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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Congress Plea to Disqualify MLA Under Tenth Schedule Due to Resignation Before Speaker's Decision. Court Holds That Resignation Ousts Speaker's Jurisdiction and No Writ Under Article 226 Can Issue to Declare Disqualification.

The Indian National Congress and several of its MLAs filed a writ petition under Article 226 before the High Court of Bombay at Goa, seeking a declara...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Amendment Introducing Multi-Member Wards and Multiple Votes in Municipal Elections — Amendment to Section 5 of BPMC Act and Section 10 of MMC Act Valid as Intra Vires the Constitution.

The judgment concerns two writ petitions filed by Vinayak Bhiva Bhilare and Miss. Vaishali Chandane challenging Act No. XXVI of 2011, which amended Se...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses PILs Challenging Bye-Elections to Parliamentary Constituencies for Lack of Merit. Section 151A of Representation of the People Act, 1951 does not mandate simultaneous elections; bye-elections can be held separately.

The judgment concerns a batch of writ petitions filed as public interest litigations challenging the Election Commission of India's decision to conduc...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals Against Speaker's Inaction on Disqualification Petitions Under Tenth Schedule. The Court directed the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions within four months, holding that failure to act within reasonable time warrants judicial intervention.

The appeals arose from the 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly elections, which resulted in a hung assembly. The Indian National Congress won 28 seats, ...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Petitions Challenging Special Joint House Committee on Nursing Education. Legislative Privilege Upheld as Committee Formation Not Found Unconstitutional.

The petitioners, Hyderabad Karnataka Nursing Management Association and Karnataka Nursing Institutions Management Association, filed writ petitions un...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Challenge to Election of Deputy Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council. Court holds that election of Deputy Chairman is an internal matter of the House and not subject to judicial review under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India.

The petitioner, Mr. Gopichand Kundalik Padalkar, a Member of the Legislative Council of Maharashtra, challenged the election of Respondent No. 4, Dr. ...

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Supreme Court Allows Recount in Gram Pradhan Election Dispute Due to Vote Count Discrepancy. Discrepancy Between Oral Statement and Form 46 Justifies Recount Under Section 12-C(1) of U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947.

The appeal arises from a Gram Pradhan election dispute in village Chaka @ Chak, Uttar Pradesh. The appellant, Vijay Bahadur, was the vanquished candid...

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Supreme Court examines legality of appointing persons with criminal background as Ministers. Interpretation of Articles 75 and 164 of the Constitution to uphold democratic integrity and combat criminalisation of politics.

The present writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution was filed as a public interest litigation by the petitioner, Manoj Narula, challenging ...