Limitation Act, 1963 – Condonation of Delay – Review Petition – Delay of 645 days beyond prescribed period of 30 days under Article 124 – Applicants sought condonation citing time spent in identifying specialised counsel, intervening summer vacations, family wedding and attempts at amicable settlement – Held: Reasons vague, general and unsupported by material particul...
Accident Claim - Motor Vehicles Act – Permit Violation – Absence of Permit – Breach of Policy – Insurance Company Liability – Claimant sustained grievous injuries while working as cleaner in offending truck – Accident occurred in State of Madhya Pradesh – Evidence on record (Ex.D-7, Ex.D-9) showed permit authorised vehicle only for Delhi, U.P., Rajasthan a...
Education Law – Higher Secondary Examination – Change of Examination Centre – Writ Petition under Articles 226 and 227 – Petitioner institution conducting +2 Vocational Music Course since 2011 – Institution recognized and treated as unaided (not self-financing) – Claim for continuation as independent examination centre for Higher Secondary Examination, 2026 &nda...
Taxation Law – Andhra Pradesh VAT Act – Appeal – Rejection at Admission Stage – Delay in Filing Appeal – Appellate Deputy Commissioner rejected appeal filed with delay of 2 years 4 months and 20 days against consequential assessment order – Petitioner pleaded non-service of show cause notice and assessment order – Held: Explanation not satisfactory –...
Land Ceiling – Re-determination of Surplus Land – Transitory Provisions under U.P. Amending Acts of 1973 and 1976 – Fresh proceedings under Section 10(2) after statutory amendments held valid – Earlier discharge of notice in 1964 not operating as res judicata – Clubbing of wife’s land upheld – Failure to exercise statutory choice under Section 12-A –...
Land Revenue – Mutation Proceedings – Registered Consent Decree – Scope of Jurisdiction – Revenue authorities deleted mutation entry despite existence of registered Consent Decree passed by High Court – Held: Mutation proceedings are fiscal and administrative – Authorities under Sections 149 and 150 MLRC have no jurisdiction to adjudicate title, testamentary suc...
Public Works Contract – PMGSY – Price Variation/Escalation – Closure of Designated Quarry – Judicial Review under Article 226 – Petitioner awarded PMGSY road work on the basis of NIT and estimates showing Kupari Quarry as lead source for minor minerals – Kupari Quarry stood closed by NGT order prior to tender but fact not disclosed in NIT – Contractor comp...
Land Reforms – Vesting under WBEA Act – Revenue Officer has no statutory power to review concluded vesting order – Executive directions cannot confer review jurisdiction – Review order passed after four decades held void – Company failed to prove exclusive engagement in farming under Section 6(1)(j) – High Court judgment set aside.
West Bengal Estates Acquisi...
Motor Accident Compensation – Just Compensation – Proof of Income – Mandatory future prospects for fixed salary employee below 40 years – “Loss of love and affection” not a separate head – Such loss subsumed within consortium – Compensation enhanced.
Motor Vehicles Act – Just Compensation – Governing Principles – Compensation und...
Civil Law – Reopening of Evidence – Additional Documents – Belated Applications – Certified Copies of Sale Deeds – Discretion of Trial Court – Petitioners sought reopening of evidence and permission to mark additional documents more than three years after closure of their evidence – Applications filed under Section 151 CPC, Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC and Orde...