The Petitioner, Stamen Filipov, challenged several provisions of the Law on Insurance (the Law), which required owners and the users of motor vehicles, aircrafts, ships, motor powered boats and railway vehicles to conclude insurance contracts. Filipov challenged these compulsory insurance provisions on the basis that they forced parties to conclude contracts they did not agree …Read more

The petitioner challenged as ultra vires the provision requiring motorcyclists to wear protective helmets. The law exempted Sikhs who wear turbans while riding on motorcyclists. The petitioner claimed that this provision violated Article 19(a) of the Constitution, which, inter alia, confers the right on all citizens to practice any profession or to carry on any …Read more