Selection Process and Appointment Invalidity – Writ Petition – Challenge to the selection processes by the West Bengal Central School Service Commission for appointment to various teaching and non-teaching positions – Court finds extensive procedural irregularities and illegalities, including appointments made outside of the merit panel, manipulation of Optical Mark Rec...
Filing of Criminal Writ Petition under Article 226 – Petitioners seeking directions for protection against threats to their life and liberty – Relationship between the major petitioner No. 1 and minor petitioner No. 2 (17 years & 9 months) is a matter of their personal choice and stated to be consensual [Para 1, 2].
Notice and Representation – Initial hearing and...
Protection under Article 21 – Criminal Writ Petition – Petition for protection of life and liberty of petitioners in a live-in relationship – Supreme Court's prior rulings cited affirming protection rights under similar circumstances – Court directs state to assess threat and provide necessary protection if warranted. [Paras 1-15]
Live-In Relationship and Legal Prote...
Procedural Background & Facts – Multiple writ petitions filed by State Bank of India challenging the refusal of the District Magistrate, Ludhiana to assist in taking possession of secured assets under SARFAESI Act due to alleged procedural non-compliance by the Bank [Paras 1-17, 18-30].
Key Legal Issue – Whether the requirement to communicate the rejection of objections by the b...
Procedural Appropriateness of Issuing Certified Copies Post-Disposition – Writ Appeal against order in Interim Application – 7th respondent/appellant challenges the High Court’s decision allowing the issuance of certified copies from a disposed writ petition (W.P.(Crl) No. 445/2022) under IA No.3/2024 – High Court holds that such issuance does not constitute a revival of di...
Service Law - Challenging Procedure in Departmental Enquiry – Interpretation and Application of Law – Petitioner, a workman, challenged the procedural validity of his termination based on a departmental enquiry by invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. The Labour Court-II upheld the procedure as valid, which was contested in this writ petition. T...
Jurisdictional Challenge and Applicability of Labour Laws – Petitioner contends that being governed by the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, they are exempt from other labour legislations as the Act provides a complete code; Assistant Labour Officer's jurisdiction challenged – High Court finds that the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act does not preclude the application of general ...
Quo Warranto Petition - Dismissal - Public Interest Litigation challenging the authority of the Chief Minister of Delhi - Petitioner seeks removal of Chief Minister from office citing incapacity due to incarceration - Court finds earlier orders dismissing similar PILs seeking identical relief - Petitioner alleges breakdown of constitutional machinery - Court asserts inability to interfere with exe...
Quashing of Order by Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) – Writ Petition – Supreme Court judgment reversing High Court’s decision – ITSC order based on respondent-assessee group’s application under Section 245C of the Income Tax Act for settlement – ITSC erroneously accepted application despite inadequate full and true disclosure of income by respondent &nda...
Judicial Review of Statutory Provisions – Challenge against Section 9(1) of the Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011 and Rules 13(11) and 13(12) of the Bihar Land Mutation Rules, 2012 – Alleged to be ultra vires the Constitution for conferring powers on the Additional Collector to dispossess persons based on mutation proceedings, affecting rights to property under Article 300A – Held, t...