1. This judgment arises from a Writ Petition instituted in 2005 seeking directions to ensure meaningful access to public spaces for persons with disabilities1.

1. Article 30 of the Constitution of India guarantees to religious and linguistic minorities, the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice. The issues which arise for adjudication in this...

1. The petitioner which is a company duly incorporated under the laws of the United States of America1 has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under sub-sections (6) and (12) of Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation...

1. The petitioner has instituted proceedings under Article 137 of the Constitution read with Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013 seeking a review of the judgment of a three-Judge Bench of this Court dated 25 August...

1. The renowned American poet H. W. Longfellow penned to the effect that a torn jacket might soon be mended, but a bruised heart of a child would be beyond reviviscence. Certainly, it contains the gospel truth as relates a child...

1. For the convenience of exposition, this judgment is divided into the following parts:—

1. Since the captioned petitions raise analogous issues between the same parties, those were taken up together and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.

1. The petitioners have invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution inter-alia seeking to challenge the validity of the Explanation to Rule 38 of the Mineral (Other than Atomic and Hydrocarbons...

1. Leave granted.

1. A three-Judge Bench of this Court while accepting the salutary principle that once the recruitment process commences the State or its instrumentality cannot tinker with the “rules of the game” insofar as the prescription of...