NLIU-LAC 3rd PIL Drafting Competition
About the Legal Aid Clinic The NLIU – Legal Aid Clinic (“LAC”), which is driven by the ethos of Article 39A of
Constitution
‘Identifier for 10% Quota for EWS is economic deprivation; Social or educational backwardness irrelevant’: Key takeaways from Dissenting opinion
While Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala, JJ wrote separate but concurrent opinions forming majority, S. Ravindra Bhat, J wrote the minority opinion for himself and U.U. Lalit, CJ.
Constitutionality of 10% Quota for EWS upheld in 3:2 verdict: Key takeaways from Majority Ruling including suggestion for prescribing time limit for reservation
While Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala, JJ wrote separate but concurrent opinions forming majority, S. Ravindra Bhat, J wrote the minority opinion for himself and U.U. Lalit, CJ.
Supreme Court by a majority of 3:2 upholds the validity of 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019
Supreme Court: In a matter relating to the constitutional validity of 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act whichprovides for 10 percent reservation
Madras High Court| School Teachers cannot be blamed for suicide committed by students, without sufficient evidence
Madras High Court: In a suicide case by a 17-year-old school boy, filed against the headmaster S.M. Subramaniam, J. has held that
Appointment based on the recommendation of a search committee, constituted contrary to the provisions of the UGC Regulations, is illegal and void ab initio: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: In an appeal filed against the judgment passed by the Kerala High Court, wherein the division bench of
New settlement deed can be registered only on the presentation of a non-traceable certificate and police complaint in case of loss of a parent document; Madras High Court reiterates
Madras High Court: In a writ petition filed, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of
Karnataka HC declines to indulge into the alleged mismanagement in FKCCI; says that the Federation is not an “instrumentality of the State” under Art. 12
Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant writ petition wherein an elected member of Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce
Madras High Court| Transgender persons seeking admissions to be placed in special category; Minimal number of Transgender persons in State not a valid excuse
Madras High Court directed the State to treat a transgender person seeking admission in Nursing College as a special candidate in light of Supreme Court’s 2014 NALSA verdict
[Kerala Dog Menace] Kerala High Court directs State to provide immediate, effective, & free medical treatments to injured persons
“It is not mere co-incidence that Article 51-A of our Constitution uses the expression ‘compassion’ and ‘humanism’ while enumerating the duties expected of the citizenry towards the environment and living creatures.”
Maintainability Before Merit: The Prerequisite in States’ Suits Against the Union Under Article 131
by Rahul Agarwal† and Madhav Goel††
Family Courts cannot restrain a Muslim man from pronouncing talaq or entering into second marriage as per personal law: Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court: In a case relating to talaq as per Muslim personal law and bigamy, A. Muhamed Mustaque, J.
‘A’ diary of civil & criminal proceedings cannot be obtained by filing RTI; Kerala HC upholds constitutional validity of Rule 12 of RTI (Subordinate Courts and Tribunals) Rules, 2006
Kerala High Court: In a case challenging the validity of Rule 12 of the Right to Information (Subordinate Courts and
2022 SCC Vol. 7 Part 3
Advocates Act, 1961 — S. 16 — Procedure for designation of Senior Advocates: Clarification of Guidelines prescribed for Supreme Court
Wild Life Bill, 2021 and Stockholm @50
by Nabeela Siddiqui† and Amisha P. Dash††
J&K and Ladakh HC| In a democratic polity governed by the rule of law, State cannot deprive a citizen of their property without the sanction of law
“The State being a welfare State governed by the rule of law, cannot arrogate to itself a status beyond what is provided by the statute”
2022 SCC Vol. 7 Part 2
Army Act, 1950 — Ss. 125, 126, 69, 3(ii) and 70 — Criminal trial — Concurrent jurisdiction of court martial
Constitution of National Board for Anti-Doping Agency vide National Anti-Doping Act, 2022
On 12-8-2022 the Ministry of Law and Justice notified the National Anti-Doping Act, 2022 to define Anti-Doping rule violation, athlete