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Seniority – Absorption – Counting of services rendered by deputationist in the parent department – Held: Any Rule, Regulation or Executive Instructions which has the effect of taking away the service rendered by deputationist in an equivalent cadre in the department while counting his seniority in the deputed post would be violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.

May 31, 2017 sclaw

AIR 2000 SC 594 : (2000) 85 FLR 305 : (1999) 9 JT 597 : (1999) 7 SCALE 466 : (2000) 1 SCC 644 : (2000) SCC(L&S) 213 :…

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Writ petition for direction to appellants to pay interest on delayed payment of pension, DCRG and other retirement benefits – Matter settled by Lok Adalat without any compromise between parties – Impugned order set aside – Writ petition restored to its original position.

May 29, 2017 sclaw

AIR 2006 SC 3089 : (2006) 111 FLR 321 : (2006) 12 JT 17 : (2006) 9 SCALE 164 : (2006) 8 SCC 364 : (2006) 7 SCR 25…

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Constitution of India, 1950 – Articles 14 and 16 – Equal pay for equal work – Workshop Superintendent in various Engineering Colleges or Government Polytechnics under the State Government – Entitled to revised pay scale .

May 28, 2017 sclaw

(1993) 4 JT 148 : (1993) 1 LLJ 1091 : (1993) 1 SCALE 561 : (1993) 2 SCC 368 Supp SUPREME COURT OF INDIA STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS…

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Benefit of rehabilitation scheme – A prayer was made to rehabilitate one of the dependents – The government servant died in harness

May 27, 2017 sclaw

(1996) 1 LLJ 1118 : (1995) 5 SCALE 171 : (1995) 6 SCC 61 : (1995) 3 SCR 53 Supp : (1995) 2 UJ 712 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA…

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Delay and laches – Petitioners have challenged validity of the Railway Board’s circular dates July 2, 1970 in 1981 after 11 years

May 27, 2017 sclaw

AIR 1988 SC 662(1) : (1987) 3 JT 399 : (1988) 1 LLJ 12 : (1987) 2 SCALE 371 : (1987) 4 SCC 345 : (1987) 3 SCR 1018…

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Punjab Government National Emergency (Concession) Rules, 1965 – Rule 4 – Constitution of India, 1950 – Article – 14, 16 – Benefit of military service – Appeal arises out of a writ petition filed by Respondents 1 and 3 in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana wherein they assailed the seniority of the appellant in the Haryana Civil Service (Executive Branch)

May 27, 2017 sclaw

(1998) 9 JT 345 : (1997) 11 SCC 247 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JAI PAL SINGH SANGWAN — Appellant Vs. D.V. BHATIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before :…

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Service Law—An Office Memorandum cannot have a retrospective effect unless and until intention of the authorities to make it as such is revealed expressly or by necessary implication in the Office Memorandum.

May 25, 2017 sclaw

2007(4) LAW HERALD (SC) 2977 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarun Chatterjee The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.K. Balasubramaniyan Civil Appeal No. 3521 of 2007…

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Service Law—Appointment—Cancellation of—Merely because mistake had been committed in one case , there is no rational for perpetuating that mistake in other cases.

May 22, 2017 sclaw

2007(4) LAW HERALD (SC) 2940 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.K. Jain Civil Appeal No. 4310 of 2007…

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Service Law—Judicial officers—Reservation for women—No consultation with High Court while providing such reservation—Appointments cancelled, but to allowed to continue by placing below selected candidates, as vacancies were available.

May 22, 2017 sclaw

2007(4) LAW HERALD (SC) 2937 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.N. Agrawal The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.P. Naolekar The Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.K.…

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Special Leave Petition–Appeal dismissed as appellant has failed to satisfy that the grounds on which the regular second appeal was dismissed could at all be said to be non sustainable.

May 22, 2017 sclaw

2007(4) LAW HERALD (SC) 2929 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarun Chatterjee The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam Civil Appeal No. 4200 of…

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Acquittal

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 449, 376, 394 — Appeal against High Court’s upholding of conviction and sentence — Case based on circumstantial evidence — Absence of direct evidence connecting appellant to offense — Falsely implicated — Prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt — No scientific evidence linking appellant — Important witnesses not associated in investigation or produced in court — Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence set aside.

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Cheque Dishonour

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Quashing of proceedings — Cheques issued as security and not for consideration — Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) clearly stated cheques were for security purposes to show banks and not for deposit — Complainant failed to read the complete terms of MOU in isolation and misinterpreted it to claim cheques were converted into debt — Court empowered to consider unimpeachable documents at pre-trial stage to prevent injustice — Complaints under Section 138 NI Act liable to be quashed.

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General Insurance

Insurance Law — Fire Insurance — Accidental Fire — Cause of fire is immaterial if the insured is not the instigator and there is no fraud. The objective of fire insurance is to indemnify the insured against loss by fire.

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Tenders

Tender Conditions — Interpretation — Ambiguity — The terms of a tender must be clear and unambiguous — If a tendering authority intends for a specific document to be issued by a particular authority, it must be clearly stated in the tender conditions — Failure to do so may lead to rejection of the bid being deemed arbitrary and dehors the tender terms.

Nov 2, 2025 sclaw

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