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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition by College Management Challenging Reinstatement of Probationary Lecturer. Termination of a probationary lecturer was invalid due to non-compliance with Statute 418(2) of Bombay University Statutes requiring Governing Body resolution.

The petitioners, Kalyan Citizens' Education Society and Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce, challenged an order dated 22-10-1992 passed by the ...

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Bombay High Court Examines Writ Petitions Challenging Goa Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2005 on Grounds of Legislative Competence. The Petitioners Alleged Encroachment on Central Tobacco Act and Occupied Field, Seeking Quashing of State Provisions Banning Tobacco-Containing Food.

The judgment concerns two writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Court at Goa, challenging the con...

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Supreme Court Upholds Retrospective Application of Section 157 Amendment in Land Reforms Dispute. Simultaneous Amendment of Section 157(1)(a) Read with Section 21(h) of U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1951, Given Retrospective Effect to Avoid Frustrating Legislative Intent.

The dispute pertained to the status of Sukhram Singh and Laiq Singh as Adhivasis or Asamis under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 19...

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Supreme Court Adjudicates Batch of Appeals Involving Transit Fee Levied by Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh Under Indian Forest Act, 1927. Appeals Arise from Differing High Court Decisions on Validity of Transit Rules Framed Under Section 41.

The Supreme Court addressed a batch of cases concerning the levy of transit fee on forest produce. The matter involved three States: Uttar Pradesh, Ut...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petitions Challenging Third Delegation of Voting Rights in Cooperative Society Elections; Aggregation of Delegations Under Different Cooperative Enactments Held to Trigger Bar Under Section 21 of Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959.

These three writ petitions, filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, were heard together by the Karnataka High Court, Dharwad Bench. The ...

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Supreme Court Interprets Scope of 'Child' under POCSO Act in Appeal Concerning Mentally Challenged Victim. Mental Age of Adult with Cerebral Palsy Considered for Applicability of Special Procedures under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

The case concerned a criminal appeal by the prosecutrix, a 38-year-old woman suffering from cerebral palsy (R. Hemiparesis), through her mother. An FI...

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Bombay High Court Adjudicates Challenge to Maharashtra Stamp Act Amendment on Advertisements. Petition Seeks Declaration that Imposition of Stamp Duty on Mass Media Advertising Contracts is Unconstitutional and Void.

The Advertising Agencies Association of India and several other entities representing advertising, newspaper publishing, and broadcasting sectors file...

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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...