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Category: State Laws

State Laws

H P G S T Rules, 2017 – Rule 159(5) – Provisional attachment – Under the provisions of Rule 159(5), the person whose property is attached is entitled to dual procedural safeguards: (a) An entitlement to submit objections on the ground that the property was or is not liable to attachment; and (b) An opportunity of being heard;

Apr 25, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S RADHA KRISHAN INDUSTRIES — Appellant Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS RESPONDENT ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah,…

State Laws

Gokarna Mahabaleshwara Temple Case – Court direct that the ‘Overseeing Committee’ shall function under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Justice Sri. B.N. Srikrishna, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India and manage the affairs of the temple in all respects – Ramchandrapura Math shall hand over charge of the affairs of the temple to the Assistant Commissioner who shall also act as Secretary to the ‘Overseeing Committee’.

Apr 25, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH RAMACHNADRAPURA MATH — Appellant Vs. SRI SAMSTHANA MAHABALESHWARA DEVARU AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. A. Bobde, CJI., A.S. Bopanna and V.…

State Laws

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.…

State Laws

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…

State Laws

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,…

State Laws

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…

State Laws

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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Constitution Corporate

Expression ‘date of this Notification’ means date of publication in Official Gazette – Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 — Section 3 — Notification — Publication in Official Gazette — Essential requirement for enforceability — Delegated legislation requires publication for accessibility, notice, accountability and solemnity — Not an empty formality but transforms executive decision into law — Strict compliance with publication requirement is a condition precedent — Law must be promulgated or published in a recognisable way. (Paras 16, 17, 18, 19)

Jan 22, 2026 sclaw
I B C

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 60(5)(c) — Jurisdiction of Adjudicating Authority — Declaration of title to trademark — NCLT exceeded its jurisdiction by declaring title to trademark “Gloster” in favour of the Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) while adjudicating an application under Section 60(5) of the IBC, as the issue of trademark title was a highly contentious dispute beyond the scope of insolvency proceedings and not directly related to the CIRP.

Jan 22, 2026 sclaw
Constitution Labour Cases

Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 — Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996 — Applicability — Cess could not be levied or collected before the constitution of Welfare Boards, as their constitution is a condition precedent for the implementation of these Acts.

Jan 21, 2026 sclaw
Land Acquisition

Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 — Section 3(3A) — Amendment Act, 2020 — Retrospective validation of actions — Power to grant license includes power to modify, suspend, revoke, or delicense — Delicensing of land for commercial purposes after it was initially licensed for residential use is permissible.

Jan 21, 2026 sclaw