Tenancy Protection – Section 3(2)(b), TN Cultivating Tenants Protection Act – Grounds of eviction – Allegations of felling trees, digging pits, constructing huts – Revenue Court relied on Commissioner’s report from earlier civil suit and ordered eviction – High Court affirmed – Held: No cogent evidence of destructive acts or negligence – Mere pruning...
Service Law – Regularization – Long-Term Engagement Without Absorption – Petition Dismissed – The petitioner claimed continuous service under BCCL since 1979 as a piece-rated worker and sought regularization and pensionary benefits – Held: There was no official appointment or evidence of sanctioned post – Despite long engagement, petitioner failed to demonstrate...
Lease Agreement – COVID-19 – Force Majeure Clause – Appeal Dismissed – Rent partially waived for lockdown period – Liquidated damages and penal rent claims rejected due to lack of actual loss – Amendment to Section 10 of Specific Relief Act held inapplicable to pre-2018 contracts [Paras 26-27, 44-46, 60-68].
Force Majeure – Lease Interpretation – ...
Service Law – Departmental Proceedings – Promotion with Retrospective Effect – Appeal Allowed – Appellant was denied retrospective promotion and consequential benefits despite departmental proceedings being quashed – Held: State violated direction in LPA judgment by not promoting appellant from date her junior was promoted – Relief granted including arrears and ...
GST – Search and Seizure – Section 67 CGST Act – Delhi HC upholds July 2025 raids on Gumber family firms; validates “reasons to believe” but directs safeguards on CCTV privacy, lawful access, official communications, and adjudication of coercion allegations.
GST Search and Seizure – Section 67 CGST Act – Validity and Safeguards – Surprise search o...
Judicial Service Recruitment – Clause 8.4 prescribing minimum 40% in each paper and 50% aggregate upheld – Administrative instructions can supplement Rules when silent – Petition dismissed [Paras 12-20].
Scope of Rules – Rules of 2007 for Punjab & Haryana provide for written test (750 marks) and viva voce (250 marks) but are silent on qualifying marks – Notific...
Adoption – Consent of Biological Father – Inference Permissible – Petitioners, mother and stepfather, applied for adoption – State Authority insisted on father’s written consent though he had relinquished custody/visitation rights in matrimonial settlement – Biological father remained silent before Court – Held: silence and prior relinquishment justify inf...
Chandigarh Housing Board Allotment – Transfer before expiry of 10 years and without conveyance deed – Invalid – Will unproved – Parties held entitled as co-heirs – Appeals partly allowed and disposed of [Paras 16–27].
Property Dispute – Allotment under Chandigarh Housing Board – Clause 12 – Transfer of house to daughter prior to completion o...
Civil Revision – Withdrawal of Earlier Suit – Order 23 Rule 1 CPC – Permission to file fresh suit implied – Plaintiff withdrew earlier Title Suit No.160/1979 with prayer for liberty to file fresh suit – Trial Court allowed withdrawal but did not expressly mention liberty – Held: Order must be construed as granting composite prayer – Fresh suit not barred &...
Consumer Protection Act, 2019 – execution of enhanced award – doctrine of merger – 18% interest on enhanced compensation relates back to 2017 District Commission order – unjust enrichment plea rejected – Article 227 petition dismissed.
Consumer Law – Execution of Enhanced Award – Interest on Enhanced Amount – Petition Dismissed – DCDRC award...