11 articles tagged with Constitutional Law. Latest first.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta clarified that meritorious PwBD candidates are entitled to unreserved seats and put National Law Universities in charge of auditing how States have implemented the 2016 Act.
A bench of Justices J. Chelameswar and R.F. Nariman unanimously held that Section 66A's core terms — "grossly offensive," "annoyance," "inconvenience" — lacked any manageable standard and swept far beyond the permissible restrictions on free speech under Article 19(2).
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court has set aside a single judge's direction to revise the CLAT-UG 2026 merit list, holding that the Consortium of National Law Universities' two-tier expert review of the answer key cannot be displaced unless a manifest error is shown on the face of the record.
The Lucknow bench rules that listing a case crime number in the arrest memo is not enough — and holds the State liable after three months of illegal detention.
A division bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Government to constitute an Expert Committee within four weeks to audit the working of the Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971, finding that despite five decades of operation and continuous amendment, the statute has not delivered on its remedial purpose.
A division bench of the Bombay High Court has directed UIDAI to process fresh Aadhaar enrollment for two Pune brothers stranded by a years-long biometric mismatch, and laid down eight systemic directions to prevent genuine residents from being shunted between offices without a written, time-bound remedy.
A Division Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court has upheld Para 5.5 of the State's Sub-Scheme for CBSE Affiliated Schools of Excellence, holding that creation of a dedicated CBSE Teachers Sub-Cadre and selection of in-service teachers by written test and counselling is a valid policy choice that does not violate Articles 14 or 16.
A division bench at Srinagar held that long-standing Nazool lessees at Kothibagh were lawful occupants governed by the 1981 Government Order, not the struck-down Roshni Act, and directed parity with Hotel Ahdoos within three months.
Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held that a complete debit freeze of an advocate's account, imposed by a Madhya Pradesh cyber crime station communication without an FIR or material linking the whole balance to a cognizable offence, is disproportionate; the lien now stands confined to the disputed amount.
Justice Deepak Khot has quashed a 2014 order that refused a stamp duty refund purely on limitation and held that, absent an express bar, Section 5 of the Limitation Act applies to refund applications under Section 45(2) of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.
Kesavananda was conceived to defend the Constitution against a Parliament that had begun to amend it at will. Fifty years later, the doctrine has done its job — and a good deal more.
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