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Education law

DR. MANOJ KUMAR RAWAT versus STATE OF UP & ORS.

The Supreme Court held that a waitlisted candidate already recommended under the old Uttar Pradesh Act could not seek a fresh posting under Section 13(4) after the new Act commenced.

  • Appointment of principal in aided colleges
  • Waitlisted candidate
  • Fresh recommendation
  • Change in place of posting
  • Repeal and savings
  • Effect of repeal
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Civil procedure

JENNIFER MESSIAS versus LEONARD G LOBO

Supreme Court held that the partition decree was executable on its terms and set aside the High Court’s order that had halted execution pending a fresh final decree.

  • Preliminary decree
  • Final decree
  • Execution proceedings
  • Partition suit
  • Order xx rule 18 cpc
  • Order xx rule 12 cpc
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Criminal law

ROHIT CHATURVEDI versus STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & OTHERS

Supreme Court quashed the MHA’s non-speaking refusal of premature release, holding that remission cannot be denied solely because the offence is heinous.

  • Premature release
  • Remission
  • Non-speaking order
  • Parity among co-accused
  • Reformative theory of punishment
  • Executive discretion in remission
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Education law

SOUMYA RANJAN PANDA & ORS. versus SUBHALAXMI DASH & ORS.

The Supreme Court apportioned fee liability for medical students transferred mid-course to private colleges, placing the main burden on the defaulting trust.

  • Transfer of medical students
  • Fee liability
  • Recognition/renewal of medical college
  • Apportionment of financial burden
  • Interim orders under article 142
  • Medical-education
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Insolvency and bankruptcy

ANGELWOODS APARTMENT ALLOTTEES ASSOCIATION versus M LALITHA AND ANOTHER

The Supreme Court held that an appeal filed and refiled before NCLAT without the required certified copy was incompetent and should have been rejected at the threshold.

  • Section 61 of the insolvency and bankruptcy code, 2016
  • National company law appellate tribunal rules, 2016
  • Condonation of delay
  • Filing of certified copy
  • Refiling of appeal
  • Incompetent appeal
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Constitutional law

PADAM MEHTA AND ANOTHER versus STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS

The Supreme Court allowed a challenge over mother-tongue education, directing Rajasthan to frame policy for Rajasthani as an educational language and school subject.

  • Language rights
  • Mother tongue-based education
  • Medium of instruction
  • Linguistic minority
  • Recruitment syllabus for teachers
  • Rajasthan eligibility examination for teachers, 2021
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Criminal law

GUNJAN @ GIRIJA KUMARI AND OTHERS versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER

The Court held that the charges under ss.3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) SC/ST Act and under Section 506 r/w Section 34 IPC were unsustainable because the FIR and chargesheet showed the alleged abuses and threats occurred within the four walls of a residential house without public gaze or independent public witnesses, and there was no sufficient averment of intent to cause alarm or of common intention; accordingly the FIR No.42 of 2021 and the charge-sheet were quashed and the impugned orders set aside.

  • Charge framing
  • Fir quashing
  • Offences under sc/st act ss.3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s)
  • Section 506 ipc
  • Section 34 ipc
  • Place within public view
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Service law

THE STATE OF JHARKHAND & ORS. versus RANJAN KUMAR & ORS.

The High Court Division Bench erred by reappreciating evidence and disturbing concurrent findings of fact recorded by the disciplinary, appellate and revisional authorities which were founded on relevant material and, after independent forensic verification by Bihar Police, established that the two identities were the same person; the dismissal was the result of a fair and lawful enquiry and is restored; the Patna District appointment (Order No.10524 of 2007) and the appointment of "Santosh Kumar" as Constable in Bihar are quashed; competent police authorities are directed to examine and take…

  • Dismissal from service
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Judicial review
  • Forgery
  • Impersonation
  • Dual employment
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