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Supreme Court Allows Appeal and Discharges Appellant in Abetment of Suicide Case — No Active Instigation or Intent to Aid Suicide Found. Loan Recovery Harassment Without Proximate Link to Suicide Does Not Attract Section 306 IPC.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of Mahendra Awase against the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which had declined his discharge from cha...

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Supreme Court Upholds Disqualification of MLA for Voluntarily Giving Up Party Membership Based on Newspaper Reports and Lack of Specific Denial. Speaker's reliance on newspaper reports and photographs held sufficient to infer voluntary abandonment of party membership under Tenth Schedule.

The appellant, Shri Kshetrimayum Biren Singh, was elected as a Member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly in March 2017 as a candidate of the Indian N...

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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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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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Karnataka High Court Allows Writ Appeal Against Suspension Order in Service Matter — Interim Stay Granted Pending Disposal of Writ Petition. Suspension Order Set Aside as Prima Facie Case Made Out for Violation of Natural Justice and Colourable Exercise of Power.

The appellant, Sri S. Murthy, was working as Secretary in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Secretariat. He was initially appointed as Stenographer a...

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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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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Excise Duty Rate on Cranes — Enacted Statute Prevails Over Discrepancy in Bill Versions. Rate of Duty Under Heading 84.26 of Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 is 15% Ad Valorem, Not 12% as Claimed by Manufacturer.

The petitioner, M/s. Garlick Engineering, a manufacturer of cranes, filed a writ petition challenging the rate of central excise duty applicable to cr...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Disqualification of MLA for Anti-Party Voting Under Tenth Schedule. Speaker's Order Disqualifying Petitioner for Voluntarily Giving Up Party Membership and Voting Contrary to Whip Upheld as Valid.

The petitioner, Shri Matanhy Saldanha, was a Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Cortalim, belonging to the United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP...