Supreme Court

The single division bench headed by Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav gave him relief by issuing a stay on the order for one month. Gowrishankar represents the Tumakuru Rural constituency. His rival BJP candidate Suresh Gowda had filed a complaint against him. It was alleged that Gowrishankar had offered group health insurance schemes for elders and children through Maruthi Seva Trust, in which his family members are trustees, during the 2018 Assembly elections.

Faizal's conviction and sentence of 10 years jail was stayed by the Kerala High Court on January 25. Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, appearing on his behalf, mentioned the matter before a bench presided over by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud.Singhvi submitted that letters were written but no action has been taken so far to restore Faizal's membership.

The plea, filed by advocate Deepak Prakash on behalf of Aabha Muralidharan, prayed that automatic disqualification under Section 8 (3) of the Representation of People Act (RPA), 1951, should be declared as ultra vires of the Constitution, for being arbitrary, illegal and violative of fundamental right to equality.

Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud for early hearing. The top court agreed to hear the matter on April 5. The counsel clarified that they are not attempting to affect the ongoing investigations.

A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices M.R. Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and P.S. Narasimha, before reserving the verdict, shot a volley of questions at senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing the Thackeray group.

B.S. Koshyari, who was then the Governor of Maharashtra, had asked the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to face a floor test to prove his majority. Thackeray, sensing imminent defeat, resigned and this resulted in the appointment of Shinde as the new Chief Minister. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud.

The ED has summoned her for a third time on March 16. Kavitha's plea said her name has not been mentioned in the FIR registered by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in Delhi excise policy. Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is already under the ED's custody in the same case.

Senior advocate Dushyant Dave mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud for urgent listing, saying that "several bills are stuck". After hearing brief submissions, the bench agreed to list the matter on March 20.

A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Justice K.M. Joseph and comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy, and C. T. Ravikumar, said: "We are concerned with and the devastating effect of continuing to leave appointments in sole hands of the executive on fundamental values, as also the fundamental rights, we are of the considered view that the time is ripe for the court to lay down norms."

A five-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud told senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, representing the Shinde faction, that the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution attaches a disqualification, "the moment you have a rival faction and it absolutely makes no difference whether you are saying, we are in the same party and we represent the same party...".