PIL - Constitutional Validity of the Kerala Finance Act, 2025 Court Fees – Constitutional Validity of Amendment – Legislative Competence – Entry 3 List II – Kerala Finance Act, 2025 upheld – Petitioner Association challenged the amendment to the Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1959 via the Kerala Finance Act, 2025 on grounds of arbitrariness and excessive b...
Right to Privacy – Posthumous Personality Rights – Not Heritable – Petitioner, daughter of Late Shah Bano Begum, sought injunction against the film ‘Haq’ claiming it dramatizes and distorts the private life of her late mother without consent – Alleged violation of right to privacy and dignity – Held: As per K.S. Puttaswamy (2017) and Deepa Jayakumar (2021)...
Public Interest Litigation – Unauthorized Constructions – Right of Hearing – High Court, in a PIL, directed closure of 172 civil suits and removal of unauthorized constructions in Gurugram, citing violations of planning norms – Appellants (landowners/occupiers) were not parties to the writ petition – Supreme Court held: Directions issued without impleading affected pa...
Constitution of India – Article 226 – Right to Know About FIR – Liberty to Approach Police – Petitioner's claim of FIRs based on online content attributed to him – Petitioner sought details of FIRs purportedly registered following publication of videos critical of the Chief Justice of India – State unable to confirm petitioner’s involvement based on so...
Civil Law – Partition Suit – Withdrawal Without Notice – Maintainability of Writ – Plaintiffs withdrew partition suit unconditionally and ex parte through Lok Adalat – Co-sharers (Defendant Nos. 20 and 21) not notified or served with application or purshish – Held: Withdrawal of partition suit without hearing all co-sharers, particularly those supporting the cla...
Civil Writ - Rent Control – Court Fees – Determination of Applicable Provision – Petitioner challenged the calculation of court fees on execution of order passed under Section 10(1) of the U.P. Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 (Act No.16 of 2021) – Rent Authority had demanded fee as per Section 7(xi-b) of the Court Fees Act, 1870 treating it as recovery of pos...
Labour Law – Territorial Jurisdiction – MRTU & PULP Act – Situs of Employment – Cause of Action – Head Office as Nerve Centre – GlaxoSmithKline Impliedly Overruled – The Division Bench of this Court in GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. held that the situs of the employee’s employment alone governs territorial jurisdiction – Held: This vi...
Education Law – D.El.Ed. Eligibility – Government Order – Judicial Review – Prospective Quashing of G.O. – Restored – Learned Single Judge quashed Clause 4(1) of the Government Order dated 09.09.2024 prescribing graduation as minimum eligibility for D.El.Ed. course – Held: State Government empowered under Clause 3.3 of NCTE Regulations, 2014 to frame polic...
Suo Motu - Education Law – Suicide of Law Student – Alleged Mental Harassment – Attendance Norms – Institutional Responsibility – Court-Initiated Writ Petition – Directions Issued for Mental Health and Legal Education Reform – Held: Criminal proceedings closed due to lack of evidence linking suicide to any direct instigation – However, Court proceeds...
Writ of Habeas Corpus - Preventive Detention – Non-consideration of Representation – Violation of Article 22(5) – Detention confirmed under Section 9(f) of the PIT NDPS Act – Petitioner contended that representation dated 08.02.2025 was not considered independently by State Government – Court found no mention of such consideration in confirmation order (Annexure-B) or...