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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Supreme Court Validates Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes in Landmark Judgment. Upholding Equality Within Equality: Supreme Court Endorses State's Power to Sub-Classify Scheduled Castes for Targeted Reservation.

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, has upheld the constitutionality of sub-classifying Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservati...

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Supreme Court Allows Union of India's Appeal Against Armed Forces Tribunal's Interference with Censure Punishment. The Court Held That the Tribunal Cannot Substitute Its Own Discretion for That of the Competent Authority in Awarding Censure Merely Because Different Forms of Censure Exist.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the Union of India against the judgment of the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi. The re...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Non-Cumulative Age Relaxation in Public Service Recruitment — Conflicting Division Bench Decisions Resolved. Age relaxation for multiple categories (physically handicapped, reserved category) cannot be cumulated unless rules expressly provide for cumulative benefit.

The Maharashtra Public Service Commission filed two writ petitions challenging orders that allowed cumulative age relaxation to candidates who were bo...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses MSRTC Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Negligence of Bus Driver Established. Compensation of Rs.1,59,000 awarded to dependents of deceased cyclist upheld.

The case arises from a motor accident claim filed by the dependents of Sheshrao Gunjkar, who died in a collision with a state transport bus on 13.5.19...

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of Gold (Control) Act, 1968 with Partial Striking Down. Court holds delegation of power to Administrator not excessive and applies severability doctrine to sever ultra vires provisions.

The case arose from a constitutional challenge to the Gold (Control) Act, 1968, enacted to curb gold smuggling and control internal gold transactions ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Income-Tax Officer's Appeal, Affirming That Notice Under Section 148 of Income-tax Act, 1961 Could Not Be Issued as Right to Reopen Under Section 34 of Income-tax Act, 1922 Was Barred. Section 297(2)(d)(ii) of 1961 Act Does Not Revive Time-Barred Reassessment Powers.

The case involved an income-tax reassessment dispute arising under the Income-tax Act, 1922 and the Income-tax Act, 1961. The respondent, an assessee,...