‘Unlike enrolment fee, there is no statutory provision which prescribes any sum towards exam fee’: Madras HC dismisses plea to reduce AIBE fee
“A Writ of Mandamus can be issued only if the applicant can show the existence of a legal right.”
Statutory Provision
In absence of any statutory provision, seniority must be counted from the date of appointment: Himachal Pradesh High Court
“If appellants wanted the seniority of respondent to be counted from a date of joining, then nothing prevented them from mentioning similar condition as was fixed regarding the pay and allowances with respect to seniority also.”
Ker HC | [S. 357A CrPC] Strengthening jurisprudence behind victim compensation, Court allows petition stating ‘statutory provision is not given retrospective effect and instead a prospective benefit is given based on an antecedent fact’
Kerala High Court: Bechu Kurian Thomas, J., while allowing the present petition said, “… While interpreting Section 357A(4) CrPC, this Court cannot
Retrospective Overruling
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Kar HC | Anticipatory bail granted in the interest of justice to appear for examination
Karnataka High Court: A Bench of B.A. Patil, J., allowed an application for the anticipatory bail filed by an accused, an engineering
Authority empowered to hear a matter under a statutory provision cannot delegate it to another officer if the said provision does not provide for delegation of powers
Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Shivaji Pandey, J. in a civil writ petition held that when an authority