(1) IN RE: THE WAQF AMENDMENT ACT, 2025 (1)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025
Waqf Act, 1995 (as amended) — Challenge to constitutional validity of amendments — Petitioners contended that amendments are ultra vires the Constitution, violating fundamental rights including Articles 14, 15, 19, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 300A. Respondents argued for legislative competence and presumption of validity of enactments. Court emphasized that statutes should only be declared
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(19) M.S. PATTER Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Preamble, Article 21, Directive Principles of State Policy (Articles 38, 39(e), 41, 47) — Right to life and personal liberty — Dignity, health, shelter, privacy, humane treatment — Beggars' Homes — Constitutional trust, not discretionary charity — State's affirmative and non-derogable responsibility towards indigent persons — Beggars' Homes as spaces of social justice, not social
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