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Upholding a single judge verdict wherein the writ court had imposed Rs one lakh penalty on petitioner for suppressing material facts and misleading the court to gain advantage over the other side, the...

Justice SM Subramaniam refused to interfere with the Puducherry administration's decision to not grant such exemption to the 2015 Tamil film 'I'.

The Calcutta High Court recently exercised its writ jurisdiction to cancel the bail granted to the in-laws of a woman who had allegedly tortured her continuously.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that writ jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 can be exercised even in contractual dealings, if the government fails to exercise a fairness or practices discrimination.

The Court noted that where controversy is a purely legal one and it only involves questions of law, then it should be decided by High Court instead of dismissing the petition on ground of existence of alternative remedy.

The Supreme Court recently expressed disapproval over the mechanical manner in which the Kerala High Court had remanded a civil suit to the trial court at the stage of second appeal

The Supreme Court reiterated that the jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution is limited when it comes to interference with disciplinary proceedings in service matters

The Court dismissed an appeal by real estate developer Supertech seeking a change in the moratorium date for paying its loans to banks.

Union law minister Kiren Rijiju has raised a valid question about judicial interference in matters of the executive. But he has addressed it incorrectly.

The High Court said that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution can be maintained only by an aggrieved person whose legal or constitutional right has been infringed.