Balancing Fairness and Efficiency: Contours of Writ Jurisdiction in the Arbitration Landscape
by Arush Khanna* and Akarsh Pandey**
fairness
‘Granting appointment out of turn would violate fairness & equality’; Bombay HC dismisses plea for compassionate appointment to waitlisted candidate
“The object of compassionate appointment is to relieve the hardship due to the death of a bread winner in the family and the appointment is provided to redeem the family in distress. At the same time, it is to be borne in mind that compassionate appointment cannot be construed as opening an alternative mode of recruitment to public employment.”
[Public Trust Doctrine] Kar HC | State largesse should not be marred by any arbitrariness while dealing with alienation of natural resources
Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Satish Chandra Sharma CJ and Sachin Shankar Magadum J allowed the petition, quashed the initial
‘Electoral Bonds Scheme not behind iron curtains incapable of being pierced’; Read why Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Scheme
“All that is required is a little more effort to cull out such information from both sides (purchaser of bond and political party) and do some “match the following”.”
HP HC | Court finds a middle ground while resolving a dispute between necessity and fairness, considering ‘a lot of water has flowed’
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. disposed of a petition considering the long litigation between the parties and gave directions
Tri HC | Initiating disciplinary proceedings after long lapse of time puts question mark to fairness of authority concerned
Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J., while highly depreciating the conduct of the State Public Works Department, directed it to conclude the disciplinary
NOTA| “Idea may look attractive but its application defeats fairness ingrained in indirect election”: SC
“Introduction of NOTA will be an anathema to the fundamental criterion of democracy.” Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra
In the matter of appointments to higher echelons, fairness should be the hallmark of selection
High Court Of Uttaranchal: A Division Bench comprising of U.C. Dhyani and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ. dismissed a challenge against the appointment of
Inconsistencies between petitioner’s allegation and FIR recorded, shall warrant interference by the Court
Madras High Court: The Court recently dealt with a Criminal Original Petition filed under Sec. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure