SERVICE LAW-Appointments to public posts should be strictly in accordance with Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution. Eligibility criteria should be uniform and there cannot be scope of arbitrary selections
Tag: JUDGMENTS
Harjit Singh Vs. Inderpreet Singh @ Inder and Anr – 24/08/2021
Apex Court does not interfere with Bail order of HC. But, where the discretion of HC to grant bail has been exercised without due application of mind or in contravention of directions of apex Court, granting bail is liable to be set aside.
Kumar Vs. State of Jharkhand & Ors – 19/08/2021
It is made clear that person is entitled to claim benefit of reservation in either of the successor State of Bihar or State of Jharkhand, but will not be entitled to claim benefit simultaneously
Madhav Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh-18/08/2021
It happens at times that the real culprit lodges the first information against known or unknown persons, to misdirect the investigation of an offence
North Delhi Municipal Corporation Vs. Dr. Ram Naresh Sharma & Ors-03/08/2021
The doctors, both under AYUSH and CHS, render service to patients and on this core aspect, there is nothing to distinguish them.
Rajinder Goel Vs. High Court of Punjab and Haryana & Anr-02/08/2021
Petition REJECTED under Article 32 of the Constitution and since a remedy under Article 226 of the Constitution was available to him for getting remedy
Neeraj Garg Vs. Sarita Rani and Ors. Etc-02/08/2021
Expunging certain observations made against the LAWYER by the learned Judge of the High Court while deciding four cases
State of Kerala Vs. K. Ajith & Ors-28/07/21
CJM declining to grant permission to the Public Prosecutor to withdraw the prosecution. An application for withdrawal of prosecution under Section 321 of the CrPC. It is not the duty of this Court, in an application under Section 321 of the CrPC, to adjudicate upon evidentiary issues and examine the admissibility or sufficiency of evidence.
Lakshman Singh Vs. State of Bihar (now Jharkhand)-23/07/21
Production of an injury report for the offence under Section 323 IPC is not a sine qua non for establishing the case for the offence under Section 323 IPC. Section 323 IPC is a punishable section for voluntarily causing hurt. "Hurt" is defined under Section 319 IPC.
Indra Devi Vs. State of Rajasthan & Anr-23/07/21
Section 197 of the CrPC seeks to protect an officer from unnecessary harassment, who is accused of an offence committed while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duties and, thus, prohibits the court from taking cognisance of such offence except with the previous sanction of the competent authority.
Somesh Chaurasia Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr-22/07/21
Post Conviction Bail Cancelled-Observed: The courts comprised in the district judiciary are the first point of interface with citizens. If the faith of the citizen in the administration of justice has to be preserved, it is to the district judiciary that attention must be focused as well as the 'higher' judiciary.
Union of India Vs. Rajendra N. Shah & Anr-20/07/21
These appeals raise an important question as to the vires of the Constitution (Ninety Seventh Amendment) Act, 2011 [the "Constitution 97th Amendment Act"] which inter alia introduced Part IXB under the chapter heading 'The Co-operative Societies'.
K.P. Natarajan & Anr. Vs. Muthalammal & Ors-16/07/2021
In a Civil Revision Petition filed under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (for short “the Code”), challenging an order of the trial Court refusing to condone the delay of 862 days
Sachin Kashyap & Ors. Vs. Sushil Chandra Srivastava & Ors-15/07/2021
Writ Petition having been filed for a particular cause and with a particular prayer cannot be expanded to cover within its ambit all the issues which may be of general or public importance without there being any pleadings or prayer with regard to a particular issue.
Madras Bar Association Vs. Union of India & Anr-14/07/2021
The Madras Bar Association has filed this Writ Petition seeking a declaration that Sections 12 and 13 of the Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021 and Sections 184 and 186 (2) of the Finance Act, 2017 as amended by the Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021 as ultra vires