Food Corporation of India Archives

Management cannot challenge Award granting reinstatement in service after allowing workmen in regular service for over 2 decades: Supreme Court

A party to a proceeding cannot be permitted to challenge the Award and abide by it at its own free will; garner benefit from it; get the opposite party to effectively alter its position; and then press its challenge after the passage of a considerable length of time.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court provides intrinsic tools for interpreting a contract; says intention of parties to be gathered from words and expressions used in the contract

Supreme Court: In an appeal filed by the Food Corporation of India (‘FCI’) against the judgment of Tripura high Court

Case Briefs High Courts

Can writ under Art. 226 of Constitution be enforced if any duty or obligation falling upon a public servant out of a contract entered into by him as such public servant? Orissa HC discusses

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar CJ. and B. P Routray J. dismissed the petition on grounds discussed below.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No contempt action against FCI: To establish ‘civil contempt’, disobedience of order should be wilful, deliberate & with full knowledge of consequences

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of A.M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ., while addressing a contempt petition held that, “…to constitute civil contempt,

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Officers of FCI other than Board of Directors are not empowered to alienate any part of FCI land; A body corporate is a legal entity but it has neither a living mind nor voice

Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri, J., while allowing the petition and quashing the order issued by the State of Chhattisgarh held that,

Cabinet Decisions Legislation Updates

Cabinet approves big increase in authorized capital of Food Corporation of India from Rs 3,500 crore to Rs 10,000 crore

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved to increase the authorized capital of Food Corporation of India (FCI) from existing Rs 3,500