The Terrorist Acts defined under Unlawful Assembly Prevention Act only deal with matters impacting “Defence of India” and not under Ordinary laws & Order Problems. The intent and purport of the Parliament in enacting the UAPA, and more specifically in amending it in 2004 and 2008 to bring terrorist activity within its scope, was, and could only have had been, to deal with matters of profound impact on the ‘Defence of India, nothing more and nothing less.
Varshatai v. State of Maharashtra (2025 INSC 486)Date of Judgment: 15 April 2025 In Varshatai v. State of Maharashtra (2025 INSC 486), the Hon’ble Supreme Court addressed whether the Maharashtra Local Authorities (Official Languages) Act, 2022, prohibits the use of Urdu as an additional language on a municipal signboard. The dispute arose after the Municipal... Read more » Read more »
The decision of the Kerala High Court in P.C. Hari v. Shine Varghese1 presents a significant yet contentious development in the law governing dishonour of cheques under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. While the Court endeavours to harmonize the NI Act with provisions of the Income Tax Act, particularly Section 269SS... Read more »
Writ Jurisdiction in the Indian Constitution has been borrowed from the concept of prerogative writs under English Law and was vested in the Chartered High Courts prior to commencement of Constitution. The framers of the Constitution adopted the concept of writs and funnelled such powers to fruitfully enforce the fundamental rights... Read more »
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