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Akanksha Kumari

Akanksha Kumari

Delhi High Court Holds That Contractual Rights Cannot Be Tested On Anvil of Article 14 of the Constitution

Case: Mep Infrastructure Developers Ltd. v. South Delhi Municipal Corporation And Ors. Excerpt The Respondent rejected the petitioner’s representation demanding the weekly remittances along with a penalty of 0.1% per day. The Petitioner files a writ petition in the nature of mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. 

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Delhi High Court Granted a Full Pension and Leave Encashment and Gratuity With 9% Interest per Annum Against an Order Of Dismissal Before Actual Superannuation

CASE: V K MALHOTRA v. UNION BANK OF INDIA AND ORS. Excerpt The Petitioner filed this case before the Delhi High Court to issue a writ like certiorari, quash the three charge-sheets and direct the Respondents to grant full pension and leave encashment and gratuity w.e.f. 12.12.09 with interest or

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Delhi High Court Directs the State Not To Allow For an Expedited Surrender and Extradition of the Petitioner to Bulgaria Until the State Has Disposed Of All the Pending Cases

CASE: MILEN IVANOV DAVRANSKI v. UNION OF INDIA Excerpt The Petitioner has filed the writ petition like mandamus, to take steps to extradite the Petitioner to Bulgaria.  Issue before the court Whether the court must allow the extradition of the Petitioner or not in light of the order of the

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Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Order Issued by District Collector, Jodhpur Divesting Use of Disputed Agore Land For Expansion of Abadi, Remove Encroachments Within 3 Months

Case: Shambhu Ram vs the State Of Rajasthan Excerpt  This Petitioner has filed a writ petition (PIL). The Petitioner seeks directions to the respondents to remove the encroachment and restore the status of agore land. The schedule of the lands is khasra no. 431 measuring 19.18 bighas and khasra no.

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Delhi High Court Directs School to Re-Employ Petitioner in Accordance With Delhi School Education Act & Rules Within One Week

Excerpt The Petitioner has filed the writ petition, in the nature of mandamus, directing the Respondents to act in accordance with and not in contravention of the Delhi School Education Act & Rules 1973 and therefore pass orders granting re-employment to the Petitioner. Issues before the Court Whether the petitioner,

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Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Interference of Court in Directing Government To Substitute Treatment Protocol of COVID-19 Patients With a Cost of Rs. 25,000

Case: VIVEK SHEEL AGGARWAL & ORS. V. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Excerpt The petitioners had filed this Public Interest Litigation (PIL), requesting the court to direct the respondent to consider and respond to the representations of the Petitioners, and to hold a double-blind human clinical trial, and to lay

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Punjab & Haryana High Court Upheld Notification of Ministry of Home Affairs Directing Private Educational Institutions To Publish Balance Sheets To Stop Profiteering

Case: Independent Schools’ Association Chandigarh and others v. Union of India and others  Excerpt The petitioners had filed this writ petition challenging the order of the Ministry of Home Affairs dated 13.4.2018, to declare it unconstitutional. The order extends the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institution Act, 2016

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