Invocation of extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 – Whether every trivial dispute can be resolved through the extraordinary jurisdiction of the court – Trend of filing writ petitions with imaginary or trivial causes of action should be discouraged.
HSLC Examination 2021 – Evaluation of marks – Guidelines issued for evaluation of theory marks – Pe...
Lease Agreement and Eviction – Petitioner leased property from respondent with condition to vacate on one-month notice; petitioner failed to vacate after lease term, leading to eviction proceedings. [Para 1]
Defence of Petitioner – Claim of forcible eviction and inability to deposit rent due to external factors (Samaikhya Andhra Bandh). [Para 2]
Trial Proceedings – Rent Con...
Property Law – Cancellation of Allotment – Default in Installment Payments – Appellant, a 55-year-old woman, allotted a plot under the Middle-Income Group Scheme – Made initial payments but defaulted on four installments due to husband's ill-health – Paid balance with interest before cancellation notice was served – High Court dismissed writ petition challen...
Contempt of Court – Wilful Disobedience – Respondents found guilty of contempt for not complying with Supreme Court and High Court orders – Despite multiple opportunities to settle the dispute or comply, respondents failed – Supreme Court sentenced respondent No. 1 to seven days of simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs. 5 lakhs – Fine to be deposited before the...
Scope of Contempt Jurisdiction – High Court's exercise of contempt jurisdiction in context of willful disobedience to stay order – Appellant's violation of status quo condition – High Court's decision to vacate stay order questioned – Appeal focuses on the appropriateness of High Court's action in contempt proceedings rather than initiating separate proceedi...
Civil Procedure – Appointment of Commissioner – Order 26 Rule 9 and Rule 11 CPC – Court has wide powers to appoint a commissioner for local investigations to elucidate any matter in dispute or to ascertain the market value of any property, mesne profits, damages, or annual net profits – Commissioners do not perform judicial acts but ministerial acts to aid the court –...
Partition Suit – Entitlement to Partition and Separate Possession – Trial court's decision favoring the plaintiff for partition and separate possession of schedule properties affirmed. The plaintiff, a daughter in a Hindu joint family, sought partition of ancestral properties including item No.5, contested as self-acquired by defendants. [Paras 2, 13, 14, 24]
Ancestral Property ...
Contempt of Court by Advocate – Appellant, a practicing advocate, found guilty of contempt for making threatening remarks to a lady advocate, failing to appear in court, and making baseless allegations against judges. Convicted by High Court under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, and sentenced to three months civil imprisonment and fined Rs. 2,000 in each of the two contempt cases. [Paras 1...
Constitutional Law – Education – Regulation of Fees – Section 87 of Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 – Notification requiring unaided educational institutions to disclose income expenditure accounts and balance sheets on their websites and prohibiting them from charging any costs from parents – Supreme Court held clause (a) of the notification as substantive and not pe...
Service Law – Selection – Posts of Constable (General) – Appellant’s application found with incorrect and incomplete information regarding criminal antecedents – Application liable to be rejected at any stage of selection process – Supreme Court held suppression of material information in application form as ground for rejection of candidature [Paras 2-4].
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