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Bombay High Court Hears Constitutional Challenge by Repeat Rape Convicts Against Section 376-E IPC. Sentencing Provision for Life Imprisonment for Repeat Sexual Offenders Alleged to be Arbitrary and Lacking Procedure.

Three writ petitions tagged together challenge the constitutional validity of Section 376-E of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), inserted by the Crim...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Reservation for In-service Candidates in Postgraduate Medical Courses — State Government's Policy of Granting Weightage to In-service Candidates for 50% of Seats in Government Medical Colleges Held Valid and Not Violative of Article 14 or 16 of the Constitution.

The petitioners, who were candidates for admission to postgraduate medical courses in Maharashtra, challenged the State Government's policy of grantin...

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Supreme Court Bans Mining in Eco-Sensitive Zones Around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. Minimum 1 km Buffer Zone Mandated to Protect Forest Resources and Wildlife Habitat Under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Forest Conservation Act, 1980.

This judgment arises from a series of interlocutory applications in the ongoing T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India public interest litigati...

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Supreme Court Hears Civil Appeals Challenging High Court's Validation of Kamal Vihar Township Development Scheme. Core Legal Question is Whether Scheme Violates Constitution (73rd and 74th Amendments) and Statutory Provisions of M.P. (C.G.) Nagar Thatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973.

The Supreme Court heard a bunch of civil appeals arising from the decision of the Division Bench of the High Court of Chhattisgarh, which had upheld t...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Rejection of Revision Application Under Indian Forest Act. Minister's order set aside for non-application of mind and failure to consider material evidence regarding agricultural character of land.

The petitioner, Vijayalaxmi Shrinivas Panditrao, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging an order dated 20th August, 2019 passe...

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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...