Forum Shopping Undermines High Courts’ Constitutional Status: Supreme Court Rejects GST Transfer Pleas

Supreme Court of India declined to transfer GST challenges from High Courts, warning consolidation risks forum shopping and weakens balance. Turf clubs sought unified rulings on horse racing taxation, citing issues, but the Court stressed constitutional autonomy tax amendments.

“Judiciary Does Not Hold Keys to Every Problem”: Centre Warns Supreme Court on Overstepping Powers

The Centre told the Supreme Court that fixing timelines for President and Governors to act on Bills would upset the constitutional balance, stressing such powers are “non-justiciable.” SG Tushar Mehta warned that judicial overreach could trigger “constitutional disorder.”