Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 - Unauthorized occupation of Hadda Rori land - Demarcation of land - Eviction - Delay in demarcation by respondents - Writ petition seeking mandamus for expeditious demarcation and subsequent legal action - Valid demarcation report necessary to establish claim before Competent Authority - Court allows the writ petition and directs empowered Revenu...
Goods and Services Tax (GST) - Refund claim - Seizure of documents and electronic gadgets - Petitioner sought direction to refund amount and supply copy of Panchnama and seized items - Petitioner contended that the amount was voluntarily deposited and no notice under Section 74(1) of CGST Act was served - Respondents argued that investigation was ongoing and no show cause notice had been issued - ...
Service Law - Annual Increment - Disabled Employee - Petition under Article 226 - Challenge to denial of annual increment due to non-clearance of type test - Petitioner 60% disabled and locomotor disabled - Government instructions grant exemption to handicapped employees from passing type test - Authority failed to consider disability and applicable instructions - Impugned order set aside - Direct...
Arms Act – Renewal and Cancellation of Licence – Quasi-Judicial Decisions – Writ petition challenging the orders canceling the petitioner’s arms licence and dismissing the appeal against the cancellation. The cancellation was based on the petitioner’s involvement in three FIRs, despite acquittal in all cases. Held, the cancellation order and the appellate order were n...
Termination of dealership agreement - Quashing of termination letter - Challenge to guidelines - Prayer not pressed - Petitioners appointed as dealer for sale of LPG in Hoshiarpur - Complaint received against petitioner No.2 for concealing and suppressing facts - Allegation of not being eligible for grant of LPG distributorship - Show cause notice issued - Reply filed - Dealership terminated - Pet...
Grant of parole - Sections 21, 23, 28, 29, 60, 61, 63 of the NDPS - Challenge to declining order of parole - Whether declining order was ill-informed and not founded on credible material - Reasons given for denying parole based on mere apprehensions - No adverse report by Superintendent of Jail concerning petitioner's conduct - Order suffers from non-application of mind - Petition allowed and ...
Constitutional Law - Writ Petition - Suppression of Material Facts - Criminal Antecedents - Petition seeking quashing of verbal orders not to report for duty and preventing replacement by another contractual employee—Petitioner failed to disclose involvement in a criminal case (FIR No. 178 dated 30.03.2017 under Sections 306, 420, and 406 IPC) and custody from 06.04.2017 to 13.09.2017—...
Application sought directions - High Courts to fill vacancies from service judges or the bench up to 50% of their total strength of judges if a vacancy from the Bar Quota has been lying vacant for more than 6 months, appropriate directions to fill vacancies from the Judicial Service Quota as expeditiously as possible, and clarification to ensure that the ratio of quota of judges from the Service J...
Service Law - Dismissal from Service - Writ Petition - Challenge to dismissal order affirmed by Appellate Authority - Petitioner, Incharge of Police Malkhana, found grossly negligent in duty leading to missing money - Held, Petitioner's actions constituted gravest misconduct - Authorities need not reproduce statutory language if allegations substantiate misconduct - Writ Petition Dismissed [Pa...
Service Law – Deputation – Requirement of Consent – Article 226 – Rule 11 of Haryana Lokayukta (Functions, Powers, Inquiry and Investigation) Rules, 2008 – Petitioner directed to join as Private Secretary on deputation basis – Deputation requires tripartite consent involving parent department, borrowing authority, and deputationist – Petitioner did not exp...