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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...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals Against Speaker's Inaction on Disqualification Petitions Under Tenth Schedule. The Court directed the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions within four months, holding that failure to act within reasonable time warrants judicial intervention.

The appeals arose from the 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly elections, which resulted in a hung assembly. The Indian National Congress won 28 seats, ...

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Bombay High Court Delivers Judgment on Challenge to Disqualification of Councillors for Defying Party Whip. The Court Examines Whether the Collector's Order Disqualifying Councillors Under Section 3(1)(b) of Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disqualification Act, 1986 Was Legally Sustainable.

The case arose from the election of the President of Ausa Municipal Council after the post fell vacant due to the resignation of the sitting President...

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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.

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

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against Adjournment in Criminal Revision Petitions Pending for 12 Years, Directs High Court to Decide Within 3 Months. The Court held that repeated adjournments without deciding the revision petitions amount to abuse of process and directed expeditious disposal.

The present appeal arises from an order dated 18.07.2023 passed by the Allahabad High Court in Criminal Revision No. 2107 of 2012, whereby the hearing...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Tender Condition Requiring Prior MIDC Experience in Power Supply Tender. Condition Held Arbitrary and Violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

The petitioner, Royal Power Turnkey Implements Pvt. Ltd., a private limited company, challenged a tender notice issued by the Maharashtra Industrial D...

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Bombay High Court Allows Public Interest Litigation and Quashes Sedition Charge Against Cartoonist. Freedom of Speech and Expression Under Article 19(1)(a) Protects Political Satire and Cartoons Unless They Incite Violence or Public Disorder.

The present Public Interest Litigation was filed by Sanskar Marathe, a practicing advocate, challenging the arrest of Assem Trivedi, a political carto...