Karnataka High Court quashes councillors’ disqualification over pre-election auction benefits, holds Section 26(1)(k) inapplicable.
Read Full ArticleSupreme Court issues notice to ECI as Mamata Banerjee challenges the SIR electoral roll revision in West Bengal, alleging selective targeting and disenfranchisement.
Kerala High Court rules Labour Court cannot examine legality or bona fides of closure when government reference is limited to retrenchment justification.
Jammu & Kashmir High Court says failure of public education led to mushrooming of private schools while upholding private school fee regulation.
Telangana High Court rules that forest officials can investigate Wildlife Act offences but lack authority to probe IPC offences, even if committed together.
Madras High Court bans civil construction at heritage temples across Tamil Nadu until the State Heritage Commission is constituted and becomes functional.
Bombay High Court held that an adopted child with unknown parentage acquires the caste of adoptive parents and is entitled to caste validity.
Chhattisgarh High Court dismisses compassionate appointment claim filed 14 years after employee’s death, holding delay defeats the object of immediate relief.
Supreme Court rules Section 29A extension pleas lie before civil courts even when arbitrator is appointed by High Court, settling conflicting HC views.
Madras High Court declined to interfere with academic authorities’ decision on gold medal conferment, holding such matters should be left to academicians.
Kerala High Court quashes Kollam Bar Association’s ICC, holding bar associations are not “employers” under the POSH Act.
Supreme Court cautions against misuse of Article 32, holding litigants cannot bypass High Courts and terming such petitions an abuse of process.
Delhi High Court upheld Press Council of India’s rejection of Editors Guild’s claim, citing delay and non-compliance, and declined to interfere in 15th Press Council constitution.
Supreme Court issues notice to Mamata Banerjee in ED’s I-PAC raids case, stays FIRs against ED officers, and examines obstruction allegations.
J&K and Ladakh High Court quashes seizure of building material on ‘Gair Mumkin Talai’, holds Common Lands Act inapplicable in municipal areas.
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