Constitution (Fifty‑second Amendment) Act, 1985

Three BRS MLAs who were elected to the Telangana Legislative Assembly joined the INC, prompting two other BRS MLAs to file disqualification petitions under the Tenth Schedule. The Speaker delayed issuing notices for over seven months, leading the petitioners to approach the High Court, which only directed the Speaker t…

The Union of India challenged the Constitution (Ninety‑Seventh Amendment) Act, 2011 which inserted Part IXB (Arts.243ZH‑243ZT) on cooperative societies, arguing that it curtails the exclusive legislative power of States under Entry 32, List II and therefore required ratification by at least half of the States under Art…

In 2003, thirteen Uttar Pradesh MLAs elected on the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ticket met the Governor and asked him to invite the Samajwadi Party to form the government, thereby voluntarily relinquishing their BSP membership. The BSP leader filed a petition under Article 191 read with paragraph 2 of the Tenth Schedule …

The petitioners, elected members of the 15th Karnataka Legislative Assembly, tendered resignations after being accused of defying party whips, but the Speaker rejected their resignations and disqualified them under the Tenth Schedule, imposing a ban lasting until the end of the Assembly term. The Supreme Court examined…

The Supreme Court heard a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Constitution (Fifty‑Second Amendment) Act, 1985, which inserted the Tenth Schedule (anti‑defection law). The key disputes were whether Paragraph 7 of the Schedule, which bars all courts from hearing any matter relating to a member’s d…

After the 2019 Maharashtra elections a coalition government (MVA) led by Uddhav Thackeray collapsed in mid‑2022 when the Shiv Sena split into two factions headed by Thackeray and Eknath Shinde. The Governor, relying on letters from opposition leaders and a resolution of 34 Shiv Sena MLAs, directed Thackeray to prove hi…

The case concerned disqualification of members of the Goa Legislative Assembly under Article 191(2) read with the Tenth Schedule. Bandekar and Chopdekar were disqualified for allegedly having voluntarily given up their MGP membership, while Naik was disqualified on similar grounds after claiming a split in the party th…