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...
Land Acquisition – Repeated Challenge to Acquisition Proceedings – Section 4(1), Section 6(1), and Section 48(1) of the Land Acquisition Act – Writ Petition Dismissed with Exemplary Costs – The petitioners, legal representatives of original grantees, challenged the acquisition of 2 acres and 20 guntas of land granted in 1979, citing a purported Section 48(1) notification is...
Service Law – Reservation for BC Category – Requirement of Fresh BC Certificate – Validity of Certificates – Rejection of Candidature Arbitrary – Candidates applied for recruitment to the post of Constable (General Duty) under BC-A/BC-B category – Their candidature was rejected on the ground that caste certificates were issued before 01.04.2023 – Held: No ...
Civil Writ – PIL - Storm Water Drain – Retaining Wall Height – Flood Prevention – PIL Allowed - Petitioner Association sought completion of a 15-foot retaining wall to prevent flooding near 10th Cross, S.R. Layout – BBMP’s technical report supported the need for retaining wall of 3 to 3.5 metres (approx. 10 to 11.5 feet) – Held: Reduction of height for cro...