Government of India Act, 1919

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 superintendence, direction and co…

The Supreme Court of India, in a 9-judge bench reference, addressed the scope of Entry 8 of List II of the Seventh Schedule (intoxicating liquors) and its interplay with Entry 52 of List I (industries controlled by the Union). The case arose from a challenge by the State of Uttar Pradesh against a High Court decision t…

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 Sabha) and introduced an …

The case concerned three categories of Assistant Engineers in the Uttar Pradesh Service of Engineers (Irrigation Branch) – direct recruits, promoted subordinate engineers and temporary engineers – and their claim to seniority. The petitioners argued that temporary engineers, having fulfilled qualifications, passed prob…

The appellants challenged the recruitment of 1,091 Assistant Professors and 67 Librarians in Punjab Government Degree Colleges, alleging that the State bypassed the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) and ignored UGC regulations. The High Court Division Bench upheld the recruitment, reversing a Single Judge’s order…

The Accountant General of Tamil Nadu and the Comptroller and Auditor‑General appealed against judgments that had allowed seniority claims by several former Upper Division Clerks who argued that their length of service should be counted under paragraph 143 of the Manual of Standing Orders. The respondents relied on a 19…

The case concerned ex‑servicemen who retired before age 55 and were re‑employed in the civil service. Their pay was fixed at the minimum scale, and they claimed advance increments where the total of pay plus pension was less than the pay drawn at retirement, invoking Office Memoranda (OM) of 1958 and 1983. The Governme…

The State of Tamil Nadu challenged the Governor's actions in withholding assent to 10 bills and reserving them for the President's consideration after the bills were repassed by the State Legislature. The Supreme Court examined the scope of the Governor's powers under Article 200 of the Constitution, including whether …