policy decision Archives

Guj HC | Court cannot undertake the activity of banking regulations upon itself and pass omnibus orders to come up with policy decision; Court dismisses appeal

Gujarat High Court: G.R. Udhwani, J., dismissed a petition wherein a mandate was sought to issue an order/ circular / instructions directing

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Can Courts issue mandamus to frame policy? Read this short explainer by the Supreme Court

“Judicial review of a policy decision and to issue mandamus to frame policy in a particular manner are absolutely different.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID 19 a “lame excuse”: Here’s why SC refused to allow extra attempt for UPSC CSE to last attemptees

“What is being claimed and prayed for under the guise of Covid 19 pandemic is nothing but a lame excuse in taking additional attempt to participate in the Civil Service Examination 2021 to be held in future.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Adjudicate or Legislate? What is the role of Courts in our country? HC frames a precedential examination while discussing scope of ‘Judicial Inquiry’

Calcutta High Court: Shekhar B. Saraf, J., in the instant matter after a precedential examination with regard to judicial inquiry, laid down

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TN Custodial Deaths | Madras HC directs preservation of clue materials; Issues directions on premise that case be transferred to CBI

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of P.N.Prakash and B. Pugalendhi, JJ., issued directions in regard to the procedure to be followed while

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Del HC | Re-opening of country in a phased manner is not a decision, to have been taken in haste; Costs imposed on finding wastage of judicial time

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad, JJ. while dismissing a petition that challenged the MHA Notification of

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Del HC | Ministry of Civil Aviation’s order of “fixing minimum fares” is only a stop gap arrangement; PIL challenging Ministry of Civil Aviation order, not tenable

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J., while addressing a Public Interest Litigation, held that,

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Madras HC | Plea challenging State Governments order with regard to home isolation, hospital/institutional quarantine in view of COVID-19, dismissed

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Vineet Kothari and Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JJ., addressed a petition challenging the government order issuing guidelines

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Del HC | Schools imparting online education cannot be treated as “closed”: Petition for directing private unaided schools to not charge tuition fee rejected

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and C. Hari Shankar, J. dismissed a writ petition that sought modification

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COVID-19 | Kar HC | Release of information regarding people contracting COVID-19 at Nizamuddin religious ceremony a policy decision; Court declines to interfere

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J. while addressing a petition with regard to release

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Centre’s decision of not making IPS appointments pursuant to Limited Competitive Examination held in 2012, valid

Supreme Court: Holding that the decision taken by the Union of India not to make appointments to the Indian Police Service (IPS)

Case Briefs Supreme Court

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