Civil Services Examination – Challenge to CSAT Paper-II – Petitioners challenging questions in CSAT Paper-II as being out of syllabus – Petitioners contending that questions were of Class XI & XII level, contrary to syllabus prescribed – Tribunal dismissing Original Application – Tribunal acknowledging UPSC’s unblemished reputation in conducting examinations...
Civil Appeal - Jurisdiction - High Court's Jurisdiction under Article 226 - Validity of Assignment and Resumption Proceedings - Scope of - Whether High Court's decision to entertain and decide disputed questions of fact was within its jurisdiction under Article 226 - Whether resumption proceedings against allotted land were valid - Examination of - Disputed questions decided based on docum...
Appointment – Assistant Teacher – Illegal Appointment – Appellant claimed appointment as Assistant Teacher in Bengabari M.E. School and sought release of salary from 12.03.2001 onwards. The Director of Elementary Education, Assam, declared all appointments, including the appellant’s, as illegal and void ab initio, as they were made against non-existent posts [Para 4].
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Civil Appeal – Land Acquisition – Consent Terms – Limitation – Appeals arising out of land acquisition proceedings where the High Court allowed the First Appeals, setting aside the award and remanding the matter to the Reference Court to decide the question of limitation under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Appellant-trust aggrieved by the judgments and order...
Arbitration – Road Construction Contract – Award Set Aside by High Court – Appeal by Contractor – Challenge to the common judgment of the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court, which set aside an award in favor of the appellant concerning a road construction contract [Para 1-7].
Limitation – Claim Crystallization – The court observed that the claim crysta...
Arbitration – Award – Challenge to Award – Appellant challenged judgment setting aside award concerning road construction contract – Issues related to legal misconduct of arbitrator, time-barred claim, pursuit of claims after original contractor's death, and contractual preclusion – Trial court and High Court held award vitiated by legal misconduct and time-barred...
Land Acquisition – Lands sought to be acquired by the respondent for the Agricultural Produce Market Committee under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act read with Section 126 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act – Consent terms arrived at between parties for determining market value and handing over possession – Issue of limitation raised by the respondent [Para 2-...
Service Matter - Civil Appeal – Police Recruitment – Suppression of Material Information
The State of West Bengal appealed against a High Court judgment directing the appointment of the respondent as a constable. The appellant argued that the respondent suppressed information about a pending criminal case. The Supreme Court confirmed the findings of the Tribunal and the High ...
Land Acquisition - Compensation - Determination of Market Value - Deduction for Development - Applicability of principles for determining compensation for acquired land - Proper method for calculating deduction - Consideration of sale exemplars - Standard deduction for development charges - Incremental value based on exemplars - Belting system in valuation - Uniform market value determination. [Pa...
Examination Conduct – Cancellation of Candidature – Damage to OMR Sheet – Held: Petitioner's candidature for the post of Hindi Lecturer was rightfully cancelled due to damage caused to the OMR sheet by scratching an answer, despite having scored more marks than the last selected candidate. The decision was in line with instructions issued to maintain the integrity of the exam...