Overview

• A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma ruled on May 15 that the Chhattisgarh Auxiliary Armed Police Force Act, 2011, cannot constitute contempt for regularizing auxiliary armed forces.
• The judgement reaffirmed that legislative enactments carry legal force until struck down for unconstitutionality, reinforcing the doctrine of separation of powers.
• It directed both the Union of India and the Chhattisgarh government to take adequate steps for peace and rehabilitation in regions scarred by decades of Maoist violence.
• Long-running human rights cases and contempt petitions stemming from the 2011 ban on Special Police Officers and disbanding of the Salwa Judum militia have been closed.
• The court clarified that challenges to the validity of state laws must be pursued through constitutional remedies rather than contempt proceedings.