quasi-judicial authority Archives

Rajasthan High Court quashes Revenue Court’s order due to procedural lapse; calls for establishing Administrative Judicial Academy for legal training in Revenue Courts

“An independent and efficient judiciary is the bedrock of any democracy. In India, the increasing complexity of legal disputes burgeoning caseloads and evolving dimensions of justice delivery have necessitated continuous judicial education.”

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Whether collector acting as quasi-judicial authority possess any power to recall/review order passed under S. 47-A of Stamp Act? Allahabad HC answers

“A quasi-judicial authority is limited in its functionality in as much as it has to act within the four corners of the statute from which it derives its authority. If the statute does not provide for a particular act, the same cannot be undertaken by that authority.”

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Scope of powers to District Registrars under Registration Act cannot be expanded for adjudication of civil disputes or rights: Madras HC

“District Registrar is duty bound to draw a distinction between the summary proceeding and the trial nature proceedings with reference to the Registration Act and the Code of Civil Procedure”

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Ori HC | A quasi-judicial authority vested with the power for cancellation of a license, could not have acted under the ‘dictation’ of another authority

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar and B. P. Routray, JJ., quashed the impugned suspension order and allowed the