Administrative Law – Writ of Mandamus – Commercial Circular No. 61 of 2017 – Petitioners, operating multipurpose stalls at railway stations, challenged Clauses 5 and 11 of the 2017 Policy as arbitrary and unconstitutional – Sought renewal of licenses in light of the Supreme Court judgment in South Central Railways – Court held the 2017 Policy was non-arbitrary and the...
Public Interest Litigation (PIL) – Allotment of Premises in High Court Campus – Challenge to Allotment Procedure – High Court's Decision on Lack of Transparency and Legal Entity Recognition – Examination of Procedural Compliance and Discretionary Power
Public Interest Litigation – Maintainability – Writ Petition filed by Advocate challenging all...
Service Law – Acquittal and Departmental Proceedings – Impact of Criminal Acquittal on Disciplinary Actions – Petitioners acquitted in criminal trial seek reinstatement with same rank and benefits – Petition dismissed – Petitioner seeking quashing of the charge-sheet and office order imposing penalties on the petitioners – Petitioners contended that their acquit...
Constitutional Law – Article 226 – Writ of Mandamus – Petitioners seeking police protection from petitioner No.1’s family and protection for attending marriage registration under Special Marriage Act – Held – Marriage between a Muslim man and a Hindu woman under Special Marriage Act does not validate the marriage under personal laws, which consider such marriage...
Public Interest Litigation – Allotment of Industrial Land – Absence of Public Auction – Challenge to GIDC’s allotment of developed industrial plots to respondent No.5 without holding public auction – Petitioner claimed illegal and unauthorized allotment leading to significant public exchequer loss – High Court found allotment violated GIDC's own policy manda...
Criminal Law – Quashing of FIR and Charge-Sheet – Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. – FIR for molestation and threats – FIR No.0048 dated 25.06.2022 registered under Sections 452, 354 IPC, Sections 8 and 12 of POCSO Act, 2012, later including Sections 354-A and 195-A IPC – Petitioner alleged to have threatened the victim’s uncle to force compromise &nd...
Administrative Law - Jurisdiction of State Commissions – Writ Petition under Articles 226/227 – Petition filed against the Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission’s order directing the promotion of an employee – Commission directed that respondent be promoted as Senior Executive Engineer – Held, the Commission lacks the authority to issue such directions – Commi...
Evidence Law - Admissibility of Secondary Evidence - Civil Writ Petition challenging the dismissal of an application under Section 65 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 by the Trial Court - The compromise document dated 27.01.2014, relied upon by the petitioner, was unregistered and unstamped - Held, since the document created rights in immovable property, it required compulsory registration under S...
Income Tax Act, 1961 – Sections 132, 153A, 153C – Invalid Search and Seizure Proceedings – Quashing of Notices and Assessment Orders - Court examined the validity of search and seizure proceedings and subsequent assessment orders under the Income Tax Act, 1961 – Petitioner challenged the initiation of proceedings, search, and assessment order, asserting lack of authorizatio...
Civil Law – Orders for delisting trucks by Ex-Servicemen Corporation – Challenge in Himachal Pradesh High Court against delisting orders due to concealment of re-employment – Common judgment passed for multiple writ petitions - Orders for delisting trucks – Chairman-cum-Managing Director of HP Ex-Servicemen Corporation delisted trucks owned by petitioners – Concealmen...