Constitution of India

Constitution of India — Art. 136 — Appeal against acquittal

Held, having reappreciated the evidence of the witnesses, we find that the high Court was justified in reversing the judgement of conviction and sentencing the two of the accused with death penalty and imposing Upendra Ram to undergo life imprisonment and instead of acquitting all the accused. However directions to initiate proceedings of perjury against […]

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Constitution of India — Art. 226 — Scope of interference in Long-standing practice in service matters

Long practice which was being followed, if not contrary to law, must be given its true importance and ordinarily is not to be interfered with in exercise of power of judicial review under Art. 226. Held, appellant can certainly be relieved for that rotation year. Appellant directed to be considered for nomination as HoD/ Director when

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Constitution of India — Art. 226 — Scope of interference in Long-standing practice in service matters:

Long practice which was being followed, if not contrary to law, must be given its true importance and ordinarily is not to be interfered with in exercise of power of judicial review under Art. 226. Held, appellant can certainly be relieved for that rotation year. Appellant directed to be considered for nomination as HoD/ Director when

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Constitution of India — Art. 226 — Exercise of review jurisdiction — Necessity of Proper mode of Reasoned order

It is necessary for reviewing Court to demonstrate the error(s) apparent on the face of the record which warranted the review, with reasons. In the present case, except stating that “it is noticed that there is apparent error on the face of record which calls for interference”, nothing has been mentioned on what was that

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Constitution of India – Maintainability of writ petition for proceedings under SARFAESI Act under Art. 226

If proceedings are initiated under the SARFAESI Act and/or any proposed action is to be taken and the borrower is aggrieved by any of the actions of the private bank/bank/ARC, borrower has to avail the remedy under the SARFAESI Act and no writ petition would lie and/or is maintainable and/or entertainable. Relief under Article 226/227

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Constitution of India — Arts. 14, 15, 16 and 226 — Writ of mandamus in matters of reservation — Scope and limit

Order of High Court directing State Government to increase the percentage of reservation for a particular category, that is, to provide for 3% reservation/quota for sportspersons, instead of 1% provided by State Government, held, beyond its jurisdiction and a grave error. (Para 10 and 11) Court cannot issue a mandamus: (i) to provide for reservation

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Constitution of India — Arts. 19(1)(a) & (2) and Arts. 194 & 105

Accountability of Social media platforms, for posts made on such platforms by third parties: held, social media platforms such as petitioner Facebook cannot contend that they have some exceptional privilege to abstain from appearing before a House Committee duly constituted by the Legislature concerned. Extent of accountability of Social media platforms for posts made by third

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Constitution of India — Arts. 19, 14 and 21- Proportionality test:

Law summarized regarding when proportionality test to be applied for determining reasonableness of restrictions or limitations on the rights concerned, specifically in the context of Art. 19(6) and more generally under Arts. 14 and 21. “Therefore, we find that the judgment dated 8.10.2020 of the Madhya Pradesh High Court was correct in holding that clause

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Constitution of India —— Right to privacy under Art. 21of person whose DNA test is sought

Held, The discretion of court in directing DNA test must be exercised after balancing the interests of the parties and whether a DNA test is needed for a just decision in the matter and such direction satisfies the test of “eminent need”. Court should examine the proportionality of the legitimate aims being pursued i.e. whether

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