Criminal Law – Appeal against Conviction – Section 411 IPC – Appeal against conviction for the offence under Section 411 IPC. Appellant was convicted based on the recovery of Rs. 13,000, a photograph, and a bag. Held: In the absence of strong evidence, particularly the lack of proof that the appellant knew or had reason to believe the property was stolen, the conviction under Sec...
Land Law - Validity of Notice - Demarcation - Natural Justice-Validity of Notice - Demarcation Requirement – Civil writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 challenging a notice issued under Section 24(1) of the Haryana Gram Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 – Held: For a notice to be valid under Section 24(1), a prior valid demarcation of the concerned site by a competent Revenue Officer is req...
Taxation Law – Central Sales Tax – Inter-State Sales – The petitioner, a public sector undertaking, entered into an agreement with the Government of Bihar to supply energy food. The Sales Tax Tribunal upheld the assessment of the transactions as inter-state sales liable to tax under the Central Sales Tax Act, despite the petitioner's contention that these were stock transfers...
Taxation Law – Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 – Dispute over classification of transactions as Inter-State Sales or Stock Transfers – Challenge to assessment by State of Haryana imposing tax on transactions treated as inter-State sales – High Court examines whether movement of goods from Haryana to Bihar under an agreement constituted a sale or stock transfer – Held: Sup...
Unaided Educational Institutions - Disciplinary Procedures - Judicial Review - Employment Termination
Unaided Educational Institutions - Disciplinary Procedures – Letters patent appeals concerning termination of employees from an unaided educational institution – Held: The Haryana School Education Rules, 2003, provide a detailed disciplinary procedure for unaided education...
Service Law – Regularization of Service – The petitioner sought the antedating of his regularization as a Homeopathic Assistant either to his initial engagement date in 1992 or the date of sanction of the post in 2000. The court held that the petitioner’s service regularization was correctly dated to 06.03.2019, the date of the prior order of the High Court. The court rejected th...
Judicial Review - Infrastructure Projects - Expert Opinion - Construction of Highways - National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) - Feasibility Reports - Public Interest - Safety Concerns - Legal Right to Access
Judicial Review - Interference with Expert Opinion – Civil writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 challenging NHAI's decision not to construct an additional vehi...
Arms Act – Rejection of Arms License Application – Non-Speaking Order – Writ petition challenging the rejection of an arms license application and the dismissal of the appeal. The rejection was based on the petitioner’s involvement in FIRs, but the order was a pre-printed proforma with mere blanks filled and lacked reasons. Held: Section 17(5) of the Arms Act, 1959, mandate...
Constitutional Law - Appointment of Lambardar – Civil Writ Petition – Quashing of Order – Petitioner sought quashing of Financial Commissioner's order which set aside the Divisional Commissioner's decision and restored the Collector's order appointing Respondent No.4 as Lambardar. Held: The choice of the Collector cannot be lightly interfered with unless there is some...
Civil Procedure – Remand by First Appellate Court – Challenge in High Court against the remand order of the First Appellate Court that sent the original suit (OS No.227 of 1995) back for fresh disposal in the light of additional evidence – High Court scrutinized whether the First Appellate Court’s decision adhered to the procedural requirements under Order 41, Rule 28 of CP...