprising 64 Hindu religious institutions and charitable trusts from various districts of Karnataka, filed writ petitions under Arti...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Daughter's Maintenance Claim Under Section 125 CrPC Against Father Despite Muslim Personal Law. The court held that Section 125 CrPC overrides personal law and a major unmarried daughter unable to maintain herself is entitled to maintenance from her father.

The petitioner, Meharunnisa, an unmarried major Muslim daughter, filed a petition under Section 482 CrPC challenging the order of the Fast Track Court...

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WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 943 OF 2021

The Supreme Court of India, in a combined proceeding, dealt with a batch of writ petitions, special leave petitions, and contempt petitions invoking A...