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Bombay HC Refuses to Intervene in Election of Deputy Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council(08.01.2021)
Bombay High Court has refused to intervene in the election of Dr. Neelam Divakar Gorhe as Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC).....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Election of Deputy Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Karnataka HC Directs ECI Not to Announce Election Results to be Held to Legislative Council(10.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) not to announce the results of the elections to be held to the Legislative Co.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Election Results to be Held to Legislative Council
Delhi HC: Why Should Speaker of Legislative Assembly Fight For Secretary(13.04.2017)
Delhi High Court has asked Speaker Ram Niwas Goel whether Legislative Assembly would collapse in absence of the its present Secretary PK Suryadevara, .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Legislative Assembly, All India Radio
Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Challenging House Session(10.04.2019)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging legality of a two-day winter session of Delhi Legislative Assembly held on January 17-18, 2017 on th.....
Tags : Delhi Court, Legislative Assemble, House Session
Kerala High Court Dismisses State's Plea to Withdraw Prosecution for 2015 Assembly Ruckus(15.03.2021)
Kerala High Court has dismissed the Kerala State Government's plea to withdraw the prosecution against former members of the Kerala Legislative Assemb.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, 2015 Kerala Legislative Assembly Ruckus
Uttarakhand Becomes The First State to Pass The Uniform Civil Code Bill(08.02.2024)
The Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly on 07.02.2024 passed the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 Bill and with this Uttarakhand becomes the f.....
Tags : Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly, Uniform Civil Code
Delhi HC: Can’t Direct Centre to Conduct Lok Sabha, Legislative Assembly Polls Together(06.02.2023)
Delhi High Court while refusing to pass directions in PIL praying that Centre and Election Commission be directed to ascertain the feasibility of cond.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Election, Lok Sabha, Legislative Assembly
Supreme Court: MPs/MLAs Cannot Claim Immunity Under Constitution of India For Receiving Bribe(04.03.2024)
Supreme Court has held that Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies cannot claim immunity under Articles 105(2) and 194(2) of the Constitutio.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Members of Parliament, Legislative Assemblies, Article 105(2) of Constitution
Jammu & Kashmir High Court Serves Notices to Eight Nominated Members of Legislative Council (MLCs)(12.08.2015)
Jammu & Kashmir High Court has served notices to all eight nominated Members of Legislative Council (MLCs) seeking their response as to why their nomi.....
Tags : Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Members of Legislative Council (MLCs),nomination
Telangana HC to EC: No Poll Notification for Three MLC Seats(10.05.2019)
Telangana High Court has directed Election Commission (EC) not to issue a poll notification to those MLC seats that have become vacant on account of d.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Election Commission, Telangana legislative council
Karnataka Assembly Passes Bill to Impose Restrictions on Religious Conversions(24.12.2021)
Karnataka Legislative Assembly has passed the Karnataka Protection of Right To Freedom Of Religion Bill, 2021, which seeks to impose restrictions on r.....
Tags : Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Bill to Impose Restrictions on Religious Conversions
President Assents Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2024(14.03.2024)
The Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2024 has received assent by the President of India Droupadi Murmu. The bill was tabled in the Uttarakhand Leg.....
Tags : Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code, Assent, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
High-Level Committee Submits its Report on ‘One Nation, One Election’(15.03.2024)
A High-Level Committee appointed by the Union has submitted its report on ‘one nation, one election’ and has suggested general elections to the House .....
Tags : High-Level Committee, General Elections, Legislative Assemblies
Madras High Court Directs State to Expedite Probe and Trials in Criminal Cases Against MP, MLAs(03.04.2024)
Madras High Court has directed the State to speed up the probe and trials in criminal cases against Members of Parliament (MP) and Members of Legislat.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Members of Legislative Assembly, Members of Parliament, Criminal Cases
Delhi High Court: Prioritize Criminal Cases and Appeals Against MPs and MLAs(04.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has passed an order asking its Judges to prioritize criminal cases and appeals that have been filed against Members of Parliament (MP.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Criminal Cases, Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly
Madras HC Dismisses Plea Against Nomination of BJP Members to Legislative Assembly of Puducherry(03.06.2021)
Madras High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition assailing the Central Government's decision to nominate three Bharatiya Ja.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Nomination of BJP Members to Legislative Assembly of Puducherry
Karnataka HC Refuse Anticipatory Bail to Ex-Member of Legislative Council in Extortion Case(26.04.2022)
Karnataka High Court has declined anticipatory bail to a Former Member of Legislative Council and another person in an alleged extortion case, registe.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, anticipatory bail, Legislative Council, extortion
Orissa HC Upholds Constitutional Validity of Section 34 RP Act(02.05.2022)
Orissa High Court upheld the Constitutional validity of Section 34 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 that specifies that eligible citizens.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, Section 34, Representation of the People Act, 1951, State Legislative Assembly, Member of Parliament
Judgments
Whenever House resumes after it is adjourned sine die, its resumption does not amount to commencement of session(09.04.2019)
The Petitioner has filed the present petition praying that, present Court may issue writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction.....
Tags : Legislative Assembly, Session, Resumption
Court cannot direct a legislature to enact a particular law(23.12.2022)
By present Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950, the Petitioner seeks issuance of a writ of Mandamus to direct the Respo.....
