In Brief
Swaraj Abhiyan, an unregistered organization, filed writ petitions seeking to assert fundamental rights under Article 32. The Attorney General challenged maintainability on multiple grounds: that the unregistered organization lacked locus standi, that a petition filed by a political opposition leader could not be maintained, and that disputes with political overtones fall outside Article 32's scope. The Supreme Court deferred final determination, directing parties to file written submissions and listing the matter for hearing on 10 January 2017 to decide these maintainability issues.
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