Supreme Court Strikes Down Preferential Land Allotments for MPs, MLAs, Judges, and Bureaucrats: "State Cannot Favor Privileged Few at Cost of Many; Policy Created Undue Benefits for Affluent Individuals Already Owning Properties"

Supreme Court Strikes Down Preferential Land Allotments for MPs, MLAs, Judges, and Bureaucrats: “State Cannot Favor Privileged Few at Cost of Many; Policy Created Undue Benefits for Affluent Individuals Already Owning Properties”

Court’s Decision The Supreme Court of India invalidated several Government Orders (G.O.Ms.), including Nos. 243 and 244, that facilitated the preferential allotment of government land to legislators, judges, journalists, and…
Supreme Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Inclusion of 'Socialist' and 'Secular' in Preamble: "After 44 Years, These Terms Are Integral to the Constitution, Widely Accepted by the People and Reflected in Legislative and Policy Frameworks"

Supreme Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Inclusion of ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ in Preamble: “After 44 Years, These Terms Are Integral to the Constitution, Widely Accepted by the People and Reflected in Legislative and Policy Frameworks”

Court’s Decision: The Supreme Court dismissed the writ petitions challenging the inclusion of "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble of the Constitution through the Forty-second Amendment Act, 1976. The Court…