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Supreme Court Partially Upholds Section 10(26AAA) of Income Tax Act, 1961 in Sikkim Tax Exemption Challenge. Gender-Based Proviso Denying Exemption to Sikkimese Women Marrying Non-Sikkimese Struck Down as Unconstitutional.

The judgment concerns a writ petition under Article 32 challenging the constitutional validity of Section 10(26AAA) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Petition of Married Daughter for Dependent Identity Card of Ex-Serviceman Father. Gender-Discriminatory Policy Denying Married Daughter Status While Granting to Married Son Struck Down as Unconstitutional Under Articles 14 and 15.

The petitioner, Priyanka R. Patil, is the second daughter of late Subedar Ramesh Khandappa Police Patil, who died in service due to a mine explosion d...

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Supreme Court Upholds Licensing Conditions on Orchestra Bars Under Maharashtra Police Act, 1951. Gender-Based Numerical Restrictions on Performers Held Valid as Reasonable Restrictions in Public Interest Under Article 19(6) of the Constitution.

The appeals arose from a judgment of the High Court of Bombay that upheld conditions imposed by the Commissioner of Police, Brihan Mumbai, on orchestr...

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"Legal Battle Over Disability Portrayal in 'Aankh Micholi': Upholding Dignity and Free Speech" "Delhi High Court Dismisses Petition on Film's Representation of Disabilities, Highlighting the Balance Between Creative Expression and Respect for Rights"

A legal appeal by an individual with arthrogryposis, who challenged the film "Aankh Micholi" for its portrayal of persons with disabilities. The appel...

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Bombay High Court Allows Women's Entry into Haji Ali Dargah Sanctum Sanctorum — Gender Discrimination by Trust Struck Down. The Court held that the ban on women's entry violated constitutional guarantees of equality and freedom of religion, and directed the Trust to permit women access.

The petitioners, Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz and Zakia Soman, social activists and office bearers of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, filed a Public Inte...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Sons' Appeal in Gond Tribal Inheritance Dispute. Daughters of deceased Gond father held entitled to equal share in intestate property under Hindu Succession Act, 1956, as alleged customary exclusion of daughters was not proved.

The case involves a dispute between brothers and sisters belonging to the Gond tribe over the inheritance of their deceased father Bapurao Kodape's pr...

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Visually Disabled Candidate Denied Job Gets Relief: Supreme Court Orders Appointment in Coal India Case (2026 INSC 53) Procedural technicalities like “expiry of recruitment panel” cannot defeat justice.

Sujata Bora, a visually impaired candidate, applied for a Management Trainee post in Coal India in 2019 under the disability quota. She cleared the se...