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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 State Appeals in Land Acquisition Case — Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation Cannot Override Statutory Acquisition Process. Industrial Development Constitutes Valid Public Purpose Under Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

The appeals arise from a common judgment of the Uttarakhand High Court dated 02.11.2018, which dismissed the appeals filed by the appellants (the Stat...

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Supreme Court Partially Strikes Down FCRA Amendment Act 2020 — Ban on Transfer of Foreign Funds and Mandatory Aadhaar Held Unconstitutional. The court upheld the requirement of a single FCRA account at SBI New Delhi as a reasonable regulatory measure to prevent misuse of foreign funds.

The judgment deals with a batch of writ petitions challenging the constitutional validity of certain amendments made to the Foreign Contribution (Regu...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of MVAT Provisions on Input Tax Credit Reversal for Capital Goods Sold as Scrap. Section 48(5) of MVAT Act, 2002 and Rule 58A of MVAT Rules, 2005 held intra vires the Constitution and not ultra vires the parent Act.

The judgment concerns a batch of writ petitions filed by various companies challenging the constitutional validity of Section 48(5) of the Maharashtra...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Mother's Custody Petition for Minor Daughters Rescued from Brothel Under PITA. Custody of rescued minor victims under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 vests with Child Welfare Committee for rehabilitation, not with biological mother, to prevent re-exploitation.

The petitioner, Smt. Babita, mother of two minor daughters aged 15 and 16, filed a Criminal Writ Petition challenging orders of the Judicial Magistrat...