University Governance – Temporary Appointment of Vice-Chancellor – Section 13(7) of Technological University Act – Interpretation Affirmed – The Chancellor appointed temporary Vice-Chancellors “until further orders” – Supreme Court upheld High Court’s interpretation that such appointments cannot exceed six months and must conform to the statutory sch...
Writ - Service Law – Dismissal from Cooperative Society – Disciplinary Proceedings – Principles of Natural Justice Complied – The petitioner, Secretary of Sadhan Sahkari Samiti, was dismissed after findings of financial embezzlement – Earlier dismissal was set aside for violation of natural justice but directions were issued to conduct fresh inquiry after supplying do...
Writ – Tenancy Law - Mutation Entries – Delay in Challenge – Jurisdictional Defect – RTS Appeal Filed after 33 Years Without Condonation – Order of SDO Cancelled – Court held that challenge to Mutation Entry No.1201 dated 14.07.1962 by Gaikar family after lapse of 33 years without condonation of delay rendered the entire proceedings before SDO void ab initio &nd...
Civil Writ - Service Law – Recruitment – Minimum Qualifying Speed in Shorthand Test – Rule 10 of 1986 Rules – Petition Dismissed - Petitioner applied for Stenographer Grade-III post under PH category, secured 121.142 marks including shorthand, speed and efficiency tests – Failed to meet mandatory speed of 70 WPM in Hindi shorthand test (secured only 50.167 WPM) &ndash...
Civil Writ Petition – Registration of Sale Deeds – Title Dispute – Refusal to Register Sale Deeds Upheld – Petitioners sought a writ of mandamus to compel Sub-Registrar to register sale deeds concerning flats constructed over disputed land – Respondents resisted registration citing pending civil suit over ownership and criminal investigation into alleged forgery of li...
Civil Writ – Service Law - Pension Entitlement – Daily Wager Service Prior to Regularization – Non-Consideration of Pre-Regularization Service – Dismissal of Writ – Petitioner, a Chowkidar in Gorakhpur Development Authority, sought inclusion of daily wage service from 1988 to 2010 towards pension qualifying service under the Retirement Rules, 2011—Held: As per R...
Civil Writ - Delimitation Challenge – Article 14 – No Parity with Union Territory of J&K – Writ Petitions Dismissed – Petitioners challenged the exclusion of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana from delimitation under 2020 and 2021 Notifications, alleging arbitrary discrimination and violation of Section 26 of the AP Reorganisation Act – Supreme Court held that delimitat...
Tenancy Law - Eviction Proceedings – Non-payment of Rent – Tenant’s Defence Struck Off – Persistent Default – The petitioners, landlords of a commercial property, sought to strike off the defence of the tenant who defaulted in rent payment from June 2020 onwards – The Trial Court ordered deposit of rent arrears under Order 16 Rule 10 CPC, which was upheld by the...
Civil Writs – Ragging Law - University Discipline – Death of Student Due to Ragging – Disciplinary Action Against Dean and Assistant Warden – Petitions Dismissed – The petitioners, Dean and Assistant Warden of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, challenged the disciplinary proceedings initiated against them after the death of a student due to ragging &nd...
Civil Law - Title Dispute – Registered Will and Oral Family Settlement – Title Declared in Favour of Second Wife – The Supreme Court adjudicated upon the rival claims of legal heirs regarding agricultural land after the death of Metpalli Rajanna – The Court accepted the validity of a registered Will executed in favour of the second wife, Lasum Bai, supported by corroborativ...