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May 26, 2025 9:43 am

Reservation of seats in respect of OBCs – Reservation for OBCs must be proportionate in the context of nature and implications of backwardness and in any case, is permissible only to the extent it does not exceed the aggregate of 50 per cent of the total seats in the local bodies reserved for SCs/STs/OBCs taken together

Mar 7, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH VIKAS KISHANRAO GAWALI — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A.M. Khanwilkar, Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi, JJ.…

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Kerala Building Tax Act, 1975 – Section 3(1)(b) – Property Tax – Exemption – Buildings owned by educational institutions for providing hostel accommodation to students and for the Religious purposes are qualify for exemption under clause (b) of Section 3(1) of the Act.

Mar 7, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH GOVERNMENT OF KERALA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. MOTHER SUPERIOR ADORATION CONVENT — Respondent ( Before : R. F. Nariman and B.R. Gavai, JJ.…

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W B Premises Requisition and Control (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1947- To then say that the urgency provision could be invoked on account of the Single Judge’s order dated 22.06.2000, is to attempt to infer from the said order, much more than it actually said – Therefore, the Division Bench rightly held that at best this order could possibly refer to the acquisition proceedings

Mar 7, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PUNALUR PAPER MILLS LIMITED — Appellant Vs. WEST BENGAL MINERAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRADING CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : R.F. Nariman…

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Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964 – Rule 12(4) – Illegal occupation of Panchayat land – Regularization and Sold – Illegal occupation of the area of more than 200 square yards can not be regularised/sold.

Feb 14, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH JOGINDER AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M.R. Shah, JJ.…

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W B Restoration of Alienated Land Act, 1973 – Definition of ‘land’ – Even waterbodies like pond or tank should also have some connection with agricultural land or the occupation of the transferor as agriculturist to come within the purview of the 1973 Act

Nov 3, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH SMT. RENUKA DEY AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. NARESH CHANDRA GOPE (D) THR. LRS. AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul,…

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Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 – Kerala Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010 – Rule 4 – Restrictions on activities within wetlands -It is open to the Appellant to challenge the order of the Collector dated 30.04.2019 in accordance with law –

Nov 2, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH THOMAS LAWRENCE — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Rohinton Fali Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee,…

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U P Mining Minerals (Concession) R, 1963 – Rule 40(h) – disruption of mining operations- State of UP states that they are only liable to refund (i) any security deposit; or (ii) advance royalties paid to them, for this obstructed period – the State already consented and recorded in such order .

Nov 2, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DHARMENDRA KUMAR SINGH — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh…

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Rajasthan Pre-Emption Act, 1966 – Section 9 – Loss of right of pre-emption on transfer – A right is available once – whether to take it or leave it to a person having a right of pre-emption – If such person finds it is not worth once, it is not an open right available for all times to come to that person

Oct 18, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH RAGHUNATH (D) BY LRS. — Appellant Vs. RADHA MOHAN (D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul and…

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State Governments Entitled To Prescribe Fee For Reserving Certain Numbers To Be Assigned As Registration Numbers For Motor Vehicles

Aug 26, 2020 sclaw

1 “that the assignment of “distinctive marks” i.e. registration numbers to motor vehicles (which includes the power to reserve and allocate them, for a specific fee) is a distinct service…

State Laws

Nanded Sikh Gurudwara Sachkhand Shri Hazur Apchalnagar Sahib Act 1956 – Section 6(1)(viii) – Nomination – Powers of Diwan – It was not open to the State Government to arrogate the power of nomination to itself or to usurp the powers of the Diwan – Section 6(1)(viii) entrusts that authority to the collective body of members of the Diwan which is entitled to select the four individuals to be nominated to the statutory Board

Aug 20, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SARDAR BAHGINDER SINGH S/O GURUCHARAN SINGH — Appellant Vs. SARDAR MANJIEETH SINGH JAGAN SINGH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya…

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