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DELHI SUBORDINATE SERVICES SELECTION BOARD AND ANOTHER .....Appellant Vs.
SEEMA KAPOOR .....Respondent D.D
20/07/2021
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Service Law – Age Relaxation – Eligibility – Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (Appellant) contested the respondent’s entitlement to age relaxation for the post of PGT (English) Female – Respondent claimed relaxation based on her employment as a primary teacher in South Delhi Municipal Corporation – Supreme Court held that employees of autonomous bodies...
(2)
SAYYED AYAZ ALI .....Appellant Vs.
PRAKASH G. GOYAL AND OTHERS .....Respondent D.D
20/07/2021
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Civil Procedure – Rejection of Plaint – Order 7 Rule 11(d) – Supreme Court held that once a plaint is rejected under Order 7 Rule 11(d) CPC, there is no occasion to direct that an amendment be made to the plaint – The rejection of the plaint on the grounds that the suit is barred by any law precludes the plaintiff from rectifying the defects through amendment [Paras 1-14].
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(3)
K.P. NATARAJAN AND ANOTHER .....Appellant Vs.
MUTHALAMMAL AND OTHERS .....Respondent D.D
16/07/2021
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Civil Procedure – Ex-Parte Decree Against Minor – Appointment of Guardian – Supreme Court held that an ex-parte decree against a minor without the minor being represented by a guardian duly appointed under Order 32 Rule 3 of the CPC is a nullity – The High Court, exercising its power of superintendence under Article 227 of the Constitution, correctly set aside the ex-parte ...
(4)
DR. ROHIT KUMAR .....Appellant Vs.
SECRETARY OFFICE OF LT. GOVERNOR OF DELHI AND OTHERS .....Respondent D.D
15/07/2021
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Administrative Law – Study Leave – Policy Decision – Appellant, a medical officer, denied study leave to pursue a postgraduate medical course due to a policy decision in response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Appellant argued that refusal was arbitrary and discriminatory under Article 14 – Supreme Court held the policy decision was neither arbitrary nor discriminatory bu...
(5)
NEW OKHLA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER ...Appellant Vs.
B. D. SINGHAL AND OTHERS ....Respondent D.D
15/07/2021
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Service Law – Age of Superannuation – Enhancement of Age – Appellants challenged the decision of the High Court directing retrospective application of the Government Order enhancing the age of superannuation from fifty-eight to sixty years – High Court held that the enhancement should be retrospective from 29 June 2002 – Supreme Court set aside the High Court's de...
(6)
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON TRUSTEE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER .....Appellant Vs.
AMRUTA GARG AND OTHERS ETC. .....Respondent D.D
14/07/2021
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 – Mutual Fund Winding Up – Trustee’s Authority – Trustees must obtain consent of the majority of unitholders before winding up a scheme under Regulation 18(15)(c) – Regulation 39(2)(a) does not exempt trustees from seeking such consent – Consent should be post-publication of notice under Regu...
(7)
NOORULLA KHAN .....Appellant Vs.
KARNATAKA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD AND ANOTHER .....Respondent D.D
13/07/2021
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Environmental Law – Public Servants – Protection under Section 197 CrPC – Appellant, Chief Officer of Sandur Gram Panchayat, found guilty under Sections 43 and 44 of the Water Act – Lower appellate court's decision quashing prosecution for lack of sanction under Section 197 CrPC set aside by High Court – Supreme Court affirmed that protection under Section 197 CrP...
(8)
ISMAILBHAI I. KANSARA (D) THROUGH LR .....Appellant Vs.
STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS .....Respondent D.D
13/07/2021
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Evacuee Property – Regularization of Possession – Displaced Persons – The appellant, an encroacher on evacuee land, sought regularization under policies dated 20.06.1978 and 08.01.1980 – Supreme Court held that evacuee land must be allotted to displaced persons as per Sections 14 and 20 of the Act – Allotment to encroachers is permissible only if no displaced persons ...
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PUNJAB STATE CO-OPERATIVE MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION LIMITED AND ANOTHER .....Appellant Vs.
BALBIR KUMAR WALIA AND OTHERS .....Respondent D.D
09/07/2021
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Service Law – Higher Pay Scale – Financial Constraints – Appellants contested High Court order granting revised pay scales to employees w.e.f. 1.1.1986 – Supreme Court upheld that financial constraints justified the Federation's decision to grant revised pay scales only from 1.1.1994 – Differentiation between employees of public sector undertakings and Central/Sta...