Land Acquisition – Lapse under Section 11-A – Delay in Award – No Lapse If Delay Caused by Court Stay – Petitioner claimed acquisition lapsed as award under Section 11 was made more than 11 years after Section 6 declaration – Held: Delay was due to stay orders obtained by adjacent landowners – Exclusion of stay period justified award being within 2-year limitati...
Foreigners Law – Expulsion vs. Deportation – Right to Challenge – Petitioner’s wife declared foreigner by Foreigners Tribunal in 2017 – Failed to avail opportunity granted by High Court in 2021 to appear and contest – Tribunal’s ex parte opinion revived – Court held that declared foreign nationals have no right to reside in India – Expulsion up...
Labour Law – Gratuity – Limitation – Application filed after 2–3 years of retirement – Held: No limitation prescribed under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 – Rules cannot override statutory right – Rule 7(5) of the Central Rules clarifies that delayed claims are not invalid – Delay does not defeat the right to gratuity under a beneficial social wel...
Examination Law - Civil Writ - OMR Evaluation – Incorrect Bubbling of Roll Number – DSSSB Exams – Petitions filed against conflicting CAT orders involving identical issues – One candidate’s OMR sheet was evaluated despite incorrect bubbling and later rejected, while the other’s was not evaluated at all – Held: If the OMR was already evaluated and candidate...
Civil Writ - Cooperative Housing Societies – Nomination – Validity of Rule 91 and Form 17 – Petitioner, a single woman and member of a housing society, sought to nominate a non-blood relative – Society rejected nomination based on Rule 91 and Form 17 requiring nominee to be within blood relation – Held: Section 78 of the Delhi Cooperative Societies Act allows nominati...
Writ Petition – Parole – Delay and Laches – Maintainability – Petitioner sought quashing of order rejecting parole dated 04.09.2024 and direction for release on parole – Petition filed after lapse of more than one year without any explanation – Held: Extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 is discretionary – A litigant who sleeps over his rights for a...
Administrative Law – Paddy Procurement – Engagement of Women’s Self Help Groups – Policy Decision – Exclusion of WSHGs from KMS 2025–26 – WSHGs engaged continuously since 2019 pursuant to 2019 Guidelines – State undertook performance review in 2024 based on complaints of mismanagement – Decision taken to restrict procurement activities to PACS ...
Service Law – Disciplinary Proceedings – Disproportionate Punishment – Doctrine of Proportionality – Article 14 – Petitioner, a Head Constable in CID, was punished with permanent forfeiture of two annual increments for not informing seniors promptly about the loss of a service animal – Inquiry established that petitioner was not responsible for the animal's ...
Constitutional Law – Equality in Public Employment – Articles 14 & 16, Constitution of India – Upholding High Court Order – The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that excluding a reserved category candidate, despite securing marks higher than the cut-off for the General/Open category, solely on account of their category, violates Articles 14 and 16 of t...
Environmental Law – Aravalli Hills and Ranges – Uniform Definition – Mining Activities – Ecological Protection – Court noted long-standing ecological significance of Aravallis as “green lungs” of North-Western India and impact of unchecked urbanisation and mining – Divergent definitions adopted by States led to regulatory inconsistencies – Cour...