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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 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.

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

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking FIR Registration and Excavation of Hidden Gold in Temple Trust Dispute. Allegations of Mismanagement by Former Trustee Found to Be Civil in Nature and Motivated by Personal Grudge, Not Warranting Criminal Investigation.

The petitioner, Namdev Sahebrao Garad, a former trustee of Jagdamba Devi Sarvajanik Trust, filed a criminal writ petition seeking multiple reliefs inc...

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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 Dismisses Election Petition Challenging BJP Candidate's Victory in Dahisar Assembly Constituency. Allegations of Corrupt Practice Under Section 123(1) of Representation of the People Act, 1951 Fail as Petitioner Fails to Prove Bribery or Undue Influence.

The Petitioner, Vinod Ramchandra Ghosalkar, was the Shiv Sena candidate for the Dahisar Assembly Constituency in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Asse...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Recognition of 'No Religion' as a Form of Religion. Article 25 of the Constitution does not confer a right to compel State recognition of 'No Religion' as a religion, and a writ of mandamus cannot be issued without a legal right.

The petitioners, members of the 'Full Gospel Church of God', filed a Public Interest Litigation seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Union of Indi...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Striking of Election Petition Paragraphs in Municipal Election Dispute. Court upholds that vague allegations of corrupt practices without specific details of consent by the returned candidate are liable to be struck off under Order VI Rule 16 CPC.

The petitioner, Eknath Bayaji Gadkari, filed an election petition under Section 33(1) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, challenging the e...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Election Petitions for Non-Disclosure of Cause of Action Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC. Petitions Challenging Lok Sabha Elections Failed to Plead Material Facts Constituting Corrupt Practices as Required Under Section 83 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

The judgment pertains to four applications filed by returned candidates in election petitions challenging their election to the Lok Sabha from various...