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The present petition is filed by petitioner, who provides services for packing of two-wheelers, parcels, and passenger luggage with optional door pickup and delivery at Visakhapatnam Railway Station, seeking extension of his license period for seven months.
Clause 2.8.1(f) of the General Conditions of Contract, which enables MMRDA to terminate the contract without assigning any reasons, cannot be read to mean that MMRDA has a licence to act unfairly, or arbitrarily.
“Government servants, elected legislators, Judges in the Supreme Court and High Court, and prominent journalists do not belong to the “weaker” or per se deserving sections of our society, warranting special State reservations to land allotment.”
The bank has acted in an arbitrary and illegal manner by claiming that the entire bid amount shall be deposited by the petitioner, while on the other hand, avoiding the question of the supervening legal impossibility, which debarred them from issuing Sale Certificate or handing over the physical possession of the property to petitioner.
“The Khalsa University (Repeal) Act 2017, was enacted with a purpose which was non-existent, would fall under the ambit of manifest arbitrariness and would therefore be violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.”
“The writ Court is not required to find fault of the authorities with a magnifying glass rather the Court should examine the decision-making process and also leave room for interpretation of the contract by the authorities.”
Section 128-A of the Act of 1959 which empowered the Registrar to completely take away the right of a co-operative society to recruit, transfer or hold disciplinary enquiry against its employees is ultra vires the Constitution
Supreme Court said that the reservation for the Persons with disabilities has been treated as Horizontal Reservation i.e. the reservation under Clause (1) of Article 16, and not the Vertical reservation i.e. the reservation under Clause (4) of Article 16 of the Constitution of India.
The State Government is directed to frame guidelines for extending benefit of accreditation to journalists working in small newspapers in district and constituency levels based on a fair and rational criteria.
The Court stated that it is a settled law that after an employee’s retirement, the master and servant relationship ceases to operate. If any action is required to be taken after the retirement of an ex-employee, then same can always be taken when there is an express authority of law and provision of law.
The Court pointed out that the petitioner could have been detained only under Section 8 (1)(a-1) of the PSA and not under Section 8(1)(a) of the PSA, as both the clauses (a) and (a-1) operate in different fields
Petitioner contended that such discrimination between petitioner and other assesses who were supplying any other goods/service to related persons, being arbitrary and without any rational nexus, is violative of Article 14 and Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution.
“Petitioner is seeking to retain an advantage for the registered unrecognized political parties to get continued access to a particular free symbol and therefore indirectly converting a free symbol into a reserved symbol.”
The policy of the State Government which disqualifies a ‘married’ daughter and excludes her from consideration for compassionate appointment, apart from being arbitrary and discriminating, is a retrograde step.
“Regulations and Byelaws framed under Section 204 IBC clearly provide checks and balances. Therefore, it cannot be said to be confirmation of excessive or unbridled power”
Respondent authorities are instructed to proceed with the tender process based on the original tender document.
The relationship between the government and the Law Officer is purely a professional relationship and not that of a master and servant
“The principle aims of IBC are to promote investment, and resolution of insolvencies of corporate persons, firms, and individuals in a time bound manner. The IBC consolidated and amended a web of laws which had led to an ineffective and inefficient mechanism for resolution of insolvencies marked with significant delay”
The petitioner’s request for transfer of service for personal reasons deemed justified on humanitarian grounds under the principles of ‘Natural Justice’.
“Biosecurity constitutes an integral facet of national security. The inadvertent introduction of invasive alien species or harmful exotic pests, whether through flowers, fruits, vegetables, or other pathways, poses a grave threat to the country’s native agricultural produce and, by extension, its agrarian economy.”