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Recruitment to public services – Where the recruitment to public employment stands vitiated as a consequence of systemic fraud or irregularities, the entire process becomes illegitimate.

Mar 7, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SACHIN KUMAR AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. DELHI SUBORDINATE SERVICE SELECTION BOARD (DSSSB) AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud…

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Principle of `equal pay for equal work’, in relation to temporary employees (daily-wage employees, ad-hoc appointees, employees appointed on casual basis HELD that all the concerned temporary employees, in the present bunch of cases, would be entitled to draw wages at the minimum of the pay-scale (-at the lowest grade, in the regular pay-scale), extended to regular employees, holding the same post.

Feb 28, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before:- Jagdish Singh Khehar and S.A. Bobde, JJ. Civil Appeal No. 213 Of 2013. D/d. 26.10.2016. State of Punjab & Ors. – Appellants Versus Jagjit Singh…

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Constitution of India, 1950 – Art 14, 16 & 21 – Pension Scheme – Retired employees – Whenever such new benefit is extended for the existing employees, retired employees cannot seek such benefit, merely on the ground that they too were the former employees of the Corporation.

Feb 25, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH HIMACHAL ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. HIMACHAL ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION RETIRED EMPLOYEES UNION — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan, R.…

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Motor Transport – Selection process is mandated due to the posts of Head Constable Motor Transport being highly technical – Rules are neither discriminatory nor arbitrary – Constable Drivers can be promoted on the basis of seniority to Head Constable Drivers – If they desire to be appointed as Head Constable Motor Transport, then they have to go through selection process –

Feb 25, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH RAJESH KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and…

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Appointment of persons with lesser merit ignoring those who have secured more marks would be in violation of the Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India.

Feb 25, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ANMOL KUMAR TIWARI AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and Indira…

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Heart ailment – Section 2(i) of the Act takes into account visual disability, locomotor disability, mental illness, mental retardation, hearing impairment and leprosy – A heart ailment is not covered within the definition of disability in the Act – When the 1995 Act was replaced by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016,

Feb 16, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH NAWAL KISHORE SHARMA — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy,…

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If the disciplinary authority accepts the findings recorded by the Enquiry Officer and passes an order, no detailed reasons are required to be recorded in the order imposing punishment – Punishment is imposed based on the findings recorded in the enquiry report

Feb 14, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH BOLORAM BORDOLOI — Appellant Vs. LAKHIMI GAOLIA BANK AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah, JJ.…

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It is well-settled in service jurisprudence that the authority cannot fill up more than the notified number of vacancies advertised, as the recruitment of candidates in excess of the notified vacancies

Feb 14, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH GAJANAN BABULAL BANSODE AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao, Indu Malhotra and…

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Larsgess Scheme, which had been adopted by the Railway Administration previously – Scheme stands terminated – All claims based on the Scheme must now be closed –

Feb 7, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH MANJIT AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna,…

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Appointment – Members of the teaching faculty of the University be it Lecturer or Assistant Professor are entrusted with teaching, which is to be imparted according to academic calendar – It is in the interest of the University that all doubts regarding appointment of teachers are raised within a period of three months to have an early decision by Chancellor to give quietus to the disputes in the University.

Feb 7, 2021 sclaw

(2021) 2 SCALE 227 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH POORAN CHAND — Appellant Vs. CHANCELLOR AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R.…

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State Laws

[MPID Act, S. 2(c) & 2(d)] – Amounts advanced with promise of return and interest qualify as “deposit” accepted by “financial establishment” under the Act. – Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 Section 2(c) and Section 2(d) — Deposit and Financial Establishment — Amounts advanced to individuals with promise of repayment with interest constitute a “deposit” under Section 2(c) and the recipients are “financial establishments” under Section 2(d) of the MPID Act, irrespective of the transaction being termed as a “loan” — The nomenclature of the transaction is not determinative; the essential attributes of the transaction are key.

May 17, 2026 sclaw

Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 432 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 72 & 161— Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 473 & 477 — Premature release of a prisoner — Rejection of recommendation — Non-speaking order — Order rejecting premature release must provide reasons and reflect due application of mind — Absence of reasons renders the order bald and impossible to ascertain if relevant factors were considered — Violates principles of natural justice and frustrates judicial review.

May 17, 2026 sclaw

Constitution

[Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, S. 3] – No State can levy VAT on inter-State sales; taxation power for inter-State trade vests exclusively with the Union. – Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 269 — Taxes on sale or purchase of goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce — Levied and collected by Union but assigned to States — Parliament’s power to formulate principles for determining when such sale/purchase takes place — State legislature’s power restricted to intra-State sales.

May 17, 2026 sclaw

C P C

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 15 Rule 5 — Striking off defence for non-deposit of rent — This is a drastic consequence and the power to strike off a defence is not to be exercised mechanically — The court must consider whether there has been substantial compliance and whether the default is wilful or contumacious. [

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