Tags : Legislative steps, Time, Extension
Himachal Pradesh HC Issues Notice on Plea Restraining State Government from Paying Income Tax of MLAs(29.03.2022)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to the state government on a plea challenging the provisions of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assem.....
Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, State Government, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances & Pension of Members) Act, 1971, Salaries & Allowances of Ministers (Himachal Pradesh) Act, 2000
Hyderabad HC: Speaker Failed to Exercise Powers Conferred upon Him(22.09.2016)
Hyderabad HC, while observing that Speaker of State Legislative Assembly has failed to exercise powers conferred upon him, said that Speaker has to de.....
Tags : Hyderabad HC,Speaker, Legislative Assembly
Gauhati HC Declines Relief to Student Who was Denied LLB Degree for Failing in Taxation Law(22.04.2022)
Gauhati High Court has declined to provide an assistance to a person who was denied Bachelor of Legislative Law degree because of his failure to secur.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Bachelor of Legislative Law, 37 papers
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Timeline Cannot be Imposed on Speakers to Decide Resignations of MLAs(19.06.2024)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that no timeframe can be fixed by the Constitutional Court for the Speaker to decide the issue of resignation ten.....
Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, Constitutional Court, Resignation, Legislative Assembly
AAAR, Maharashtra: No Legislative Intent to Tax Water for General Purposes(06.04.2022)
Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling, Maharashtra has observed that no legislative intent to tax water for general purposes and holds Tertiary Treat.....
Tags : Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling, Maharashtra, no legislative intent, tax water, GST exemption, Tertiary Treated Water
Assessing Officer has to calculate total income of assessee in conformity with Arm's Length Price determined by Transfer Pricing Officer(01.04.2024)
The present writ petition, at the instance of the assessee, seeks to assail the impugned order passed under Section 144C read with Sections 143(3) and.....
Tags : Assessment, Legislative mandate, Breach
Kerala HC: Waiver of Pre-Deposit u/s 35F for Filing Appeal Destroy Legislative Intent(07.04.2022)
Kerala High Court has observed that waiver of pre-deposit for filing appeal under section 35F of the Central Excise Act, 1944 would destroy the legisl.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, waiver, pre-deposit, section 35F Central Excise Act, 1944, legislative intent
SC: Legislative Assembly to Confine Itself to Core Function of Legislation Not Acceptable(09.07.2021)
Supreme Court has ruled that the submission that a Legislative Assembly must confine itself to the core function of legislation could not be accepted .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Legislative Assembly
SC: Executive Decision Previously Taken Can be Withdrawn for Larger Public Interest(22.07.2024)
SC has observed that if a previous executive decision is withdrawn in larger public interest, earlier promise upon which party acts cannot be enforced.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Executive Decision, Legislative Power
NGT Notices Uttarakhand Government & MoEF over New Legislative Assembly Building(24.10.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to Uttarakhand Government and Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for not taking mandatory clea.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal , Uttarakhand, legislative assembly, building
SC Rejects Nawab Malik & Anil Deshmukh Plea for Release From Prison For Voting In MLC Elections(21.06.2022)
Supreme Court has refused to allow the temporary release of Maharashtra Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh from the pr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Vote, Maharashtra Legislative Council
SC Distinguishes between 'Legislative Decisions' and 'Proceedings in the Legislature'(27.02.2025)
SC while distinguishing between 'Legislative decisions' and 'proceedings in the Legislature', has observed that 'proceedings in the Legislature' are i.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Legislative Decisions, Procedural Irregularities
Setback to AAP Government as Delhi High Court ruled against it(04.08.2016)
High Court pronounced that, National Capital Territory continues to be a Union Territory and the Lieutenant Governor is its administrative head.....
Tags : Legislative powers, Executive power, Exercise, Delhi, Statehood
Gauhati HC accepts resignation of MLAs(12.01.2016)
Gauhati High Court declined relief in petitions by Gabriel Denwang Wangsu and Wanglam Sawin, members of Arunachal Pradesh’s legislative assembly, hold.....
Tags : Legislative assembly, resignation, withdrawal, arunachal pradesh
State legislature cannot enact law providing direct appeal to Apex Court(10.12.2019)
Present appeal, purportedly under Section 13(2) of the Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act, 2011, is against an order of the Rent Control Tribunal, confirmi.....
Tags : Legislative competence, Provision, Enactment
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of S. 69 and 70 of GST Act(28.02.2025)
Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Sections 69 and 70 of the Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 that provide the power to arrest an.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitutional Validity, Legislative Competence
Karnataka HC: State Legislators Members Not Disqualified From Holding Posts in Committees, Society(07.09.2022)
Karnataka High Court has ruled that a Member of the State Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council is not disqualified from holding the post of Cha.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Legislative Council, Legislative Assembly
SC: Government Not Bound by Estoppel in Sovereign, Legislative, or Executive Actions(24.09.2025)
Supreme Court has ruled that estoppel cannot be invoked against the Government when it is exercising its legislative, sovereign, or executive powers. .....
Tags : Estoppel, Government, Legislative, Executive
Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Election of Malavalli MLA(21.11.2016)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition that questioned election of P.M. Narendraswamy of Congress to State Legislative Assembly from Malavalli .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Congress, State Legislative Assembly, Malavalli constituency