The Supreme Court dismissed writ petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Representation of People (Amendment) Act, 2003, which amended the Representation of People Act, 1951 to remove the requirement of domicile/residence in a State for election to the Council of States (Rajya …
The President referred three questions to the Supreme Court concerning the interplay of Article 174(1) (which mandates that six months shall not intervene between the last sitting of a state legislature and its next session) and Article 324 (which vests the Election Commission with the …
Sharda Devi appealed against the State of Bihar challenging a land acquisition award. The dispute turned on whether a Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) could be filed before a Division Bench of the High Court against the judgment of a Single Judge who had decided an appeal under Section 54 of the Land …
The appellant, owner of a truck involved in a fatal accident, challenged an interim compensation order of Rs. 50,000 passed by the trial court. The High Court Single Judge allowed the appellant's appeal, prompting the respondents to file a Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) under Clause 10 of the Patna …
The employer, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd., terminated 28 workmen, prompting a Central Government Industrial Tribunal to declare the terminations unjust and order reinstatement with 40% back wages. The employer challenged the award in the Patna High Court, where a Single Judge, on a …
The appellants, Sheo Nano and others, claimed Sirdari rights over several plots by adverse possession, while the Deputy Director of Consolidation, acting under the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953, found the recorded tenure‑holder Jethu to be a civil death with no heirs and ordered the land …
The Allahabad High Court, through its Registrar, challenged a Division Bench judgment that declared Rule 4(a) of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1951 ultra vires Article 215 of the Constitution because it required civil contempt matters to be heard by a single judge. The Supreme Court examined …
The Supreme Court examined whether an intra‑court appeal under clause 15 of the Bombay High Court's Letters Patent is available against a judgment of a Single Judge hearing a petition under Article 227 (or Article 226) of the Constitution. The Division Bench had dismissed the appeal on the basis of …
The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of the Andhra Pradesh Abolition of Posts of Part‑time Village Officers Ordinance, 1984, which abolished a large number of part‑time village officer posts and created new full‑time Village Assistant posts. The petitioners challenged the ordinance …
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