Delay and Laches

Supreme Court Overturns High Court Order on Land Dispute: HMT Ltd. vs. Rukmini (2024)

/ Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 226, Delay and Laches, Land Acquisition, Property Law, Requisition and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952, Requisition and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952 with Section 7(1)

Supreme Court Overturns High Court Order on Land Dispute: HMT Ltd. vs. Rukmini (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a writ petition can be entertained after a significant delay and with suppression of material facts in a land dispute case. CASE TYPE: Land Acquisition and Property Law Case Name: HMT Ltd. vs. Smt. Rukmini and others [Judgment […]

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Supreme Court Upholds LPG Distributorship Allotment: Mrinmoy Maity vs. Chhanda Koley (2024)

/ Civil Law, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 226, Delay and Laches, Writ Petition

Supreme Court Upholds LPG Distributorship Allotment: Mrinmoy Maity vs. Chhanda Koley (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a writ court was justified in entertaining a writ petition challenging the approval for starting an LPG distributorship after a significant delay. CASE TYPE: Civil – LPG Distributorship Allotment Case Name: Mrinmoy Maity vs. Chhanda Koley and Others Judgment Date:

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Supreme Court clarifies the application of delay and laches in service matters: State of Uttar Pradesh vs. Rajmati Singh (07 December 2022)

/ Continuing Wrong, Delay and Laches, J.K. Maheshwari, Judges, Service Dispute, Service Law, Surya Kant, U.P. Public Services (Tribunal) Act, 1976, U.P. Public Services (Tribunal) Act, 1976 with Section 5

Supreme Court on Delay and Laches in Service Matters: State of UP vs. Rajmati Singh Date of the Judgment: 07 December 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 1053 Judges: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surya Kant and Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.K. Maheshwari Can a government employee, who was not allowed to resume duty after being relieved for training, claim

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Specific Performance Denied: Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Delayed Claim in Land Dispute: Surjeet Singh Sahni vs. State of U.P. (28 February 2022)

/ B.V. Nagarathna, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 226, Contract Law, Delay and Laches, Judges, M.R. Shah, Specific Performance, U.P. Industrial Area Development Act, 1976, U.P. Industrial Area Development Act, 1976 with Section 6

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea for Specific Performance After Delay: Surjeet Singh Sahni vs. State of U.P. (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a writ petition seeking specific performance of a contract is maintainable after a significant delay and whether a fresh cause of action arises from the rejection of a belated representation. CASE TYPE: Contract Law, Land

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Supreme Court Upholds Termination Due to Delay: State of Rajasthan vs. Surji Devi (2021)

/ A. S. Bopanna, Delay and Laches, Judges, M. R. Shah, Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 with Section 91(3), Service Law, Termination of Service

Supreme Court Upholds Termination Due to Delay: State of Rajasthan vs. Surji Devi (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a writ petition challenging a termination order should be entertained after a significant delay. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: The State of Rajasthan & Ors. vs. Surji Devi [Judgment Date]: October 7, 2021 Date of the Judgment:

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Supreme Court Upholds Land Acquisition Despite Delay: Kapilaben Ambalal Patel & Ors. vs. State of Gujarat & Anr. (6 May 2020)

/ A.M. Khanwilkar, Constitutional Law, Delay and Laches, Dinesh Maheshwari, Judges, Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 with Section 10, Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 with Section 21, Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 with Section 6

Supreme Court Upholds Land Acquisition: Kapilaben Ambalal Patel vs. State of Gujarat (2020) Date of the Judgment: 6 May 2020 Citation: Civil Appeal No. 6380 of 2012 Judges: A.M. Khanwilkar, J., Dinesh Maheshwari, J. Can a land acquisition be challenged after a significant delay, especially when the authorities claim to have taken possession years prior?

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Supreme Court clarifies parity in service termination cases: U.P. Power Corporation Ltd. vs Ram Gopal (2020)

/ B.R. Gavai, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 226, Delay and Laches, Judges, Parity in Service, S. A. Bobde, Service Law, Surya Kant, Termination of Service

Supreme Court clarifies parity in service termination cases: U.P. Power Corporation Ltd. vs Ram Gopal (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee, whose services were terminated due to irregularities in the initial selection process, is entitled to reinstatement based on parity with another employee who was initially terminated for the same reason but was later allowed

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Supreme Court Upholds Minimum Wage Claims: Ragini Sinha vs. State of Bihar (2019)

/ Abhay Manohar Sapre, Delay and Laches, Indu Malhotra, Judges, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Minimum Wages Act, 1948 with Workers' Rights, Necessary Parties, Procedural Law, Wage Claims

Supreme Court Upholds Minimum Wage Claims: Ragini Sinha vs. State of Bihar (2019) Date of the Judgment: January 7, 2019 Citation: Civil Appeal Nos. 7224-7225 of 2012 Judges: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J., Indu Malhotra, J. Can an employer avoid paying minimum wages to workers by claiming they were not afforded sufficient opportunity to defend themselves?

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Supreme Court quashes promotion of Executive Engineer: Ajit Kr. Bhuyan vs. Debajit Das (23 October 2018)

/ A.K. Sikri, Ashok Bhushan, Assam PWD Engineers Service Rules, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 14, Delay and Laches, Eligibility for Promotion, Impact on Judicial Review, Judges, Minimum Service Requirement, Promotion, Public Works Department, Reasonable Explanation for Delay, Seniority, Service Law

Supreme Court quashes promotion of Executive Engineer: Ajit Kr. Bhuyan vs. Debajit Das (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the promotion of a government employee to an ex-cadre post and subsequent encadrement was illegal and whether delay and laches should prevent a challenge to such a promotion. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Ajit Kr. Bhuyan and

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Supreme Court Remands Land Acquisition Case for Fresh Review: Hemraj Chandrakar vs. State of Chhattisgarh (2018)

/ Abhay Manohar Sapre, Delay and Laches, Judges, Judicial Review, Land Acquisition, Maintainability of Writ Petition, Possession of Land, R.K. Agrawal, Writ Jurisdiction

Supreme Court Remands Land Acquisition Case: Hemraj Chandrakar vs. State of Chhattisgarh (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court erred in dismissing a writ petition based on delay and laches without considering the petitioner’s claim of continued possession of the land. CASE TYPE: Land Acquisition Case Name: Hemraj Chandrakar & Anr. vs. State of Chhattisgarh

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Supreme Court settles promotion rules for LDCs and UDCs in District Courts: Rajinder Pal Singh Lamba vs. Suraj Bhan (2008)

/ Delay and Laches, Dr. Mukundakam Sharma, Judges, Promotion, Punjab Courts Act, 1918, Punjab Courts Act, 1918 with Section 35(3), R.V. Raveendran, Retrospective Promotion, Service Law

Introduction Date of the Judgment: October 3, 2008 Judges: Dr. Mukundakam Sharma, J., R.V. Raveendran J. Does a delay in seeking a promotion nullify a legitimate claim under statutory service rules? The Supreme Court in Rajinder Pal Singh Lamba vs. Suraj Bhan examined appeals against a Delhi High Court order concerning the promotion of Lower

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