Orissa Real Estate Regulatory Authority
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ORERA reiterated that the projects which are completed and for which the completion certificate has been issued by the local or competent authority prior to the commencement of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, are not covered under the Act and therefore, has no application to such projects.

Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court said that the cases relied upon by the accused are not applicable to the present case, as they are silent over the issue of maintainability of the petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. after insertion of Section 14-A of SC/ST Act, 1989 and unless the said issue is decided consciously, any departure from the statutory provision would be a bad precedent.

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The Supreme Court observed that availability of an alternative remedy does not operate as an absolute bar to the “maintainability” of a writ petition and that the rule, which requires a party to pursue the alternative remedy provided by a statute, is a rule of policy, convenience and discretion rather than a rule of law.

Madras High Court
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The recruitment process to any public post should be conducted in a fair and transparent manner. If the candidates are selected by any criterion other than merit and efficiency, the public authority will suffer for all the times to come. It is in the public interest that the process of selection and appointment should be transparent to make it foolproof from corrupt practices.

Allahabad High Court
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The view of the Full Bench in Kamla Yadav case, that a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal constituted under the Act is a Court subordinate to the High Court within the meaning of Section 115 of the Code, does not require reconsideration.

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Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of UU Lalit, CJ and S. Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia*, JJ has set aside the order

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The Court held that application filed by minor under Section 12 of Domestic Violence Act cannot be dismissed on the grounds of maintainability especially when she had attained majority before the date of final order.

Bombay High Court
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    Bombay High Court: In total 4 writ petitions were filed against Air India Ltd./AIL (‘respondent’) by the AIL employees (‘petitioners’),

Delhi High Court
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    Delhi High Court: In a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, (‘A&C Act') challenging

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by Rahul Agarwal† and Madhav Goel††

Orissa High Court
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Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of SK Sahoo and M S Raman, JJ. disposed of the petition leaving the petitioner with

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Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar, CJ and R.K. Pattanaik J. dismissed the petition and upheld the judgment by

Karnataka High Court
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Karnataka High Court: K.S. Mudagal, J., allowed the petition and set aside the impugned award awarding compensation as well as the silver

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Supreme Court: The Division Bench of M. R. Shah* and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., held that where the Arbitrator appointed by the High

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“An alternate remedy by itself does not divest the High Court of its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution in an appropriate case though ordinarily, a writ petition should not be entertained when an efficacious alternate remedy is provided by law;.”

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“A litigant cannot be permitted to browbeat the Court by seeking a Bench of its choice.”

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Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah has reiterated that when the main judgment of the

Kerala High Court
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A very efficacious, substantive and procedural mechanism to facilitate the realisation of deserving and intrinsic value of encumbered estates and other immovable

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Delhi High Court: Jyoti Singh, J., while addressing the maintainability and legality of a petition filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code,

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Delhi High Court: Jyoti Singh, J., refused to entertain a writ petition filed by a member of All India Services holding that the