Category: Constitution of India

Ex gratia monetary compensation to families of deceased who have succumbed to pandemic of COVID-19: Word “shall” used in S. 12, held, cannot be interpreted and considered as “may”. It…

Limited scope of judicial review in matters concerning economy and/or economic policy decisions, emphasized. Judges are not experts in economic and fiscal regulatory matters and thus, should not encroach upon…

All-State Election Commissioners appointed under Art. 243-K/Art. 243-ZA, held, have to be independent persons who cannot be persons who are occupying a post or office under the Central or any…

Maximum upper limit of 50% reservation as laid down in Indra Sawhney, 1992 Supp (3) SCC 217, binding under Art. 141 and has to be implemented. As there were no grounds…

One is entitled to correction and / or modification of name recorded in the examination certificate  and other changes to information contained therein. CBSE examination bye lawsrestricting scope of permissible…

The High Court allowed the writ petition by observing that what has been granted by the competent authority under the certificate of deemed conveyance is much more than what is…

When the police is a violator of the law whose primary responsibility is to protect the law, the punishment for such violation has to be proportionately stringent so as to…

Intimacies of marriage lie within a core zone of privacy, which is inviolable and even matters of faith would have the least effect on them. The autonomy of an individual…

Restating the position in Gunwant Kaur v. Municipal Committee, Bhatinda (1969) 3 SCC 769, the court observed that when the petition raises questions of fact of complex nature, such as…

Held that the High Court exercises its jurisdiction only over state(s) of which it is a High court. It has no jurisdiction for the rest of the country. (2020) 5…