Statutory Law

Supreme Court Upholds Use of Urdu on Municipal Signboard: Language as Communication, Not Division (2025)

/ Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 345, Judges, K. Vinod Chandran, Maharashtra Local Authorities (Official Languages) Act, 2022, Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965, Statutory Law, Sudhanshu Dhulia

Date of the Judgment: April 15, 2025 Citation: 2025 INSC 486 Judges: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J., K. Vinod Chandran, J. Can a Municipal Council display its name in a language other than the official state language on its signboard? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a recent case concerning the Municipal Council, Patur, […]

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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order on Encroachment: Pradeep Singh Bisht vs. State of Uttarakhand (2019)

/ Aniruddha Bose, Civil Law, Deepak Gupta, Encroachment, Judges, Municipal Corporation, Municipal Corporation Act, Ranjan Gogoi, Statutory Law

Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order on Encroachment: Pradeep Singh Bisht vs. State of Uttarakhand (2019) The Supreme Court of India, on July 19, 2019, addressed a case regarding alleged encroachments and unauthorized constructions. The core issue was whether the High Court could order eviction based solely on an Advocate-Commissioner’s report, without the Municipal

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