Constitution of India

The Allahabad High Court on Monday said that when the Court has already held that the denial of selection on the basis of residence is unconstitutional, then the appointment cannot be denied on the ground of submission of residence certificate after the cut-off date.

The Kerala High Court has recently said that dismissal of a complaint at the pre-cognizance stage can only be treated as its "rejection".

A false but strong impression has been created in the public narrative that General Category consists of only rich and highly educated people. But the truth is large proportion among General Category is economically and educationally backward. Nevertheless, they are excluded from Social Welfare Schemes.

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The Lucknow Bench of the...

The Allahabad High Court has set aside the order of the Uttar Pradesh government under which two Gond sub-castes, Nayak and Ojha, were designated in the Scheduled Tribes category.

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Union of India to reconsider the misuse of laws under Sections 354A-354D, 506, 509, 376, 498a of IPC and to make gender-neutral laws as these laws were made earlier more than 150 years ago but now there is no such required and is contrary to Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India as misuse of these laws are rising across the country.

The plea filed is Supreme Court seeks enforcement of fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and Article 21 read with Article 21A of the Constitution of India. The plea also seeks to take a holistic, equitable & speedy decision in regard to re-opening of schools.

A Single bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition filed by Ankit And Another has held that the question of considering Aadhar card and PAN card or Medico-legal test report does not arise if a high school certificate is available for determining the date of birth.

The Additional Solicitor General, Chetan Sharma urged the Delhi High Court bench to grant time to file a short response in a matter of plea seeking framing of guidelines to be followed while effecting search and seizure operations at the premises of Advocates.