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“Where potentiality of the act is to disturb the even tempo of the life of the community, it would be prejudicial to the maintenance of public order”
“The right to protest is protected, however, the right to insist upon a particular public junction for an indefinite recurring protest is not.”
“Justice is administered strictly in accordance with law and on the basis of legally admissible material placed on record, and not on emotional considerations or theatrical conduct in the Courtroom.”
“The magnitude of these revisions is not merely incidental; it bespeaks a systemic lapse in the framing, vetting, and finalisation of the question papers and answer keys, including issues of translation parity, which should have been unambiguous from the outset.”
“Court cannot help such writ petitioner appearing in person on basis of defective writ petition, making prayers contrary to law.”
“The instant writ petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed inter alia seeking a direction to the Bar Council of India and Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to reserve some of the positions in the Bar Council and Bar Associations for persons with disabilities, who are practicing as advocates.”
“A relationship born of mutual volition, even if it founders in disappointment, cannot, save in clearest of cases, be transmuted into an offence under the criminal law.”
“After accepting the policy, and availing the premium year after year, the insurer cannot later repudiate the claim on the ground of some ambiguity. In such cases, the principles of estoppel come into picture, which prevents the insurer from taking advantage of its own failure in disclosing the entire aspect with respect to the coverage of insurance.”
Section 16 provides immunity to the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners from being prosecuted for any act, thing or word, committed, done or spoken by him when, or in the course of acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duty/ function.
The Court directed the Regional Transport Officer and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) to immediately act against those vehicles who were violating the notice/circular dated 01-03-2025.
“A woman could become pregnant by choice irrespective of her marital status. However, in case of unwanted or incidental pregnancy, the burden invariably fell on the pregnant woman/victim, and she could not be forced to continue it”.
“The petitioners are, undisputedly, encroachers and, therefore, no indulgence can be granted by this Court.”
The appointment of the petitioner to the 2008 Civil Services, based on the subsequent legislative reform made in 2016, would lead to administrative chaos and raise several complications regarding seniority, induction etc.
The State submitted that the consideration of the eligible candidates including the petitioner has been done by a duly constituted committee and one Kumari Bhavna Dehariya is selected for the grant of Vikram Award 2023.
“Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of democratic governance, including elections of all kinds of governing bodies. Elections are usually best conducted in their usual course, i.e., without any interference and interruptions.”
‘Deemed confirmation is a perilous concept in service jurisprudence which has long been discarded since it erodes the power of the employer to assess work, conduct, and behaviour of the probationer.’
“A name is the first gift most of us receive from our parents. It becomes the foundation of our legal, social and emotional identity. To name someone is to recognize their presence in the world and to be nameless, in many ways, is to be invisible. Names reflect who we are and where we came from.”
“It is evident that the petitioner is blackmailing and is trying to extort money from the businessmen of the Surat city by creating fear in their mind that if they do not shell money, he would make a complaint of violation of one or the other laws.”
“This Court is inclined to dispose of this petition with a direction to the respondents No.2/3 to follow the proper procedure as prescribed under Rule 11.2 and 11.3 of the Rules of 2013.”
The Court asked, “Why are at least two members from NCLT Delhi or NCLT Mumbai not being permanently posted at the NCLT Bench in Indore?”