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Allahabad HC Issues Direction to Ensure Compliance of Safeguards from Arbitrary Arrest(01.02.2021)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Police authorities to desist from making automatic/ routine arrests, especially in dowry cases, and strictly com.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Arbitrary Arrest in Dowry Cases
Madhya Pradesh HC: Delegation of Work Shall not Lead to Arbitrary Reduction of Contract Wages(22.01.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that contract wages of employees cannot be reduced arbitrarily and illegally in case of delegation of work.
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Contract Wages, Arbitrary Reduction
Delhi HC: Award of Cost Not Containing Reasons is Arbitrary(19.01.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that awarding costs by a stroke of the pen, without stating reasons would fly in the face of section 31(3) as per which an a.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Cost, Arbitrary, Reason
SC: Writ Jurisdiction Can be Applied When Contractual Terms Imposed by State are Arbitrary(09.02.2023)
Supreme Court while invalidating GAIL's Condition imposed on IPCL, has held that if the State in its contractual dealings fails to exercise a degree o.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Writ Jurisdiction, Contractual Terms, Arbitrary
Del HC: Decision to Limit No. of Visits by Family/Legal Advisors With Prisoners Not Arbitrary(21.02.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that Delhi Government's decision to restrict the total number of visits by family members, relatives, friends and legal advi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arbitrary, Visits, Prisoners
Calcutta HC Directs to Withdraw Notice Preventing Students from Classes for Default of Dues(20.04.2022)
Calcutta High Court has reiterated that unaided private schools whose names had come up regarding allegations of arbitrary fee hike during the pandemi.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, unaided private schools, arbitrary fee
Allahabad HC Imposes Cost on Man Who Sought Reiteration of General Mandamus Against Arbitrary Arrest(25.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs. 20,000 on a person who sought reiteration of a general mandamus, which has already been issued by .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Arbitrary Arrest, Cost, Reiteration of General Mandamus
Madras HC: Differentiating Between Single Class of Pensioner Based on Date of Retirement is Arbitrary(01.06.2022)
Madras High Court has observed that persons belonging to the same class cannot be discriminated against by creating an artificial class between them o.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Pensioners, Arbitrary
Bom. HC: Change in Social Policy After Change in Government is Not per se Arbitrary(22.06.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that a change in social policy followed by a change in government is part of the democratic process and a change in impleme.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Social Policy, Government, Arbitrary
Raj. HC: Chest Measurement Criterion for Women in Recruitment is Arbitrary and Outrageous(16.08.2023)
Rajasthan High Court has held that chest measurement as a criterion for female candidates, is absolutely arbitrary, rather outrageous and it is a clea.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Chest Measurement, Arbitrary
Bom. HC: Termination of Contract without Giving Reasons is Arbitrary and Unreasonable(27.02.2025)
Bom. HC while setting aside a notice issued by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) terminating a tender contract for appointm.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Termination of Contract, Arbitrary
Bom. HC: Termination of Contract without Giving Reasons is Arbitrary and Unreasonable(27.02.2025)
Bom. HC while setting aside a notice issued by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) terminating a tender contract for appointm.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Termination of Contract, Arbitrary
HP HC Pulls Up State Civil Supply Corporation for Arbitrary Discretion in Grant of Largesses(09.11.2020)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has pulled up the State Civil Supply Corporation for arbitrary exercise of discretion in the matter of grant of largesses .....
Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, Arbitrary Discretion in Grant of Largesses
All. HC Stays Judgment that Read Down Regulation 40 (?) of U.P Intermediate Education Act(19.07.2023)
Allahabad High Court has stayed operation of May 2023 single judge judgment that read down Regulation 40(?) of Uttar Pradesh Intermediate Education Ac.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Intermediate Education Act, Stayed, Arbitrary
SC Refuses to Entertain Petition Challenging VIP Darshan in Temples Across India(03.02.2025)
Supreme Court while refusing to entertain a petition challenging VIP Darshan facility across the country, has observed that such practice is completel.....
Tags : Supreme Court, VIP Darshan, Arbitrary, Discriminatory
Supreme Court Stays Key Provisions of Waqf Amendment Act(15.09.2025)
Supreme Court has stayed few sections of Waqf (Amendment) Act, including provisions providing arbitrary powers to Collectors. The Court observed that .....
Tags : Waqf Amendment Act, Arbitrary Powers, Collectors
Supreme Court Ruled That Barring Non-Muslims from Creating Waqfs Is Not Prima Facie Arbitrary(16.09.2025)
Supreme Court observed that barring non-Muslims from creating waqfs is not arbitrary, as they can donate property by forming charitable trusts. The be.....
Tags : Non-Muslims, Waqf, Arbitrary, Prima Facie
Delhi High Court: MCD's Higher Property Tax on Luxury Hotels Not Arbitrary(17.09.2025)
Delhi High Court held that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's decision to impose a higher property tax rate on luxury hotels is neither arbitrary no.....
Tags : Property Tax, Luxury Hotels, Arbitrary, Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Del HC: Courts Shouldn’t Interfere in Issue of Increase in Salary of Office Bearers Unless Arbitrary(02.11.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that increase in salaries of office bearers of a Commission is a policy decision of the State, and the courts should refrain.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Salary, Arbitrary
SC: Upholding Surendra Koli’s Conviction on Rejected Evidence Would Violate Articles 14 and 21(12.11.2025)
Supreme Court set aside Surendra Koli’s last conviction in the Nithari killings, ruling that upholding it when similar cases based on the same evidenc.....
Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Arbitrary