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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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Bombay High Court at Goa Allows Postponement of Zilla Panchayat Elections Due to COVID-19 Pandemic - State Government and Election Commission Directed to Take Appropriate Decision in Public Interest

The petitioner, Kenneth Ian Stewart Silveira, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking postponement of the Zilla...

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Supreme Court Directs Floor Test in Madhya Pradesh Assembly Amid Resignation Controversy. Governor's Power to Direct Floor Test is Not Binding on Speaker; Resignations Require Verification.

The case arose from a political crisis in Madhya Pradesh where 22 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) belonging to the Indian National Congress...

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Karnataka High Court Hears Appeal Against Trial Court Decree for Declaration and Possession of Party Premises; Issues of Maintainability of Representative Suit and Effect of Election Commission Recognition on Property Rights Considered

The dispute concerns premises No.3, Race Course Road, Bangalore, claimed by the Indian National Congress through its Karnataka Pradesh Congress Commit...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Commissioner's Order in Gram Sabha Resolution Dispute — Procedural Irregularities in Gram Sabha Proceedings Render Resolution Invalid.

The Petitioner, Gajanan Baburao Sankpal, was the Chairman of the Pani Purvatha Ani Swachhata Samiti (Water Supply and Sanitation Committee) constitute...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Government's Power to Reorganize Khands and Terminate Kshettra Samities under U.P. Kshettra Samities and Zila Parishads Adhiniyam, 1961. Delegation of Such Power to Executive is Not Excessive and Does Not Violate Article 14.

The appellant, Ayodhya Prasad Vajpai, was elected Pramukh of a Kshettra Samiti, with a term of five years. The Government of Uttar Pradesh issued two ...

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WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 943 OF 2021

The Supreme Court of India, in a combined proceeding, dealt with a batch of writ petitions, special leave petitions, and contempt petitions invoking A...