Utt HC | Petitioner declined police protection where efficacious and alternative remedy was available
Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Singh and N.S. Dhanik, JJ. dismissed a writ petition filed by the 66-year-old petitioner,
Mandamus
Mad HC | Writ petition to enforce a contractual right of insurance claim against a private insurance company – maintainable, when action of the company has public law character
Madras High Court: Pushpa Sathyanaryana, J. while hearing a petition praying for mandamus against an insurance company, directed the said insurance company
SL CoA | Public authority vested with discretion cannot act in total disregard of the purpose for which such discretion is vested in it
Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: M.M.A. Gaffoor, J. allowed a land owner’s application seeking mandamus for
Pat HC | Prisoners Act: State government may grant parole only after receiving recommendation from the District Parole Board
Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ and Anjana Mishra, J. denied dismissed a petition filed for consideration
SL CoA | Mere allotment of parking area by competent authority of Railways is a private affair; Held, mandamus lies to secure performance of a public duty
Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Mahinda Samayawardhena, J. entertained a writ petition where the petitioner sought,
Utt HC | Power conferred on the Supreme Court, under Article 142 to do complete justice, not available to High Courts under Article 226 of the Constitution
Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and N.S. Dhanik, J. entertained a PIL which sought mandamus to direct
All HC | ‘Bench Hunting’ deprecated by Court – Petition seeking same reliefs as sought in an earlier petition, which was dismissed as withdrawn, not maintainable
Allahabad High Court: The Bench of B. Amit Sthalekar and Piyush Agrawal, JJ., dismissed a civil writ petition, seeking certain reliefs on
Letters sent to the State to be decided first where assessee was unable to file the online quarterly returns
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Petitioner had filed this petition before a 2-Judge Bench of Ajay Kumar Mittal and Sudip Ahluwalia, JJ.,
Claim already raised before competent court not to be interfered by High Court especially when no ground for the same is found
Madhya Pradesh High Court: This writ was filed before a Single Judge Bench of Sheel Nagu, J., in nature of mandamus. The
Allahabad HC allows candidate barred for non-payment of fees to appear in UP Teacher Eligibility Test, 2018
Allahabad High Court: This petition was filed before a Single Judge Bench of Ajit Kumar, J. where an interim order in favour
Appointment to a particular post cannot be claimed as a vested right, even after a candidate is selected for the said post
Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Vivek Rusia, J., dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioner seeking a
Writ in nature of mandamus dismissed for non-prosecution
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Jaswant Singh, J., dealt with a writ petition in nature of
Free movement of citizens cannot be brought to a standstill for holding political meeting or procession
Calcutta High Court: While addressing a PIL, the division bench of Jyotirmay Bhattacharya, C.J. and Arjit Banerjee J. held that “No major
Administrative authority cannot be issued mandamus to exercise discretionary power vested in it by the Statute
Supreme Court: In the appeal against the order of the High Court where it refused to issue mandamus to the Central Government
Notice issued to Union of India in petition seeking direction to specify what constitutes disrespect and abuse of National Anthem
Supreme Court: In the writ of mandamus seeking a direction asking the Union of India to specify what would be constituting disrespect
Writ of mandamus against State Government rejected by the High Court on account of unwillingness of the investigation authority not made out
Delhi High Court: While dismissing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), seeking a mandamus directing the Union of India to register a criminal
Courts cannot interfere with policy decision by adding something to the policy by way of mandamus
Supreme Court: Holding the decision of the Madras High Court where the authorities were directed to take measures to conduct caste-wise census