LCI Learning
Master the Art of Contract Drafting & Corporate Legal Work with Adv Navodit Mehra. Register Now!

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on LinkedIn

Share on Email

Share More

Constitutional Law Judgments and Orders

Fundamental Right to open School cannot be withdrawn

 01 May 2010

Right to Live vis-à-vis Right to Education -Articles 21 and 21A of the Constitution of India, 1950 ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1862 hits

Right to open unaided schools cannot be restricted

 30 April 2010

Whether the right to establish available "only to" Public Charitable Trusts? ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1297 hits

Obligations of Private unaided schools

 29 April 2010

Obligation by Private unaided schools to be fulfilled..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1406 hits

Non-constitution of standing committee shall not extend its

 20 April 2010

Election - Standing Committee - Expiration of term - Sections 20, 20(3), 20(4) and 31 of Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act,1949 - Whether the term of one ­half members (eight in numbers) of the present Standing Committee of the Nashik Muni..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1318 hits

A writ petition to assail the election of a person is not co

 11 March 2010

Constitution - Writ of Quo-Warranto seeking removal of elected representative from public office - Scope thereof - Representation of the People Act, 1951 - Whether a writ petition seeking to assail election of elected person and his removal from publ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1465 hits

No consent of State is necessary for High Court for directio

 06 March 2010

Constitution - Power of High Courts to issue certain writs - Article 226 of Constitution of India - Whether the High Court, in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, can direct the Central Bureau of Investigation..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1708 hits

Parliament cannot curtail fundamental rights

 12 February 2010

In the famous case of Golaknath V. State Of Punjab, in the year 1967 the Court ruled that Parliament could not curtail any of the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution. Beginning with its ruling in GOLAKNATH, the Court developed jurisprudence aro..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   3674 hits

State Government PSUs Do Not Need To Get COD Approval

 18 January 2010

The assessee is a State Govt. undertaking. Its appeal was dismissed by the Tribunal on the ground that the approval of the Committee on Disputes (“COD”) had not been obtained. In a writ petition filed by the assessee, the Additional Solicitor Gen..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   3033 hits

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT-ART 21

 24 October 2009

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 32--Writ petition by wife of condemned prisoner---Capital punishment-- Justification of--Hanging by neck--Scientific and less painful. Constitution of India, 1950:Article 21 ---Death penalty--- Awarding--Not u..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   5747 hits

Medical termination of pregnency of mentaly retarded woman

 18 September 2009

Direction issued that best medical facilities be made available so as to ensure proper care and supervision during the period of pregnancy as well as for post-natal care. Since there is an apprehension that the woman in question may..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   2640 hits

whether the right to education includes adult professional e

 04 July 2009

Nature of the case Constitutional challenge querying whether the “right to life” in Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantees a fundamental right to education to citizens of India; role of economic resources in limiting right to education; ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   2778 hits

De-reservation of forest and use of forest land

 24 June 2009

Forest Conservation Act, 1980 - s.2 - Forest (Conservation) Rules 1981- rr. 4, 5 and 6 - De-reservation of forest and use of forest land for non-forest purpose - Restriction on - Held: Prior approval of Central Government is required as per procedure..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   8758 hits

Reservation does not create communal electorates

 28 May 2009

Reservation does not create communal electorates*..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1792 hits

Canditate applied in OBC can not claim in general category

 21 May 2009

A candidate having opted to consider his case only under OBC category, he cannot thereafter claim that his case requires to be considered in the general merit, only because, he has scored better percentage of marks than the last selected candidate in..

Posted in Constitutional Law 1 comments |   4802 hits

Disqualification of Ex-Members practicing before CESTAT is

 20 April 2009

Where s. 129 (6) of the Customs Act inserted by the FA 2007 w.e.f 11.05.2007 provided that the President, VP and Member of the Customs Excise Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) were not permitted to appear before that Tribunal after demitting of..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   2481 hits

HC exercising power of appeal under a statute

 13 April 2009

it is clear that even the High Court exercising its power of appeal under a particular statute cannot exercise the constitutional power under Articles 226 or 227 of the Constitution. The position of course would be entirely different if the aggrieved..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   2116 hits

writ petitions challenging action

 01 April 2009

1..

Posted in Constitutional Law |    hits

DISABLED EMPLOYEES PROMOTION & RESERVATION IN JOBS

 30 March 2009

All the government departments failed to make reservation in promotion to disabled employees hence soughted for court intervention..

Posted in Constitutional Law |    hits

Appointments in violation statute would be illegal

 05 March 2009

Appointment not made in accordance with Removal of Difficulties Order void. Irrespective of continuance for a long period. Appointments made in violation of the mandatory provisions of a statute would be illegal and, thus, void. Illegality cannot be..

Posted in Constitutional Law |    hits

Election of Shambhu Chaudhary void as he not belong to SC

 05 March 2009

Election of Shambhu Chaudhary from U.P. Legislative Assembly reserved seat declared void as he does not belong to Scheduled Caste. ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |    hits