Indian Court Judgments — 2019

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Pranav Verma & Others vs The Registrar General of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh & Anr.

Service Law: Selection – Interference with selection process — Main (Written) Examination of Civil Judge wherein total 1195 candidates appea…

13 December 2019 · Partly allowed · S.A. Bobde, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Surya Kant

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Hindustan Construction Company Limited & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: ss.34 to 36 – Automatic stay of award – Held: s.36 when read with s.35 states that enforcement of a…

27 November 2019 · Disposed · R.F. Nariman, Surya Kant, V. Ramasubramanian

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Shiv Sena and Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.

SHIV SENA AND ORS. V. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1393 of 2019) NOVEMBER 26, 2019 [N. V. RAMANA, ASHOK BHUSHAN AND SA…

26 November 2019 · N.V. Ramana, Ashok Bhushan, Sanjiv Khanna

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State of Tamil Nadu vs State of Karnataka and Another

Constitution of India: Article 131 – Original jurisdiction of Supreme Court –Plaintiff-State of Tamil Nadu, and defendant No.1State of Karna…

14 November 2019 · Dismissed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Vineet Saran

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Shrimanth Balasaheb Patil vs Hon’ble Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Others

SHRIMANTH BALASAHEB PATIL v. HON’BLE SPEAKER, KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND OTHERS (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 992 of 2019) NOVEMBER 13,…

13 November 2019 · Disposed · N.V. Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna, Krishna Murari

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Mrinalini Padh vs Union of India & Others

Constitution of India: Art.32 – Petition under – Seeking direction for investigation/inquiry into the disappearance of keys to the ‘Ratna Bh…

4 November 2019 · Arun Mishra, M.R. Shah, S. Ravindra Bhat

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Vidhi Himmat Katariya and Others vs The State of Gujarat and Others

Education/Educational Institutions: Admission – Reservation under Persons with Disability (PwD) category – For MBBS course academic year 201…

4 October 2019 · Dismissed · Arun Mishra, M.R. Shah, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai

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Okhla Enclave Plot Holders’ Welfare Association vs Union of India and Others

Urban development: Colonization – Writ petition by allottees association alleging that respondent no.6-Colonizer did not adhere to the terms…

3 October 2019 · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna

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Jignesh Shah & Anr. vs Union of India & Anr.

JIGNESH SHAH & ANR. v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 455 of 2019) SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 [R. F. NARIMAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY AND…

25 September 2019 · Disposed · R.F. Nariman, R. Subhash Reddy, Surya Kant

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K. Sreedhar Rao vs Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Law & Justice, New Delhi

High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954 – rr. 2 and 7 of Part-I of First Schedule – Pensionary benefits of retired…

6 September 2019 · Dismissed · Arun Mishra, M.R. Shah, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai

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Dr. Ashwani Kumar vs Union of India and Another

Custodial Torture: Writ petition filed under Art.32 of the Constitution – Seeking effective and purposive legislative framework/law based up…

5 September 2019 · Disposed · Ranjan Gogoi, Dinesh Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna

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M.C. Mehta vs Union of India & Ors.

Urban Development: Town planning - Problem of parking of motor vehicles - Held: Parking problem has arisen as there is an abject failure on…

2 September 2019 · Arun Mishra, Deepak Gupta

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Vinit Garg and Others vs University Grants Commission and Others

University Grants Commission Act, 1956: Institutions offering technical education programme through distance learning mode – Approval of Uni…

29 August 2019 · Dismissed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Sanjiv Khanna

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Dr. P. S. Malik vs High Court of Delhi & Anr.

Constitution of India – Arts.233 and 235 – Petitioner was working as Additional District Judge at Dwarka, New Delhi –Written complaints subm…

21 August 2019 · Dismissed · Ashok Bhushan, Navin Sinha

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Association of Medical Super Specialityaspirants and Residents & Ors. vs Union of India & Others

Constitution of India: Art.162; Seventh Schedule, List I, Entries 63 to 66; List III Entry 25 – Jurisdiction of the State Government – Notif…

19 August 2019 · Disposed · L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta

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Assam Public Works vs Union of India & Ors.

Citizenship Act, 1955: ss.3, 6 – State of Assam – Report of State Coordinator – Action proposed in Paragraph 7(a) that for any NRC Applicati…

13 August 2019 · Ranjan Gogoi, R.F. Nariman

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Pioneer Urban Land and Infrastructure Limited & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: ss. 5(8)(f), 21(6A)(b) and 25A – Amendments made to the Code vide Amendment Act, which deem allottees…

9 August 2019 · Disposed · R.F. Nariman, Sanjiv Khanna, Surya Kant

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Bikram Chatterji & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.

Housing: Housing projects – By a Group of companies – Proposing to construct approximately 42,000 flats – The projects were registered under…

23 July 2019 · Dismissed · Arun Mishra, Uday Umesh Lalit