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Supreme Court Dismisses Petitions Seeking Return to Paper Ballots or 100% VVPAT Counting in Elections. Court Upholds EVMs with VVPAT as Sufficiently Transparent and Reliable, Rejects Allegations of Manipulation Without Evidence.

26 Apr 2024

The Supreme Court dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others seeking various directions regarding ...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR Against Politicians for Peaceful Protest at Chief Minister's Residence — No Offence Under Section 143 IPC and Section 103 Karnataka Police Act, 1963. Court holds that peaceful protest without obstruction or violence does not constitute unlawful assembly or obstruction of public servant.

6 Feb 2024

The judgment concerns four petitions filed by three petitioners: Sri Siddaramaiah (former Chief Minister), Sri Randeep Singh Surjewala (Member of Parl...

High Court

High Court of Karnataka Dismisses NRI Petition Seeking Voting Facility Abroad — No Fundamental Right to Vote Outside India. Writ of Mandamus cannot be issued to direct the Election Commission to provide voting facilities to Non-Resident Indians in their residing countries as the Representation of the People Act, 1951 does not provide for such facility and the right to vote is a statutory right, not a fundamental right.

2 May 2023

The petitioner, Sri Ravi M, a Non-Resident Indian residing in Saudi Arabia, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of In...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Removal of Sarpanch for Gross Negligence and Misconduct Under Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act — Appellate Authority's Restoration Order Set Aside. The court held that failure to convene Gram Sabha meetings and misappropriation of funds constituted gross negligence and misconduct under Section 39 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act, 1959, and the appellate order was perverse.

10 Feb 2022

The case pertains to the removal of Respondent No.4, Radhakisan Laxman Mhetre, as Sarpanch of Village Panchayat Nalwandi, Beed, under Section 39 of th...

High Court

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Journalists in Sedition Case for Reporting on Alleged Corruption. Reporting of public interest matters does not constitute sedition under Section 124A IPC unless there is incitement to violence or public disorder.

9 Apr 2021

The case involves nine criminal writ petitions filed by journalists and media persons (Sudheer Rikhari, Nikhil Vasudevan, Subhanshu Singh, Sumant Bala...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Disposes of Appeal Against Shaheen Bagh Protest Blockade as Situation Resolves Itself Due to Pandemic. Right to peaceful protest under Article 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(b) is fundamental but subject to reasonable restrictions; indefinite occupation of public roads is not permissible.

7 Oct 2020

The case arose from a public interest litigation filed before the Delhi High Court concerning the blockade of the Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch, i...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Reviews Its Own Guidelines on Arrest and Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act. Directions Requiring Preliminary Enquiry and Approval for Arrest Quashed as Legislative Overreach, but Anticipatory Bail Direction Upheld.

1 Oct 2019

The Union of India filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's judgment dated 20.3.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.416 of 2018, which had issued gu...

High Court

High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Quo Warranto Petitions Challenging Appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries. Petitioners failed to establish that the appointments violated Article 164(1A) of the Constitution of India as the incumbents were not Members of the Legislative Council.

24 Apr 2018

The petitioners, two Members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, filed writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeki...

High Court

Bombay High Court Quashes Transfer of Assistant Town Planner for Facebook Post Critical of Democracy. Expression of Opinion on Social Media Protected Under Article 19(1)(a) of Constitution.

21 Mar 2018

The petitioner, Jayant Sarvottamrao Kharwadkar, was an Assistant Town Planner in the Municipal Corporation, Aurangabad, with 19 years of service and a...

High Court

High Court of Karnataka Upholds Term Limits for President of Multi-State Co-operative Society under Section 44(2) of the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 — Restriction on Re-election Held Constitutionally Valid. The court distinguished between term limits and term lengths, holding that the restriction is a reasonable measure to prevent concentration of power and promote democratic functioning, and that Parliament had legislative competence under Entry 43 List I.

11 Sep 2015

The petitioner, Sri Konkadi Padmanabha, President of M/s Campco Ltd., a multi-state co-operative society, challenged the constitutional validity of Se...

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