Legitimate Expectation

Supreme Court Upholds Auction Policy for Land Allotment, Denies Relief to Educational Society: Delhi Development Authority vs. Hello Home Education Society (2024)

/ Administrative Law, Administrative Law with Delhi Development Authority (Disposal of Developed Nazul Land) Rules, 1981, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 14, Legitimate Expectation, Policy Decisions, Writ of Mandamus

Supreme Court Upholds Auction Policy for Land Allotment, Denies Relief to Educational Society: Delhi Development Authority vs. Hello Home Education Society (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an in-principle approval for land allotment creates a vested right, and whether a subsequent change in policy mandating auctions can apply to pending allotment requests. CASE TYPE: Land Allotment/Administrative Law […]

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Supreme Court clarifies legitimate expectation in judicial appointments: Sivanandan C T vs. High Court of Kerala (2023)

/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 14, Constitutional Law with Article 233, Constitutional Law with Article 309, Judicial Review of Administrative Action, Legitimate Expectation

Supreme Court on Legitimate Expectation in Judicial Appointments: Sivanandan C T vs. High Court of Kerala (2023) Date of the Judgment: July 12, 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 709 Judges: Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI, Hrishikesh Roy J, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha J, Pankaj Mithal J, Manoj Misra J Can a High Court change the rules of

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Supreme Court Affirms +2 Lecturers as Part of Bihar Subordinate Education Service: State of Bihar vs. Shyama Nandan Mishra (2022)

/ Administrative Law, Bihar Education Service Class II, Bihar Subordinate Education Service, Fairness in Administrative Action, Hrishikesh Roy, Judges, K.M. Joseph, Legitimate Expectation, Service Conditions, Service Law

Supreme Court Affirms +2 Lecturers as Part of Bihar Subordinate Education Service: State of Bihar vs. Shyama Nandan Mishra (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether +2 lecturers appointed in government and nationalized secondary schools pursuant to Advertisement No. 1/87 are part of the Bihar Subordinate Education Service (BSES) and entitled to be merged with the Bihar Education

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Supreme Court Upholds State’s Decision to Cancel Fair Price Shop Vacancies: State of West Bengal vs. Gitashree Dutta (2022)

/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 14, Constitutional Law with Article 226, Estoppel, Judges, Legitimate Expectation, National Food Security Act, 2013, National Food Security Act, 2013 with Section 12, S. Abdul Nazeer, Targeted Public Distribution System, Vikram Nath

Supreme Court Upholds State’s Decision to Cancel Fair Price Shop Vacancies: State of West Bengal vs. Gitashree Dutta (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the State of West Bengal was justified in cancelling the declaration of Fair Price Shop (FPS) vacancies due to the implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013. CASE TYPE: Civil Appeal (Public

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Supreme Court Upholds Promissory Estoppel in Electricity Duty Exemption Case: State of Jharkhand vs. Brahmputra Metallics Ltd. (2020) INSC 895 (1 December 2020)

/ Bihar Electricity Duty Act 1948, Bihar Electricity Duty Act 1948 with Section 9, Bihar Electricity Duty Act 1948 with Section 9A, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 14, Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel, Indu Malhotra, Judges, Legitimate Expectation, Promissory Estoppel

Supreme Court Upholds Promissory Estoppel in Electricity Duty Exemption Case Date of the Judgment: 1 December 2020 Citation: (2020) INSC 895 Judges: Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J, Indu Malhotra, J. Can a state government renege on its policy promises, especially when businesses have relied on them? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this critical

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Supreme Court Upholds Policy Change in Abkari Worker Rehabilitation Case: Kerala State Beverages Corporation vs. P.P. Suresh (2019)

/ Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 14, Constitutional Law with Article 21, Fundamental Rights, Hemant Gupta, Judges, L. Nageswara Rao, Legitimate Expectation, Service Law

Supreme Court Upholds Policy Change in Abkari Worker Rehabilitation Case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether displaced Abkari workers have a vested right to employment and the scope of legitimate expectation in government policy changes. CASE TYPE: Service Law/Administrative Law Case Name: Kerala State Beverages (M and M) Corporation Limited vs. P.P. Suresh & Ors. Judgment Date: 04

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Supreme Court Clarifies State’s Pension Obligations to Autonomous Institutes: State of Bihar vs. Dr. Sachindra Narayan (2019)

/ Anugraha Narayan Sinha Institute of Social Studies Act, 1964, Anugraha Narayan Sinha Institute of Social Studies Act, 1964 with Section 6, Anugraha Narayan Sinha Institute of Social Studies Act, 1964 with Section 8, Anugraha Narayan Sinha Institute of Social Studies Act, 1964 with Section 9, Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta, Judges, Legitimate Expectation, Pension, Service Law

Supreme Court Clarifies State’s Pension Obligations to Autonomous Institutes: State of Bihar vs. Dr. Sachindra Narayan (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the State Government is obligated to provide financial assistance for pension payments to employees of an autonomous institute. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: The State of Bihar & Anr. vs. Dr. Sachindra Narayan &

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Supreme Court Upholds Lease Termination Policy for Ex-Servicemen Shops: Chandro Devi & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors. (2017)

/ Deepak Gupta, Defence, Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Judges, Lease Agreements, Legitimate Expectation, Madan B. Lokur, Property Law, Rehabilitation

LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the government’s policy to limit lease renewals for shops allotted to ex-servicemen and their families is valid and non-discriminatory. CASE TYPE: Civil Case Name: Chandro Devi & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors. Judgment Date: September 8, 2017 Date of the Judgment: September 8, 2017 Citation: (2017) Judges: Madan B. Lokur,

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