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"There is no violation of Article 14, as Article 14 postulates equal treatment for equally placed persons that is to say unequals can be treated unequally", the Court said.

The Supreme Court has held that if an amendment having retrospective operation has the effect of taking away the benefit already available to an employee under existing rules, it would be violative of Articles 14 and 16.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an order of the Tamil Nadu government which had granted loan waiver to small and marginal farmers

The Madhya Pradesh High Court must use the Raja Mihir Bhoj caste case to define the contours of fraternity under the Indian Constitution.

The Apex Court observed that the directions by a Single Judge of the Rajasthan High Court had the potential of breaching constitutional rights of individuals arraigned in criminal action.

Nagpur Bench dismissed a clutch of petitions by Full Time Instructors claiming pay scale at par with the Full Time Teachers on the principles under Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

The Kerala high court on Friday held that the state government has to treat all minority communities equally on the basis of the population census. A

4:05 Adirondack environmental groups are lauding a ruling from New York’s highest court that finds a Department of Environmental Conservation project building snowmobile connector trails in the Adirondacks violates the state Constitution. In 2013 Protect the Adirondacks filed suit against the DEC and the Adirondack Park Agency over the project on Adirondack Forest Preserve lands.   The New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that “…the planned construction of the Class II community c...

Watch | Hamara Samvidhan: On the States Power to Make Special Provisions for Women & Children In Episode 14, we learn of an exception to Article 15 (1). Women6 hours ago Article 15 (3) gives the authority to the state to make special laws for women and children. Keeping in view the social and economic backwardness of women in India, if governments enact any law that can uplift women, it would be considered constitutional according to Article 15 (3). It will also be considered as an exception to...

Updated Feb 18, 2021, 7:15 am IST Reacting to the verdict, Ramani said it feels great to have truth validated before the court  Indian journalist Priya Ramani, left, smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi, India. A New Delhi court on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, acquitted Ramani of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister of sexual harassment. M.J. Akbar, now 70, filed a case against Ramani in Oct. 2018, denying t...