Justice Vikas Suri Archives

‘Part of right to life under Art. 21’; P&H HC quashes notification clause providing cut-off date for grant of electricity connection in unauthorized colony

The cut-off date is meaningless and/or is redundant, it is neither based on any intelligible differentia nor it has any nexus with the objective sought to be achieved, inasmuch as, the unauthorized constructions over an unauthorized colony being permissible to be compounded, thus only within the arena of the stipulations as made in the apposite notification/rules/building byelaws.

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana HC stays license cancellation of street vendors; directs them to file appeal against dislocation to remote areas

“Since the show cause notice to the vendors merged into the final order of the Town Vending Committee, they had the remedy to file a statutory appeal against it.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana HC directs State to take action against more than 4000 illegal constructions in DLF City, Gurugram

“It is amply clear that a powerful lobby of certain groups/land mafia, are ruining the very basic character of the developed colony in active connivance with the local administration.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana HC orders flat allotment to slum dweller who was arbitrarily disqualified from Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme

The petitioner’s exclusion from the definition of ‘recognised resident’ appeared to be done through an ill-informed order with reasons not based on any cogent evidence.